The Big Apple

This December my very generous and adventurous mother-in-law decided to take us girls on a whirlwind trip to New York City while it was all dressed up for Christmas. I have never been to NYC, nor had I ever thought I would make it there so I was super excited to see such an amazing place. Being the NCY virgin, everything was new and somewhat overwhelming in the best way possible. The trip was nothing short of amazing. I think we must have walked over a million miles in the 3 days which thankfully helped cancel out the million and a half calories we consumed. Here are a few of the highlights!



Rockefeller Center was beautiful!



When I found out we were going to see the show 'Wicked', I thought, why would I want to see a show called Wicked? I'm a missionary, I don't do stuff like that! What I found out was that the show was nothing about being wicked, but a beautiful story of friendship in the face of hardship. I even cried during the show. It was PHENOMENAL! A total highlight of the trip! p.s. - don't tell anyone I'm posting this picture....I got busted for taking it!


We looked through the windows of lots and lots of shops. Oh sweet Anthropologie.... If I had a million dollars we would be such close friends....


Here is a picture of us ladies! What a fun time we had together. We found lots of great places to eat while we were there. Almost every meal was a planned outing!



One of the best places we ate at was Serendipity. It was a tiny little place that had quite a wait, but was worth every minute was sat outside waiting to get seated. Everything from the decorations to the desserts were charming, delightful, over the top and amazing. Shall I go on?





We got to see the Rockettes perform at Radio City Hall




My obsession with red and white during Christmas time continues...


You know you're not in Spokane anymore when.... No standing? Just keep walking I guess!




And on a COMPLETELY unrealted note, I saw this little alcove of a restaurant and thought that this is much closer to what I had envisioned as far as where the Volturi lived. I didn't think the movie made the scene dark and threatening and Italian enough. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, just ignore me!


more pictures are here