Christmas in New York

For Christmas I stayed in New York.  I spent time with my host family and watched the kiddies open up their gifts.  They finally reached the age where presents were exciting...but hopefully they don't think everyday you get tons and tons of presents :D  I also spent time with my friend Maka.  It is cool how being out here on my own I have to rely on my ward as my family.  It is so great how the church brings us all together.  I just wanted to share my favorite video about Christ for this post.

These Streets Will Make You Feel Brand New; Big Lights Will Inspire You, Lets Hear it for New York, New York, New York

So this week I did about everything you can imagine. Hilary came to visit and so we went and saw everything we could. We went to the Statue of Liberty, walked the Brooklyn Bridge, and had NY pizza (at Grimaldis). We saw the Rocketts Christmas Spectacular, went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, and walked around Central Park. We went to Grand Central Station, Rockefeller Center to see the christmas tree, and saw Spider-man Turn Off the Dark...Booyah! We rode trains and subways, shopped, and stalked santas...Apparently one of the days we were in the city was dress like santa day. It was the craziest thing I had ever seen. I am not joking...everyone and their dog was dressed like santa or an elf, and we even saw people dressed as stockings and reindeer. I felt like I was inside a Where's Waldo book! But I am not going to write much for this post because it deserves more pictures than words.

Santas

More Santas...

Even More Santas...

Lady Liberty

Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall

@ Grimaldis under the Brooklyn Bridge with Stephen and Kate

Times Square with Hilary :D

Saw Spider-Man the Musical

Random plants everywhere that look like heads of lettuce

@ the MET

@ the MET

Death of Socrates

Wall of Figurines @ MoMA

Figures up close

At the MoMA

Christmas Tree @ Rockafeller Center

The Temple