Adventures with Kipp & Kyle

On June 20th Ryan's little brothers arrived in New York for a crazy week in the city. They are studying for the SAT and Ryan is studying for the GRE so the hope was that they would all study during the day and get out and about at night. I could have bet that flashcards would have stayed in their suitcases the entire time they were here. But I was wrong. I was very proud of them. But we also packed a lot of fun stuff in. On Thursday they recovered from their late flight and jet lag. Thursday night we went to dinner downtown at a little dinner in the West Village and enjoyed a cupcake from Magnolia. Those cupcakes are De-lish. Friday I took the half day off from work so at noon we went to a yummy Indian restaurant for lunch. We picked up the best cookies in the world form the Bouchon Bakery and enjoyed them in front of Radio City Music Hall.

After the great cookie we went to the taping of the Conan O'Brian show. It was totally different from the way it looks on TV but it was funny.
After the show we walked up 5th Ave and did a little shopping and the enjoyed the free night at the MOMA.

(Kipp)

(Kyle)

After the MOMA we walked and checked out some of the architecture on the upper east side. Then we enjoyed Papaya Dogs for dinner. Brad (a friend from our ward) just had a birthday so his wife Jill invited us and some other couples over for cake and ice cream. It was a very fun night. Saturday morning we had a hard time getting up and going so we didn't get to the beach until later in the day. But it was a nice after noon. The water was beyond cold but the beach was really nice.

(Long Beach)

(the train ride home)

After the beach we ran home, showered quickly, and jumped on the subway to go to the METS game. We were a little late but nothing had happened. It was 0-0 and already the 7th inning. So at the end of the 9th inning and the last 5 min of the game the METS scored and won the game. So we were a little sad we were late until we realise that we saw the only exciting thing that happened. The stadium was really cool and we had great views of the city. After the game we walked around Time Square and people watched which is always fun. Sunday we went to church and Kipp and Kyle helped us in the nursery. We came home had lunch and all fell asleep for 2 hours. Sunday afternoon we walked through the park and checked out the roller disco and drum circle and enjoyed the good weather.

Sunday was really nice. Monday the boys were super lazy and didn't get out of the house until I came home from work. After work we went to Canal street and walked around. We had dinner in little Italy which was really fun and then we went to see Ocean 13. Tuesday was our anniversary so Ryan walked them around the city during the day and we left them at home so we could go to dinner that night. Wednesday the walked around some more, went to the movies again, and we met up after work at Shake Shack for dinner.

I love that place. It is very good. It was super hot and muggy but it was nice to be in the park. We did some more shopping that evening and then went home early. They flew out early early Thursday morning. It was really fun to have them in town, I hope they had a good time.