Honeymoon

For everyone we haven't talked to since the wedding. We had a blast in New York on our honey moon. The first day we were there we checked out the statue of liberty. And for anyone planning on seeing this in the future, it is an all day thing. We already had tickets and we waited about 2 hours to get through a security check point before getting on the ferry. Then when we were on Liberty Island we had to wait another 2 hours to get through another security check point to get to go up the lower part of the statue. They don't let you go all the way up anymore. Not since 9/11. Because of security reasons. But it was high enough for shawn who is afraid of heights. She was big, beautiful, and very green. It was awe inspiring to see. We also went to ground zero that day. It was only a few blocks away from where we were staying. There really wasn't a lot to see though. They were doing construction on the memorial building already. The next day we went ice skating at rockefeller center. This was probably my favorite part of the week. We also went up the "Top of the Rock". I think it was 70 stories high. The next day we slept in and then went to the top of the Empire State Building. We had express tickets for this, which was totally worth every penny. We got to cut all the lines. And then when we were ready to go back down, we got to cut again. I think the ESB was 86 stories. Can't remember exactly but it was higher than the "top of the rock". Then shawn helped me to find the Sanrio Luxe store. Which was so cool. Then it was around 3pm so we headed for times square to wait and wait and wait some more. It was around 2 degrees and we stood in one spot for 9 and a half hours for the ball to drop. We met some really nice people though. One couple from D.C. and a mom and her 12 yr old son from california. My legs were completely numb from the knees down. It wasn't like we expected it to be. Nobody was drunk or crazy. Everyone was sober, cold, hungry, tired and had to go the bathroom. Luckly the nice lady we met from california was staying at the mariot which was right on times square. And the police officers were letting the people staying in the marriot to go into their hotel and back into the baracades. So all of us borrowed her room key to use the rest room. It was very nice of her to be so trusting. When the ball dropped it was so worth the wait. I would trade that memory for anything. The conffetti was crazy. Shawn and I danced and kissed. Then we were like ok lets get the hell out of here and go warm up. Everyone else did the same. The next day we didn't really have plans. We slept in then later we went to eat at Serendipity 3. It was a 3 hour wait because they are famous for their frozen hot chocolate. It was good. But waiting everywhere we went was starting to get old. Especially on our feet. Friday we went out at a really nice steak restaurant called Gallaghers. Then we saw Avenue Q. It is an adult comedy with muppets. It was hillarious. Saturday we walked all over central park and snuck into the Natural History Meusum for free. It was so crowded they didn't see us slip by. It was nice being able to see each other all week. It felt like the good old times we had in california. We normal don't see each other that much with our schedules the way they are for sammy. And if we do then sammy is always there with us of course. We both missed sammy. But by the third gone day I really missed him. There was so much to see and do, we definitely weren't ever bored. We will have to go back sometime though to see the stuff we missed. We had such a wonderful time and thanks so much to everyone who helped us finance it. Much Love, The Tinkhams

Snow Days

Sammy played in the snow for the second time today. I took him out once last week and he didn't like it. Last week he wouldn't even move. Today he was less scared. He crawled all over and patted the snow down. He kept looking up at it when it was falling. He loved it. Well he loved it until he fell over and it covered his face. We didn't do much else today. Shawn went to work tonight. And I am going to get started on the wedding "thank you" letters.