New York City - Day 1

Our hotel in Midtown

The NYC office was in Herald Square which is where Macy's is located too.

Empire State Building

We could see our hotel from the Empire State Building. It's the building with the red roof.

Grand Central Station

NYC Temple

Central Park. I loved seeing the amount of people outside.

Museum of Natural History

Because Zander loves lions

My boss approached me two weeks ago and asked if I would like to go to our New York office to help train a new employee. I, of course, said yes! I had never been to New York before. It's been on our bucket list of places to go, so I was so excited about the idea. After speaking with Devin, we decided that we'd go together. We picked dates, Devin asked for time off, and we coordinated with my sister Kylie to take Zander for the week. We took the red eye out of Phoenix very pumped for our adventure together. Since I had to work during the week, we spent the weekend as true tourists in the city packing as many activities and sites in as we could. I think we were very successful.

Day 1 included - The Today Show, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, our first slice of New York pizza, Empire State Building, Grand Central Station, NYC Temple, Central Park (which included a nice nap), Natural History Museum, and China Town.

Girls nights are a must! Sometimes you just need to kick back without your mate and kid and enjoy some girl talk. We did that tonight as we celebrated Carmen's birthday at Kona Grill. It's been a pleasure to work with these lovely ladies over the past two years and it was fun to see them away from the workplace. We ate sushi and enjoyed some laughs together.

Mumford & Sons

Devin and I love to go to concerts. When we found out that Mumford & Sons was coming to Phoenix, we knew we had to go. I invited my sister and her husband, but she thought they would be unable to go. Little did she know that I coordinated with her husband and he bought tickets as a surprise for her 40th birthday.

On concert night, we did a double date. We went to LoLo's Chicken and Waffles, where Zander enjoyed his jar of red drank. We timed it just right to arrive at the outdoor theater minutes before Mumford & Sons would perform. They were amazing! Such talented singers and musicians.

These two are the cutest! Destined to be friends before they were even born. 

Meeting for the first time

Tage trying to stash all the candy in his pockets.

Mr bossy

We had a movie themed birthday party for Zander's 3rd birthday party. We invited his cousins (Jayden, Tage, Chanson, and Clayton), friends (Lucy, Bristol, Alice, and Maggie), aunts, uncles, and grandparents over to watch his favorite movie of the moment, Despicable Me. The concession stand was stocked with lots of goodies including pretzels, nachos, hot dogs, candy, and popcorn.