New York -- Hudson Yards

It's always strange to get up at 6:00 in the morning, board a flight, and by the time you get there ready to have some fun, it's 4:30 in the afternoon!

Courtney and Carine met us outside our hotel and we headed to Hudson Yards for shopping at the new mall. Dan wasn't excited about shopping, but he was excited about seeing the largest real estate development (or some exciting statistic) so he went to walk around. And when he walked the Highline, he also went and hit a bucket of golf balls at Chelsea Piers!

The cute shoes I've been seeing advertised on Instagram didn't turn out to be flattering on mine and Courtney's feet. But we did find cute pants and a couple tops at Madewell and Uniqlo.

We got to meet Michael, Courtney's boyfriend, at dinner. I like what Courtney tells me about him -- he's good at planning fun things for dates, they are supportive of each others keeping up on friendships with other people, he replaced her light bulbs while she was out of town and helped to build her new desk, and he encourages her to keep her plan to study on Friday nights saying, "you'll feel better if you do." What I liked about him most when I was with him is that he's funny. And easy to talk to and be with.

Cute skirts that we didn't buy because of the missionary vibe.

After dinner we walked to an Italian dessert place for cheesecake. Dan and I headed back to the hotel after that because we were exhausted at 10:00 NYC time/8:00 Utah time. "The kids" met up with friends who biked down to SoHo from the Upper West Side and then they went out for more fun. Those were the days!