Alright, prepare yourselves….

Friday:
We arrived at about 3:00 NY time. We were appropriately greeted by a man (probably near 70) undressing himself on the subway and trying to entice tips. It was hilarious and disgusting. Also, I was glad we were on the other side from his as far away as possible so we could laugh at a distance.

We got to our hotel, got settled in and took a stroll around our little spot in Midtown East. We found a delicious pizza place with slices as big as your face…

Jake of course had his favorite Pepperoni & Olive. He was soooo excited about the crazy amount of olives on there. Happy day for my man. I had Spinach & Tomato. It was incredible! Loved it.

So then we wandered around a bit more, grabbed some Jamba Juice and basically just got our bearings so we didn’t get lost every 15 minutes. I love the area we stayed in. It was so close to everything, but Jake says next time he wants to stay right on Times Square… crazy man!! Also, fyi… all museums are FREE on Friday nights! So we headed to the Museum of Modern Art (or MoMA) I was in heaven. Only bummer is that we had to pick just one! There was just so much to see!! Here are some pictures of what we saw…
Wowsers!! MoMA has a pretty extensive collections of Monet’s works which I was really really hoping to see. Come to find out they’re doing a Monet exhibit and so all the works are set up for a members only preview right now… which means I didn’t see a single one. :o( Sad day. But sooo much awesomeness anyways!

And after 5 fabulous floors of art, plus the sculpture garden and the walk back to the hotel, we were spent.

More to come…

Alright, so I'm finally getting around to blogging about our little trip to the zoo. I know, I know... I fail miserably. Sorry about that! Anyways, here you have it.... We drove to Omaha!

Okay, so we might have got there a little too early! We thought it opened at 8, but it didn't. So we waited around for 30 minutes.
First, we hit the jungle. It was by far my favorite part. Tons of fun and there are animals just running around everywhere. It was awesome because everyone else headed over to the cat house, so we were like the ONLY people in there.
Can you see me and Ashe!? Ya. That's us. Way. Up. There.
I wish this picture would have come out better!! Me and that little monk were besties!
Hooray for the aquarium! Jake luuuuurrrrves him some fish.
AND Jelly fish. Anybody seen Seven Pounds??? Ya.... no thank you.
We had fun and have since been busy with shirt printing and family parties. Good times! If I had a camera I would have shared more of our excitement. But... I do not. Happy Saturday everybody!

We had a great time at the Great Wolf Lodge. Gideon wasn't so sure about all the water craziness. The indoor-factor, although great since you can enjoy it year round, makes it REALLY loud. So he was overwhelmed. But we got him to play a bit. Ashelyn of course just thought everything was great.

We're off on a mini vaca this weekend! Woohoo! I'm so excited!
We're lucky enough to go to The Great Wolf Lodge as guests of Camp Quality!!! Which means we get to go for FREE!! (That makes it even BETTER!) Thanks Dad for being so awesome at what you do that we get to enjoy your perks!!!
We're looking forward to some time in the water and a day away from home! I'll be back on monday!