Thursday in NYC

Our Thursday morning started off by walking to Rockefeller Center and here is the ever recognizable statue in front of the Rockefeller building by the ice rink:

The view of the Rockefeller building looking up: Off to see The Today Show:Kora looks great on tv:Hota Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford:Hota Kotb is very beautiful in person: We did make it on tv when Kota and Kathie Lee did the cooking segment. Now we can say we have had our 15 minues of fame!

Look what we saw on a truck on the way to the pier:

Chillin at the pier:
These guys are too funny:

Have to find away to entertain yourself at times. The boys were flicking the caps from the water bottles:
Miss Erika is just sitting looking cute as always:
The girls had fun running and jumping:

Here's our boat for our tour of lower Manhattan:
The little girls are ready to go: Look at how excited everyone is for the boat ride:
Pictures along the tour:
The Brooklyn Bridge:
Golf driving range:
The Manhattan Bridge:

Ahhh, Lady Liberty:

The 'Parker' Hanson's:

Ellis Island:
Kora is holding the Statue of Liberty?

What better way to end a great dinner than with a great dessert, especially New York style cheesecake, which this restaurant had THE best cheesecake we have ever had! The name of the restaurant is Junior's:

The kids had artistic drawing contests thru/out dinner and here are the drawings for 'the sa-wards of justices':
After dinner, we went to the Rocefeller building to the observation deck.
Don't be throwin me off the 'Top of the Rock' Erika!
There goes Kora showin everyone the city from the 'Top of the Rock':
The Empire State Building from the 'Top of the Rock':
What a view:
Really makes downtown Omaha feel very, very tiny with only two tall buildings:

The kids getting a better view:


We had a very full day so I was very tired and so was Erika so we decided to walk on back to the hotel while the others went to the ESPN Zone to play some games. In order to get out of the Rockefeller building, it was like the Amazing Race, it took forever to find our way out! Luckily, it wasn't just me, Skip later said they had problems finding their way out too. After such a busy day, I slept like a 'Rock'!