More New York! Visiting Ben, Marsha and Cassidy in New York

While we were in New York we went to Syracuse to visit Ben, Marsha and Cassidy. We went in the middle of Ben's midterms so he was a little busy with school, but we got to spend a lot of time with Marsha and Cassidy. Cassidy has gotten SO BIG! The first day we were there we went to a beautiful water fall. Cassidy insisted that she walk down all the stairs to the bottom of the waterfall by herself.

We timed our visit just right because all of the leaves were starting to change colors and there were a ton of trees everywhere in Syracuse. It was gorgeous!

Syracuse is only about 45 minutes away from all the church sites so we decided to rent a car and drive down to check them out. I went to all of the sites with my family when I was in high school, but this was Andrews first time. It was a really neat experience walking hand in hand around the sacred grove. We also checked out hill camorah, Joseph Smith farm, and the printing press where the Book of Mormon was first printed. The sacred grove was amazing this time of year. The leaves were just starting to change. The day we went it was raining so there were not a lot of other people around.

Basically we had A LOT OF FUN in New York! A BIG THANKS to Ben, Marsha and Cassidy for letting us stay with them! The night before Andrew and I had to leave we all went to dinner at this bbq place. It was crazy loud and we could barely hear each other talk. It was fun, but the best part about it was how much fun Cassidy had. She thrived in the crazy loud environment. :) That little girl is going to grow up to be a partier! When it came time to leave we were sad to go. We had so much fun in New York we really didn't want to go, but who knows, maybe we'll end up back in New York next fall for Andrews schooling. The next moring We went to the airport just to find out our flight (and only flight to get home all weekend) had been canceled. After a pannick attack wondering how we were going to get home before we had to be back to school and work, we found an alternative route to fly home. We went back to JFK then to Washington DC and then to Salt Lake. So our trip ended just like it began, a really long day in the airport and on planes. However the trip home was MUCH BETTER because our buddy passes got bumped to first class!!! All I have to say is first class is the way to go. We enjoyed the pampering and it was a perfect end to a great trip. Also, when we flew in and out of DC we flew in front of the White House. It was cool to see the White House from the sky, maybe one day we'll go back and see it for real.
WE LOVE NEW YORK!