The Rogers' take on New York City!

Eric and I were so excited to have my parents come visit.  Not only was it fun because it was their first time in New York, but there is something nice about sharing where you live with the people close to you.  One of the harder parts about moving away is that I don't feel like my close friends and family can really understand what our lives look like now (though this blog certainly helps with that...).  So needless to say, it was fun to share that with them.

I knew my parents were looking forward to seeing us, but I didn't know how much they would actually enjoy the city.  I was pleasantly suprised that they took it on like champs!  My mom was her usual busy-body self, wanting to see all of the sites and experience what New York has to offer.  My dad was his usual easy-going self, and went along with it.  While we were at work on Thursday and Friday, they walked the Brooklyn Bridge, shopped at the Seaport, came to see my school in Harlem, explored Times Square with my lovely cousin and her son, tried out new restaurants, and probably walked about 5 miles each day to do it all. 

When we got home from work in the evenings and on the weekend, they were still energized enough to do more with us! We tried some of the best restaurants I have been to so far, including Bubby's, Eatery, and Armando's.  Now we know some great places to take our future visitors!

Saturday was by far, my highlight of their visit.  We had so much fun all day long.

We started out with a my parents' first experience on a subway train...

Then we did the lazy man's tour through central park.  Eric and I had been through Central park several times already, so we though this would be fun way to see it.  Turns out, we learned a lot about different movies or scenes that were shot there.  We even saw the fountain at the opening of all Friends episodes! 

This is Charlie Brown, the sweet horse that pulled us through the park:).

Then we walked down Fifth Avenue to see Rockefeller Plaza, where the Today Show is filmed.

There was a beautiful church across from Rockefeller.  My unfortunate camera doesn't do it justice.

We enjoyed a delicious dinner at Eatery before going to see Billy Elliott.  I have eaten here twice, and both times it was amazing.

The desserts are just as good as the entrees:).

I forgot to mention that Eric got his brand new IPhone that morning.  Therefore, he was playing with his cool new apps throughout the day.  He decided to create a couple pictures for us on this app called Color Splash.  Fancy eh??

We ended our day with the show Billy Elliot.  I always forget how much I LOVE musicals.  They move my soul:)

As we left, we walked through Times Square one last time at night.  My dad wanted me to take this picture of this enormous Pepsi display for the Heaths.  If you read the blog, this one is for you Mike and Brenda!

We had such a fun time with my parents.  We will have no shortage of visitors over the next few months, as we have a steady stream of great family and friends coming.  We are looking forward to spending time with the Voights, Meg, Sarah, Chad and Kim, and the Welu's!   Then it won't be long until we are back home for the holidays!