I Heart NY

I have been looking forward to this trip since I bought the tickets, but I really started getting excited in the past month. Now that I'm here, I so happy. I love Seattle, but there is something about the NYC area that is unlike anywhere else.

I went into the city on Thursday and met up with Sean for the day. We sat in Washington Square park for a bit (kinda bummed it's under construction), had lunch at El Caliente, then we took the Staten Island ferry out to SI and back. It was about 10-15 degrees cooler on the water than in the city. We then went shoe shopping (for him, not me!) and stopped by the shiny McDonald's on 42nd street for a milkshake. We met Mandy when she got off work at 5pm and she and I went bridesmaids dress shopping. We found a couple good ones, so it was a really productive trip.

Dad and Val came down on Friday. We hung out, had lunch, went out to dinner when Mandy and Darren came home, and then chatted until they went back to their hotel. On Saturday, Darren and I went with Val and Dad to Hurricane Harbor (Mandy was working a wedding). We had fun, but it was crowded and understaffed. We came home and then went out to Charlie Brown's for dinner (Val was craving a steak). They went back to their hotel around 9pm and left the next morning. Poor Mandy didn't get home until 12:30am.

Yesterday we went to church at the cathedral where Darren and Mandy will be getting married. It was amazing. Such a beautiful church and really homey feeling. Then we went to pick up a few things that they needed at the store before heading over to Darren's parents to hang out in the pool. Mr. and Mrs. F are on this crazy diet, but it's working for them! Mr. F has lost 35 pounds! It's pretty amazing. We swam for a couple of hours after eating a BBQ lunch. We came home last night and had ice cream before heading to bed.

Today isn't too exciting - I'm doing laundry and I'll be running over to Costco to order a cake. I know how to have fun! The Poconos trip is later this week, so we're all looking forward to that.