New York!

Brad and I had to go to NYC for USTA meetings. We took Josh & Halle with us and had a great time.

This is right outside of our hotel (the Grand Hyatt). You can see the Chrysler building in the back.

Josh & Halle in Times Square!

Inside Toy's-R-Us @ Times Square. This is in the lego section (that entire empire state building behind them is made out of legos).



Here they are in Grand Central Station, we had to go see the clock where Melman got his head stuck in the movie Madagascar!



We ran into Sponge Bob on the street!

Brad, Josh & Halle looking out from the top of the Empire State Building!

Another view from the top!

The total tourists!

We rented bikes and took a 6 mile bike ride around central park. This was definitely one of the highlights of our trip!

And then rented remote control boats to drive around one of the ponds in the park.

Another highlight was meeting our niece Kimber for the afternoon. She took us to lunch at Max Brenner - Chocolate by the Bald Man. It was so tasty and a super cute restaurant.

Halle in front of the chocolate shop/restaurant!

We then walked with Kimber down to South Seaport and looked at the boats and ferries! This was a really fun area! It was so fun to see Kimber and also to get an "insiders" view of NYC!

Josh & Halle wanted to go on the "Beast." It is a speedboat that takes you on a 30 minute boat tour down the Hudson to the Statue of Liberty!

In front of the Statue of Liberty!

Brad, Josh & Halle at the US Open!

And for sure one of Halle's highlights (and mine too) was the American Girl Doll Store. We walked every inch of the 4 floors looking at the displays. Halle wanted to make sure she got the perfect outfit for her doll.

Inside the store, you can tell this is one happy girl!

Here they are about to get on a train. We spent plenty of time on planes, trains and automobiles. By the end of the week, I would start walking to the subway station and Josh would be hailing a cab for us because they had walked miles and miles!

One night Brad took Josh to a Yankee's game. Here they are on the subway riding out to the field.

Josh in front of the New Stadium!

They had great seats, look how close they were to Derek Jeter!

While the boys went to watch the Yankee's, Halle & I went and saw Wicked! She loved the play even though she isn't totally convinced that the wicked witch was just "misunderstood!"

With her program after the play!