2012 East Coast Trip, Pt. 1

We just arrived home after our 12 day east coast excursion! We spent 4 days at Messiah Conference, at tge end of which Emma got a chance to hang out with her fav singer, Sharon Wilbur, then road-tripped it up to New Jersey where the whole family got to spend some time with Matt's grandma. On the way to Long Island we hit some classic New York traffic...and loved it, believe it or not! On Saturday we attended Shuvah Yisrael, and on Sunday morning Jake, Matt, their parents and the kids went to the beach while Heather and I scrambled to set a surprise 60th party for Helene. She was very surprised and it was a great day. On Monday Jake and Heather had to drive home :( and Matt and I went into the city (Manhattan) to celebrate our 10th anniversary! We went to the 91st Street Garden in Riverside Park, where Matt proposed and then we walked around The Village, got cupcakes from Magnolia's, shopped, took a pic with Mike Tyson, people-watched in Washington Square Park, and met an old friend, Ben, for dinner. It was an amazing day.