New York, The Statue of Liberty and Philadelphia

This time around we had some visitors. Cole and Jana came to visit and we took a day trip to Philadelphia. Good times.

Washington Square Park

The Statue of Liberty

Richie didn't appreciate the matching shirts but I only made us wear them for a few pictures.

Manhattan skyline

Evie likes to copy Richie

Cole and Jana

Cole was super helpful when he was taking our pictures

We just discovered that we had a rooftop deck

Catching some beams

Philly!

Independence Hall

The room where the Declaration of Independence was signed. Pretty amazing.

Napping on the tour bus

The steps Rocky made famous.

This is where the Liberty Bell is housed and this is as close as we got. The line was forever long and we were only there for a day. 

Eastern State Penitentiary. One of the top 10 most haunted buildings in America. We got there too late to take a tour but even the entryway was creepy.

Benjamin Franklin's grave. People throw pennies on it and make a wish. They say the grave earns about $3000 a year.

Grand Central Station.

We took an Amtrak train to Philly and we happened to be there the day the freak storm rolled through the Midatlantic knocking out power and stopping trains. We were luckily able to take a different train to get back to New York but people were being stranded there. It made for an interesting trip home!

New York Continued

We are still exploring New York and trying to see new things and the main thing we did was take a road trip to Palmyra, New York, to see the Church historical sights. This was awesome! I gained a new perspective on the Prophet Joseph and the beginning of our Church. I am not sure if the pictures will be in order so I will caption them.

She hides her shoes in the darndest places! She put one in the AC unit in the living room and the other of the same pair in the AC unit in our bedroom!

Grand Central Station

She apparently was happy to see Grand Central Station.

This print shop is where the Book of Mormon was printed. inside was a museum and artifacts. It was really neat!

The Palmyra Temple at dusk.

Hill Cumorah.

View from the Hill Cumorah.

These two pictures are self took. I set the timer and had to run down a bunch of stairs without tripping and then posing just in time. It took a few shots.

Joseph Smith's Sen. log home. It's hard to imagine all of those people living in that house.

This is Evie playing outside with Richie because she didn't want to be cooped up in a stroller or in our arms anymore.

The Smith's frame house.

The Sacred Grove. 

Evie thinks this was where the plates were hidden.

Gangster of the Grove.

Evie was tired of being in the car. This was actually a pleasant face.

Joseph Smith copied some characters from the Gold Plates so that people could see what they looked like. Sort of Egyptian-ish but somehow it also looks like sheet music.

Finally some freedom for Evie! She got to stretch her legs and play for a bit.

She melted down when we had to leave the park.

 Dancing to the music! Central Park Carousel again.

The Disney Store. Decisions are the worst!

This was nuts! That crane clear up there was getting lumber from street level. I had never seen that before.

I was setting the pack and play up when we got back to our apartment and she saw the pad and spread it out and laid on it. I guess she was tired.

Just helping with some laundry.

Aunt Jill sent us a ball in the mail and it made it all the way to New York in 2 days!

The Shake Shack. It was goo-ood.

Max Brenner's. If you go to New York and you like chocolate, go here.