Our House

We are starting to get somewhat settled into our new home. :) I just realized that I never actually posted here about the fact that we recently bought a 4 bedroom house in Rancho Cucamonga. I never thought we would be able to do this, but we've been blessed with a great opportunity.

Pics to follow soon... and family, watch your mailboxes for a change of address card!

Home Safe

Well, we made it home safely, but it was a long journey. We first had to get here from LAX, then drive Nathan back to Chino, pick up Scout at Rose & Jon’s, and stop by Aaron’s parents’ house for a little birthday cake.

Today we go to Downey to sign our loan documents at the Escrow office, then we do our walk-through on Thursday or Friday.

Ok, I'm turning off my phone for take off. :)

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Leavin' on a jet plane

We are at the airport. Thankfully Joe's uncle brought us so we didn't have to haul our stuff on trains!

Last Day

Well, it's our last day and I'm pretty sad about it. Normally at the end of a vacation, I'm ready to go home, sleep in my own bed, etc. Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to comforts like 2 people in a two bedroom apt instead of 8, a real bed, privacy... but I love this place. It truly is a melting pot, far more diverse than LA. Great public transportation, great food, surprisingly nice people. If it were at all feasible, I could easily move here for a year or two. But, I guess since we become homeowners effective this week, we're anchored. So don't worry, Dad, no cross country moves anytime soon. And I don't think Aaron would go for it either.

I'm going to try to list what we've seen and done this week:
~ Times Square
~ Conan O'Brien Show
~ Today Show (walked by)
~ Rockefeller Center
~ St. Patrick's Cathedral
~ Radio City Music Hall
~ Empire State (not inside, too much $)
~ Statue of Liberty (by way of Staten Island Ferry for FREE)
~ A dive bar and met some local people
~ The Lion King (Kim)
~ Rent (Kim)
~ Spamalot
~ Yankees Game (boys only)
~ Madison Square Garden
~ Greenwich Village
~ Little Italy
~ Flatiron Building
~ The Met
~ The Guggenheim
~ Central Park
including Strawberry Fields and a row boat on one of the lakes
~ Carnegie Hall
~ Wall Street
~ Ground Zero
~ Grand Central Station
~ Coney Island

So I guess you could say it was a full week, and maybe that's why my feet hurt. Next time I'd like to see The Cloisters, more of the Met, get to the top of a building, and see Wicked. Not too much to ask, right? ;)

And we're on what might be our last subway ride if Joe's uncle takes us to the airport tomorrow. Sad. I guess I did kinda get used to it.

Uh oh

Well, at least it was only lke this today.

Pictures Again

A day in the life... Wednesday / Thursday

First stop, Ground Zero, which isn't much anymore but a construction site:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then off to Wall Street..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And since yesterday was probably the most humid day we've had, we were in no mood to wait an hour and pay $20 to go see the Statue up close and personal. But thanks to digital zoom, I got a shot of her, at least:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We headed over to Coney Island from there for some lunch at Nathan's Hot dogs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the boys went and took a chance on getting Yankees / Angels tickets. So they did that while I saw Rent with Wahima.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our first stop today, since we didn't leave the house until 1pm, was Whitecastle. Two words: Over Hyped.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next stop, the Met, and my attempt at a myspace picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did the tourist thing and got a picture with all four of us actually IN it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then headed into the park. How mad do I look that the boys won't stop reading stories with Hans Christian Anderson?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite part of the park, Strawberry Fields:

I heart Central Park

This is the coolest.

On the lake

THIS is where we are, right now! On a freaking boat in central park. Awesome.

A walk in the park

Oops

I forgot to attach this pic from last night at Serendipity:

Pictures

We're on our way!!!

Landing and the skyline...

















Joe says, "Hey, look guys, it's Times Square!"

30 Rock... where's Kenneth?

St. Patrick's Cathedral

Lombardi's... the first "ever" American Pizzeria

We couldn't think of a witty caption for 6 people wearing Conan wristbands:

Yogi's (the dive bar)

And now it's time for another Good Idea, Bad Idea. Good Idea:

BAD Idea:

Spamalot

Koronet's...

...has GIANT slices of Pizza

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Sarita's Mac was YUMMY.