Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

We spent Saturday, March 9th, in New York City with Jordan and Amanda.  It was a beautiful day.  We were so glad that the weather warmed up, so we could enjoy a day outside.  We first stopped in Chinatown on Canal St.  We found out that it is fun to haggle with the street vendors.  We got some designer glasses for $10, a NYC shirt for $10, and 2 belts for $5.  That all happened in about 20 minutes.            Then we decided to head towards the World Trade Center Memorial. This was our first time in the Subway...not the sandwich shop! I'm glad that Jordan was there to help us navigate the subway system.     Here is the wall memorial.      Behind Jordan and Amanda is the tower being built by Ground Zero.     Then we decided to take a ferry to Staten Island because Ellis Island was closed.  This way we could at least ride by the Statue o...

On March 7th we flew to Pennsylvania to visit Andy's brother, Jordan, and family.  We got there late at night, so we just went straight to bed.  The next day we got to hang out with our sister-in-law, Amanda and the kids.  After both of the older boys were in school, Amanda took us on a tour of Doylestown.  Jordan was at work...in Paris.  Actually he was flying back so he could spend the weekend with us.  Since we were close to Philadelphia, Andy was craving a Phili cheesesteak.  After a few phone calls, Amanda took us to a small restaurant right in town.  It was yummy!   After lunch, we continued our tour of the town.  We stopped by this old tile museum where they actually still make tile by hand.  It was pretty neat.  Later we went back to the house to relax.  I actually had a cold, so I went and took a little nap.  Andy hung out and played with the boys.  That night we went with ...