New York City at Christmastime Day 1

Jeff's brother CJ and his wife ML were in New York last weekend and gave us plenty of advance notice so we could plan ahead and meet them there. It was great to be able to see them as we live at opposite ends of the country and we don't get to see them as much as we'd like. Luckily for us they were anxious to see and do as much as we were while in NYC so we crammed a lot into the 24 hours or so that we were there.

We arrived late in the day due to traffic and a wrong turn :) but we started out walking to see some of the window displays at Macy's and a couple of other stores nearby. They were breathtaking.

The window pictured below was neat because it flipped around (so the bottom was on top) to show where Santa visits "Down Under"

Mmm bread. I thought the detail in this one was fascinating.

This picture is an intro to where we went next. (It's a window display of the view from the top of The Empire State Building).

I was skeptical about going to the top of the Empire State Building at night but it was stunning. The water was foggy so we couldn't really see the Statue of Liberty but view of the city with the lights was fantastic.

Kat and Carl weren't excited about being up so high (they're afraid of heights) but by the end, they were peeking over the edge and enjoying the sights. I was proud of them for trying, especially because Kat was so nervous about even going in the first place. Maglet just didn't like be cold. Thanks CJ for going inside with her!

We were exhausted after Day 1 but were looking forward to the next full day in NYC!!