so fresh and so clean

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.