Weekend Trips

 These posts are a little late, but that is what happens when the weather outside beats the feeling of the trusty ole AC. It's almost too cold to be outside this morning so I am doing a little update. September was a much anticipated month for us. The first weekend we went back to Birmingham for a Legacy retreat. (That is the school of discipleship we went to, you should check it out here.) All the students who have ever been were invited and we met up at this retreat center. It was so great to see old friends and make new ones. Somehow I only have pictures from the couple of hours we spent at the pool, so just to give you an idea-

We miss days on the farm and our little Leg fam. We talk about it often and it was so good to reconnect with those that could make it. It was a great, quick, action packed trip.

Then, three days later we were on the road headed for Flushing, NY. You see, we love tennis. I grew up watching tennis with my family. We would wake up before the sun on the morning of the Wimbledon final and make a big breakfast and drink too much coffee while we cheered on anyone but Andy Murray. Kenny's love for tennis is more recent but he is a total fan of playing and watching. In fact when we watch tennis that usually means Kenny- full tennis gear, a new can of balls and his racket practicing his forehands while the dogs chase after the tennis balls and I just hope and pray he doesn't hit any glass.

All that to say we were NYC bound to see the men's singles final of the US Open.

We got there Friday afternoon and went into Manhattan.

 Ate a little pizza.

Talked about how crazy it was that it had been 11 years since 9/11

 Saw a little NYC Fashion Week shindig and said a quick prayer that Taylor Swift was in there and that I could meet her. Unfortunately, she wasn't there.

However she was at Carnegie's. Oh, hey girl.

 

 Can't talk about this cheesecake or my mouth will start watering. But it really is the best. And a wonderful way to end the night.

 The next morning it was raining cats and dogs. But how often are we in NYC?!! So we got dressed in all our water-wicking clothes and headed out once again to Manhattan. First stop, Canal Street/Little Italy.

 Oh and it was beautiful, not a drop of rain once we got off the Subway.

 We walked everywhere, went into tons of shops and ended the day at Central Park.

We were exhausted and headed back early so we could be rested and at the Tennis Center bright and early the next morning. We came back to the hotel to find out the men's final had been pushed back a day. What. A. Fail. We were so disappointed. Kenny had work, we had to check out of our hotel, there was no way we could make it. So we decided to just go home and call it a failure of a trip. Well the next morning we are packing up but Kenny was looking at tickets to the men's semi-final that was going on in less than an hour. We decide to go, when in NY right? We buy these tickets off Craig's List. Drive to meet this stranger and pay her cash for tickets we didn't think were that great, but we just wanted to get into the stadium.

 By the time we get there, we are an hour late. When we get to our section we ask the seat lady where we were supposed to be and he pointed to a box. We were shocked. We thought we were in the upper decks but sure enough we had somehow gotten box tickets. It. Was. So. Cool. It was old men in suits and scarves, very prestigious looking British women, and us. 

This was our view.

 And when we needed a little snack, we just waltzed right in here.

 After the match we walked around the stadium, went to the women's doubles final and got some souvenirs from the Nike shop.

 Andy Murray ended up winning the US Open. Let's just say, he is not our favorite tennis player and we were happy to watch it from our own sofa. Nonetheless, it was an awesome day. One of the coolest things we have done for sure!

I hope everyone is enjoying the first few days of this glorious season. Happy Fall Y'all!