i am so glad to be back. this week was amazing. new york is amazing...and dirty...and it smells. we visited all five boroughs: brooklyn, queens, statin island, manhatten, and the bronx. i took pictures all week. i only had 7 outta 160 pictures left. i am in the process of uploading them on to my flickr account. i can't upload all of them because i have a certain amount of space... actually... i think i will open another account... uploading takes a while... well... here they are:

amy-jo, my plane buddy on the way there and back.

coolest kids ever. especially the girl in the blue with the aviator glasses on.

the city

more of the city

the streets of manhatten


the source of all smells

the cross at ground zero, and no, amy-jo, i don't think a sledge made it.

a closer look

just look at amy-jo's face. just look.

virgin records

paige and libby at toys 'r' us in times square

adrienne and her horse at t.'r'.u

the brooklyn bridge. i totally yelled off of it. it was grand.

brooklyn

my feet on the brooklyn bridge.

the brooklyn bridge...again

this doesn't fit too well with the chicago mission: 'be salt, be light'...

best cheesecake ever.

rockefeller center

the ferry

my feet on the ferry

pigeons!

amy-jo's fat face. ahahaha!

the statue of liberty

an imposter

it's alive. there was a random creepy clown in the supply closet... IT.

tiffany reading the real three little pigs story. i love it.

we are captivated

paige painting

paint supplies

the tatoo i gave to amy-jo


libby and katrina

suze Q



our group minus amy-jo
i am really glad traci came with us. she's the coolest "middle schooler" ever. i put those in quotes because she's about to star ninth grade at centennial. how great it will be to have some one who goes to church with me go to my school also? it's so great.
i have formed so many bonds this past week, that i really didn't want to go home (but i did because i needed fresh air). i hate new york air.
we were going to get mitch some sand at the beach this morning, but amy-jo said we weren't going. libby, paige, and i were extremely dissapointed. :( sorry mitch.