Ay, I'm walkin' here

Remember when I talked about our week with the twins here? Well, because of that we got to stay in New York City at the Hyatt Regency hotel free for three nights. Brandon used his State Farm points to book us a trip. I don't know about you, but I think we got the better end of the deal. And not only that, they also bought us tickets to see Newsies on Broadway because we will be watching the boys again in August. Spoiled. I would watch those boys for free! Thanks to instagram and Fuzel I was able to document our trip.

"these streets will make you feel brand new"

We took a bus to New York City early Thursday morning and got there around 1:30 in the afternoon. There is nothing like stepping off of that bus into the busy city life. It was almost like stepping into a movie, only a lot bigger and louder. All of a sudden you are in the middle of New York, surrounded by endless tall buildings and crowds.

food, glorious food

I probably gained 13.7 pounds on this trip. We ate so much food. And there are food pictures (forgive me) to prove it. So many people gave us recommendations, we had to try everything we possibly could! Shake Shack burgers, fried chicken and skin-smashies, frozen hot chocolate, New York pizza, desserts up the ying yang... We ate it all. In the words of a stoned man in Union Square: "That's a whole lot of effin' chicken."

friends

Our good friends Thomas and Kendall Hutchison live in Connecticut and were able to join us for some city fun Friday and Saturday. Sleepover at the hotel? Duh. We had so many fun adventures and loaded up on good stories and inside jokes that are roll-on-the-floor-hysterical until you try to explain them to someone else. We walked all over Manhattan, rode through Central Park, hit up the Subway stations, and browsed through every free building we could find. Naturally, we stopped at Nintendo World, it wouldn't have been a true trip with Chris and Thomas if we hadn't. (Thomas and Chris became best buds freshman year of college, mostly through basketball and video games. Chris: Thomas and I are the same person, except I am way cooler.) I'm so happy that the Hutchisons decided to join us on this trip, it just wouldn't have been the same without them. But we did miss our other third: Jason and Alex Sandvik. Looking forward to our reunion in the Fall!

"there's nothing you can't do"

There were so many places to go, things to do, sights to see. We shopped, saw Newsies on Broadway, visited memorials and museums, walked in the rain, saw the midnight showing of the Dark Knight Rises in Gotham City, and acted like annoying tourists pretending to be locals.