At the end of May, we went to New York to meet up with one of Mike's best friends Dustin and his wife Janelle. They were out vacationing from Las Vegas. I hadn't seen them since our wedding so it was great to hang out with them again!
The first night we went to Shake Shack (of course) and Mike and Dusty stood in the line for about 2 hours while Janelle and I sat on a bench and talked.
In the morning I woke up to Mike and Dusty cooking us breakfast. They set off the fire alarm twice but no worries, Dustin is a fireman and made it a point to show where the stairs were on our floor right when we got to the hotel.
We wanted to be able to do something that we hadn't done in New York before so we decided to go to Ellis Island. We had to wait in line for a while and we saw some interesting entertainers. 
This guy wrote cool songs about different states and countries. 
The view of the city from the boat. 
Lady Liberty.
We didn't have tickets to walk around the Statue of Liberty park so we just stayed on the boat and waited for Ellis Island. 
Right before we took this picture, there was a family with four little girls taking a picture and we both looked at each other and said that we knew our family was going to be like that...four little girls. Haha maybe its just funny to us but we really feel like that's what's going to happen to us. 
Listening to the audio tour. 
The button hook that the inspectors used to check for Trachoma. 
I think it looks so awful! 
And for the best part...me taking a picture with my Great Grandpa's name! I had been waiting to see this for so long! It was so amazing to see this and be on Ellis Island thinking about him. The whole experience walks you through what it would really feel like being one of the immigrants. While there weren't too many people that got turned away, there were a percentage of people who were sick and had to be kept on the island, or sent home. My Great Grandpa had pink eye so there was a little bit of a scare that he wouldn't make it through. I am very glad he did :)
Antonio Catanese, my maternal grandma's dad from Italy. We don't really have records of my Great Grandma coming through but we assume that she passed through the island as well. 
Even though I was pretty spent from all of the walking we had such a great time! 
3 comments:
That would be seriously cool to see great ancestors names at such a historical place.
I'm starting to wonder if we will be "blessed" with nothing but little Paulianas as well (complete with the wide range of emotional breakdowns and drama that come along with it). Now that we have a girl it's hard to imagine anything else! So far having a girl is so much FUN.
I know as a pregnant person it's hard to believe, but Jen you are a cute pregnant person!!
JONI
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