New York, New York and Ashley's visit

This was the craziest thing we have done so far, I think! And here is why! It was James spring brake, Ashley was coming to visit and since she had been to D.C. before we wanted to do different things with her so we thought....."what the heck, lets go to New York, it's only four hours away!" Except that we went there and came back on the same day! Poor James had to drive the whole time. We were all dead tired because we walked all day long. But I have to say that it was so worth it! We had so much fun! Here are some of the things we got to see.

Eu acho que isso foi a coisa mais doida que ja fizemos! E aqui vai o porque! Era semana de saco cheio do James (entao ele nao tinha aula), a Ashley estava vindo nos visitar, e ja que ela ja tinha vindo pra D.C. antes, queriamos mostrar coisas diferentes para ela, entao pensamos........"mais que coisa, vamos para Nove York ja que so sao quatro horas de viajem!" Mas o problema foi que fomos e voltamos no mesmo dia! O coitado do James teve que dirigir o tempo tempo. Estavamos todos mortos de cansados porque andamos o dia todo. Mas tenho que dizer que valeu muito apena. Nos divertimos muito! Aqui vai algumas coisas que vimos.
Asheley by the Statue of Liberty. That is the closest we saw it since we didn't have time to stand in line for 3 hours to see it closer. Oh well, there is always next time!

Ashley perto da Estatua da Liberdade. Isso foi o mais proximo que conseguimos ver, desde que nao tinhos tempo pra ficar na fila por 3 horas para ve-la de mais perto. Bem, sempre tem a proxima vez!
The high risers that we don't have in Utah, or D.C. Yes, I said D.C. ! Believe or not! But I guess no buildings can be taller than the Washington Monument.

Os predios altos que nao temos nem em Utah e nem em D.C.  Sim, eu disse D.C.! Acredite se quiser! Mas eu acho que e porque nemhum predio pode ser mais alto do que o Monumento de Washington.

Ashley standing by Wall Street. Her future work place! Go Ash!

Ashley perto da rua Wall Street. O futuro lugar de trabalho dela! Vai que tua Ash!

At the Wall Street! Ashley got very excited and emotional about it! She can't wait to go to work there. She is crazy! Some day Ash, some day!

Na rua Wall Street! A Ashely ficou muito anciosa e emocionada! Ela mal pode esperar para ir trabalhar la. Ela e doida!  Um dia Ash, um dia!

This is at China Town. Now, I have a funny story to tell about that! The background information is that Ashley loves purses. So she wasn't contented with the two purses she had already bought that day in New York. When some guy in the street asked if she wanted Prada purses, she went crazy! Off course she said yes. But since this was, I believe, an illegal sale, he told her she had to follow him. Then he asked if I wanted to see them and I said sure, why not! So here we follow this guy and for our surprise he had her go inside this van parked on the street that had all these black windows. So we couldn't see a thing that was going on inside. After she entered the van and this guy closed the door, James and I looked at each other and said, this is crazy. What if this guy does something to her?! We got very worried. But my innocent husband was convinced that since she gave her purse for James to hold that the guy wouldn't do anything to her because she didn't have her purse. And I as a girl was worried about something else, not about being robbed! But anyways, James said : "Lets watch the van because if it moves that means she is trying to react to something." But in my mind I was, ya right, not if he has a gun! All of a sudden the van started moving and James and I fricked out. So I nocked at the window and the guy opened the door and with this thick accent (thicker than mine) said to me: "You wait your turn!" Ya right, I was not going inside that van!  As soon as she walked out me bursted into laugh.  Ashley reported to us that he had electrical tape all over his windows to make it black and all the purses were hanging in the walls of the van.  When she asked the price and he said fourty dollars she told him she was not paying forty dollars for a purse inside of a van! So he said: " Get out!"   

Although it was scary at the time, we make fun of it now!

                               

At Times Square! It was awesome to be there and get to see New York! Overall, New York reminded me a lot of Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

No Times Square! Foi muito bom estar la e poder ver Nova Yorke! Contudo, Nova Yorke me lembrou muito de Sao Paulo.

                                                    Ash by the Washington Monument!

A cute picture of titia Ashley and Emma at Great Falls, Virginia! We had so much fun with Ashley here and enjoyed a lot having her over! We already miss her a lot! But its ok, she is coming back this summer! I guess we didn't scare her too bad! We love you Ash!

Uma linda foto da titia Ashley e da Emma no Great Falls, Virginia! Nos divertimos muito com ela e adoramos te-la em nossa casa. Ja sentimos muita falta dela! Mas tudo bem, ela ja esta voltando esse verao! Acho que nao assustamos ela tao mal!  Te amamos Ash!