Our Last Day (Tuesday, April 5)

Our very last day....most of us are really dragging but so thankful for the experience.

Paige snapped a great
photo of Jillian Michaels



Matt Lauer filming the Today Show

 We started by going to the NBC Studio for a tour. We had a few moments prior to our tour so we walked around a bit outside. Several of us watched the filming of the Today Show and saw Matt Lauer in person. Our group also got to see Curtis Stone (the Australian chef) because I almost ran right into him outside. Then, we saw Jillian Michaels from the Biggest Loser taping a segment. The boys got all giddy as she waved and smiled at them.



Jake at the Top of the Rock
- in the rain



The tour was a lot of fun as we got to see the stages where the Jimmy Fallon Show is filmed as well as Saturday Night Live. Kristin and John Michael even got to film a news and weather segment. They were great! Once we were done with our tour we went to the Top of the Rock...the Rockefeller Center. What a view!!! Even though it cloudy and rainy, you could still see so much.  Oh yeah...the weather was not very kind to us on this trip. We had about two days of some sunshine but most of the time, it was cold, wet and windy.





Jake, Jenna & Erica
playing the BIG piano

 We played around on Fifth Avenue looking in all the shops before meeting up on the famous Plaza Hotel. Several of us even went into FAO Schwartz and jumped on the BIG piano that was featured in the movie "Big". Then we were finally off to JFK for our long trip home. It was a heartfelt goodbye to Sohailah, our tour guide, and then a looooooooooong plane ride, with a stop in San Francisco.

Even though we got back to Ontario Airport at 11:45 p.m., it was really like 2:45 a.m. for us because of the time change. We were all tired, goofy, ready to be home, but most of all, thankful to God for such a wonderful experience and thankful for all of those who helped get us there.

If you have the opportunity to go on this trip, let me tell you from personal experience, it is worth it and something that you nor your child will ever forget!