New Year in the North East!

This Christmas we didn't make it home - still in our green card process, we are still waiting for travel documents to be able to leave the country. We are trusting God that he still has a plan and purpose in what is going on, and that He is still faithful.There was obviously sadness in not being able to spend such a special time with all of our family, but we remained incredibly grateful that we have each other to be able to spend time together.

We also made the most of our opportunity to travel a little and see some new places within the states.

Before we got married, we made a commitment to see 20 things together, so we seized the opportunity to knock another one of those things off our list! Plus have a little fun seeing some other cool places!

So we got planning and booked our trip to head north to New York and travel around to see Niagara Falls!

We also got to make it to Washington DC and arrived back into New York to enjoy New Years in the craziest, busiest city in the US, watch the famous ball drop and enjoy some city time!

So I thought I would share some of our pictures and experiences from our adventures.

We didn't have a lot of time in Washington D.C. but we did make it to some of the major sites to see! We got to see the Lincoln memorial, which was one of those moments of being able to see something in real life that you've seen on tv and in the movies. It was pretty impressive to see him in real life - I resisted temptation to go and sit on his lap!

Through those gates, you can see the White House! We learned some pretty cool facts about the House (including that many years ago, the Brits burned it down, whoops!).

Capitol Hill! Not to be confused with the White House! This is America's version of Parliament, where all of the Senators and Representatives come to work. It was pretty big!

Niagara Falls!
This place was incredibly cold, but so beautiful and amazing!

There was ice everywhere, and watching the beauty of the falls, there was incredible power in the water, watching it cascade over the falls. We did have to be incredibly careful not to slip head first into the falls!! ;)

New Years Eve in New York, we took a walk in Central Park and enjoyed some time to be able to stop for a little, and talk through what we hoped for the New Year and what some of our new years resolutions would be.

It was a great 6 days away, with some more adventures and fun seeing some new places that we enjoyed!

Again, I am just so thankful to have my best friend along for the ride, with an incredible sense of adventure and desire to see new places. I love the times we are able to switch off and explore new things together!