New York - Day 4

On Day 4 of our trip, we visited the amazing STATUE OF LIBERTY. It is an amazing sight. Drew wasn't feeling good and slept the whole time we were there.

Then we went to Ellis Island. Although, I personally didn't have any ancestors come through there, Frankie and Grant did. It was cool to look for their names and imagine them coming to America in the hopes of a better life!

We also stopped at the financial district.

of course we couldn't end the fun without a final trip on the subway. Here's a sideways video of Drew's acrobatic abilities. She had all the people smiling and laughing.

New York Day 3

"Where are all the mountains?"  This was the first thing Drew said when we arrived to New York.  Well we found some "mountains" in Central Park.

We then went to good ole Times Square.

We ended it all up with a great show. Frankie & Drew found what they were born to do- and that is to “Stomp”

New York - Day 2

Yesterday (Thursday) we began our New York visit by heading over to Time Square.
We started our day by having our first 15 minutes of fame...more like 2 seconds of fame.  We stopped at the Today show and Matt Lower and his co-host (don't know her name) were coming out to do a segment.  They stood right infront of us.  We all got on TV.  It was sooo coool!

After our session of fame, we went to Toys R Us. We saw toys from Starwars, Ben 10, and other cartoon characters. There was a giant animatronic dinosaur in the Jurassic Park section. He was a nice dino though, he let us take pictures with him. We then proceeded to the life size Barbie house, where every type of Barbie imaginable was sold.

We then went to the M&M store and delited in the eye candy.  We went to cannal street to buy some fake stuff.  Frankie was yelled at by a vendor that was upset he didn't buy from him.  Mom was in heven for all the great fabrics. 

We just got on the today show

New York Day 1

{Apologize for the not so user friendly format of this post and probably many to come.  I really just want to document everything that we experience here as we go so I don't forget any of it.}


Quotes: Drew before the trip
             do they have bathrooms there? how about shampoo and hairstuff?
To my sister:  ' I better hurry and get packing.  I have to pack all my hair stuff because they don't have any in New York'
Drew- "where are the mountains"
Drew - as we're eating tamales guatemaltecos "These are soooo goood. I love them and I think I'll marry them!"

Drew and Daddy took a special subway trip to the end of the line and back. 
On the way back they saw a huge rat under a car.

Frankie:
first 5 minutes on the plane...had a bloddy nose..and as we tried to help we spilled a huge drink.

Ridding in my aunts Pink Cadillac! Awesomeness!





Me:
Smell of salt in the air. 

Saw all the places that they have lived at, including the apartment where Mamatina paid her surprise visit years ago and where Scarlet lived.

Guatemalan food!! yuuum!  I could live here just for that!

Loved seeing my cousins, aunt and uncle.  I don't even remember how long it's been.  I met Mikey for the first time.  He is 21 now. 

Hearing Sonia's story of how she got here. 

Sweating like crazy...sweat dripping down places I rather not say.

Love the humidity (NOT!!!) because it brings out my very well hidden natural FRO!

Seeing the diversity: Jews ...long side locks and all.  It was great! Seen them on TV but never in real life.