Perfect timing- Family Time

Guess who came to visit this girl???

my family!!!! ohh i was the happiest girl!!! They came over to my host parents house and met them!! You should have seen the way i ran down those stairs to hug my two sisters (out of 4..the other two couldn't come), and my parents!! Ohh i was soo happy that day!! I can't tell you how good it was to see them. It was perfect timing..i'd been out here for long enough i needed my family..but right in the middle before i come home for Christmas!! 

That night my host mom ordered chinese food (she doesn't cook). So i took them on the tour of the house while they got everything set up, its a gorgeous house. After the tour, than we sat down for dinner and had dinner together. We talked, laughed..just like my family dinners! I missed it! After 2 hrs of talking and laughing and getting to know each other they left because we had to get the kids together. I stayed at the house that night because i had to work the next afternoon..so i said goodbye to my family for the night.

I rode the train in the next day.. and my dad picked me up at the train station for 45 minutes. (i was scared out of my mind because i am the ONLY white girl so i stick out like a sore thumb), my dad couldn't find the train station..he finally figured out he was 6 minutes away from me the whole time!! Ahh talk about craziness! Over the next couple of days us girls went sight seeing because my dad had come here on business..so us girls did what we do best, shopping!!!!

We went to Ground Zero on Friday, and that was an amazing sight to see..it was cool too actually see where the buildings stood. There is one tree thats original..the stump is what was left..so it was cool to see that! We went shopping in SoHo, walked canal street, and got lost a lot over the few days! Went to the M&M World, the Empire State Building and looked out on the very top..such an amazing view!! We went to the Manhattan Temple and took some pictures..my family was surprised to know that half of the temple was a church, its in such an awkward place it doesn't fit..but its gorgeous!! My sister bought me Wicked tickets for my birthday..so on saturday night me and my family got to go to that!! It was absolutely AMAZING!!!!! I loved every song and it was amazing!!! I want to go see it again for sure:) 

This weekend was amazing and i was so sad to say bye to them..but Christmas is only a month and half away and than i will see them!! I already miss them:) 

In Times Square

My cute fam:)

M&M World

Freedom tower..not even half way done

amazing picture on the wall

south towers

The only tree that was left of all the destruction..it was a stump when they found it

North tower

Ground Zero memorial

On top of Empire State building 

yess..we are tourists!! 

Me on top of the Empire State Building

amazing panorama picture on top of The Empire State Building

Me and Linds on the subway

M&M World

Bubba Gumps..yummy drink 

The saddest note i have ever seen..911 memorial

Wicked...it was AMAZING!!

yess..we are official

NYPD Dept!!

Me and Tiff standing in this weird mirror...
skinny much..? haha we look like pencils

but for now... i have to be stuck here in Hurricane Sandy... yes i'm scared outta my mind!! In Utah you would never get anything like this...so i have never experienced hurricanes, tornados, or anything. The winds are suppose to pick up to anywhere from 50-70 mph. K i am not even used to 30 mph winds..how am i suppose to more? ahh!! I'll be okay, we are about a half hour from the beach, so hopefully we will be okay! There have been many people have been worried about me which makes me happy that they are thinking of me..but i am hoping that everything will be okay:) All the schools are cancelled and so we will so how tomorrow will go if we don't have any power and the kids are stuck inside all day..this should be fun!!