So, my sister Amanda came out to visit us the first part of July. . . we had a lot of fun!! She brought her three kids with her and it was a fun time with all the kids. The first day she was here we decided to take her on a waterfall tour around Ithaca.
Had to start with this cute girl. . . she had to bring a puppy along.
Here are all the kids. . . The waterfalls was more of a trickle. . . it hasn't rained here very much this summer. Not the best waterfalls to see right then, but fun hike. The kids got to walk in the water on the way back and really enjoyed that.
So, our next stop was an actual waterfalls worth seeing!
NIAGARA FALLS!!!
Here is a picture of the whole crew (minus me!!) We toured the American side during the day and then went to the Canadian side at night to sleep. . . the hotel views from the Canadian side are so much better and worth crossing the border for. We enjoy the activities on the American side more though.
My sister and me on the Maid of the Mist. . . so fun!!!
These are from our hotel room!
And yes, it did happen to be the 4th of July!! So we watched the fireworks, actually watched them from above them!! It was great to finally see 4th of July fireworks. . . it's been about four years for us. Ithaca doesn't do them on the 4th. We thought it ironic that we were in Canada watching them though!! It was cool.
This video is actually of Rainbow falls from the American side. It was the first time I have actually been down to this particular overlook. It was nice view.
The one thing we were never able to do until this trip was go to the butterfly place on the Canadian side. SO FUN!! The kids LOVED having all the butterfly's land on them and flutter around them.
Andrew
Evan
Cute Addison.
Cousin Brackin.
Cute cousin Harlie.
Brayden.
I'm missing one of my cute niece Raven, but most of these pictures are the ones she took!! She is in the photo's of NYC though, so no worries!!!
After Niagara we came back to my house and the next morning we left the six youngest kids there with Josh, and me, my sister Amanda, and my niece Raven went to NYC!!! It was SO fun!!!
Here is Amanda and Raven in Time Square.
Here's Amanda and me in Times Square.
We walked and walked, and shopped and shopped, and shopped!!! It was amazing to walk into a narrow doorway off of Times Square and walk into these massive stores. . . four floors up or down, back and around. It was crazy!
Here we are at the Hard Rock Cafe. It was so big inside and so small outside. . . really crazy!
We saw this guy on the street and thought "what a crazy guy". then we found out he was promoting the show "Zarkana". We thought that was fun as we were headed there that evening!
So, to prove a point, the stores on the inside are HUGE!! Toys-r-us fits a ferris wheel inside!! Would love to take the kids, but convincing Josh would take a lot of work!! :)
They also had this SO COOL dinosaur inside. It was in a corner of one of the many floors. It was so fun to watch!
So, after walking ALL day and shopping ALL day we were tired!!! Just before the show we just took a moment to sit and breathe. It was nice to sit for a few minutes.
My cute niece Raven. . . she's 13 now. Can't believe she is so old!!! :)
Here is our view for the show Zarkana. It was perfect as so much of it was done flying through the air. The trapeez artists are SO spectacular!! I have never seen anyone fly around like that. It was great.
On our way back to the hotel we took another route to see central park and another street with tons of lights!! We saw the Ed Sullivan Theater. . . more effective to see at night I think. He wasn't taping while we were in town, so we didn't even attempt going to that show.
Oh, and in case you worried about Josh with all those kids. . . they had so much fun they forgot we were gone!!! Josh let them play with sparklers, have a camp fire, roast s'mores and that's what we actually heard about!! Who knows what else they did, but they had fun all around!!!
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