Christmas in NY

Our trip to New York was awesome! Thanks to Mimi and Papa for keeping Crosby so that I could fly up and meet Kelby. We spent three days running around NYC seeing as much as possible. Thanks to Neil (co-worker of Kelby's) and Karen for escorting us through the city and capitalizing on our time there. We visited Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Fifth Ave., Times Square, Ground Zero, Wall Street, China Town, had a cannoli and mocha in Little Italy, and FAO Schwartz where we bought a little keepsake for Croz.

One of the biggest highlights of the trip for me was the Rockettes show. We were able to get the tickets at 1/2 price so we had much better seats than we had planned. The show was simply amazing from the beginning, with 3-D glasses watching Santa enter the scene, to the end where the living nativity scene came together with real camels and a factual, beautiful retelling of the birth of Jesus. One of their impressive acts was the famous march of the wooden soldier. I've posted pictures of this but I also found a video online where you can see it unfold. Check this site for the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSgmUin9vJw

Ground Zero is still engulfed in the construction process and will be for several more years. We visited a little Chapel , St. Paul's Chapel, that sits adjacent to where the twin towers stood. The chapel survived the 9/11 attacks with very little damage thanks to a large tree that stood between the chapel and the towers and absorbed the impact. The tree toppled and the trunk was collected by an artist who preserved it and turned it into a sculpture, The Trinity Root. If you're interested in the story, check this site http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/webcasts/videos/faith-culture/9-11/the-trinity-root