It's hurts to have hate in your heart.

I find myself struggling with the amount of time I have consumed myself with hatred and thinking about the evil things these people have done. I guess not everyone has a conscious and can just merely go about there day to day lives know that an inexcusable action can rip a family to shreds.

I have struggled to come to grips with the amount of evil people project onto others. How can people possibly lay their heads down at night knowing the absolute shitty things they have done when they themselves have children.

I want my old life back, I want my kids to be home. It sickens me to think that we have to move back in a house that is not done. I have cried myself to the point of exhaustion. For days at a time I won't even eat. I feel as if I haven't slept in days, I wake up constantly through the night wondering why us? I find myself questioning my whole life, wondering what I did at any point in my life that would have brought this on to my family.

My husband said I'm killing myself, the thought process, the obsession with the hatred I have for Phoenix Renovation, and Liberty Mutual. So frustrated and literally drowning in bills that we can't pay because of Liberty Mutual retaliation to stop Additional Living Expenses. The look on my kids faces when we can't afford to go to fun things. It breaks my heart and it's not fair to them. It fuels the rage that I have for each and every person that has partaken in the whole series of events this past year.

Everyone has a breaking point and I'm almost there. I will not allow for my kids to be stuck in the middle of this who mess. I have sold every last thing of mine except my wedding ring that has value to help us get caught up on bills and to give the kids some normal. I have nothing else except my pride, and the pride of my family which I'm willing to go to jail for to out everyone's part and make your life as much hell as you have given my family.  I have less than 30 days to move my family back into a house that is to be frank a piece of shit with the work Phoenix has done, the whole house will be redone and I will not stop until my family is home.

You have called the cops on me twice, laughed in my face, talked about my kids, tried to run my brother over with a car, one of your sub contractors calling me a bitch in your presence stepped toward me as if he was going to hit me, thank god my brother intervened, having random people text me. I'm pretty sure that goes against your church going ways, but who am I to say.

I had one mission and that mission went down in stealth mode.

Our Mission Kidnapping the PS4 controller.

While making dinner my husband asked if I was going to make white gravy, I said no because we don't have any flour. He said sure it's ok you don't have to go, then a long pause, no really you don't have to make any. 

I knew he had one motive and that was to get some game time in with out me giving him crap for playing it. He just got the new Call of Duty game. Not even going to lie the graphics on that game are pretty awesome. That's besides the point. I agreed to go to the grocery store, he happened to be in the kitchen at this time and I motioned to Ashton to grab the controller. Once he had the package the mission would start. He grabbed the controller and we were off.

I started our journey in the car, here is Ashton with the beloved Controller.

The kid is a nut case.
This picture is when he knew I had his controller.

It's a boy. His controller being weighed at the store.

Posing with Bananas.

Posing with a new brew.

Go home controller......you're drunk.

 When we got back home he got his controller back, he examined it to make sure it had no scratches, and it wasn't injured. (he was doing this to be a smart ass.) He never knows what to expect with me and this is just one incident that makes him realize he is one lucky fella. 

What our Lives have been through the past year, and counting.

Here's our Story.

I'm going to give a brief run down of events of what has transpired over the past year and what our family is going through right now to this day. One of the main things I want to accomplish is so no other family has to deal with what we are going through and what other families are going through at this very moment with the same stuff.

We are the Griffith Family. We had a pretty serious house fire in March 2014. This is my families 2nd house fire in 4 years, first was a candle and this is from faulty electrical wiring/or the garage door opener. We just bought this house. I can't even begin to tell you how much we loved this house. Our very first home as a family, which is a big deal, it was ours, something we took pride in. After the fire, utter choas, devastion. Lucky for us our insurance company brought in their preferred vendor Phoenix Renovation and Restoration. We were at a complete loss for words, here come Phoenix our knight in shining armor going to make it all better and take care of my family. You can guess they gave a pretty convincing bait and switch and we fell for it hook line and sinker. My insurance company said they were the best, we could pick anyone we wanted but if we wanted it done right we were advised to go with Phoenix. Our insurance backed them 100%, saying they do this all the time, Phoenix never disappoints etc. One of the major selling points was they were going to seal the walls from smoke odor etc. Having 2 kids with allergies this was a must. Come to find out they had no intention on sealing the walls.

Construction on the home didn't start till after May 22. I began to start questioning things and quickly took note of things not adding up. Here is a break down of things thus this far that have been noted.

Windows- We had retrofit double hung windows before, they installed single hung new construction windows and installed them incorrectly while ripping out the entire casing. They charged us for double hung window and added additional money for installing retrofit windows when we didn't even get them. I asked the owner and he said I don't know why you would want retro fit double hung windows anyways. *FacePalm*

Framing- Failed city inspection right from the start. Their mason guy built the garage out of square so for the framing to be built square 2.5 inches of the 2x4 is hanging off the back corner of the garage. They want to add a ledger plate to provide support being it's a load baring wall. This is an issue for me to the fact it wasn't there before. Does this bring down the value of the house, should we be ok with it even though our home wasn't hanging off the foundation before? With the new cinderblock framing there is cracks in the mortar which is going to allow water intrusion in the garage.

Electrical- was not completed and their electrician wouldn't finish the job, kept the cover for the breaker box. After a home inspection, and a new electrician it was noted that they used wrong size wires in the breaker box. Had they not caught it, we would have been lucky if it had tripped the breaker before causing another house fire.

Heating and Cooling- Neither Furnace or Ac was serviced but it's on the invoice that they completed it. To find out the furnace isn't even working so what did they service?

Roof- They dropped our roof line 12 inches, flashing is done wrong and shoddy, chimney cap was not sealed so we have new water coming into the house from the chimney, there is now a gorgeous silver trash bag covering the chimney.

Attic- Is not properly ventilated, they took out our attic storage space because they said it was against city code, and it's not. Some of the boards are not even being supported.

Basement- They claimed it didn't have water damage but let's get serious, the fire department puts about 4,000 gallons of water on a home........where does the water go.....it went straight to the basement, I had spotted mold and asked about, Phoenix then replied that they were just going to clean that spot off the drywall. I got a 2nd opinion and the mold levels were so high in the basement that it was RECOMMENDED that no one enter the basement without protective equipment on.

When asking about the sealing of the walls and the soot that is still on studs in the home, The owner came out and said "Whoops" we may have missed that. WHOOPS.........how professional!



I can go on and on about how slip shod the work is. ALL sheetrock needs to be removed and walls need to be sealed. The roof needs to be redone like kind, the tub is damaged, garage floor has severe cracks and separation, windows, siding, their dry wall guy swept all the extra debris in the vents, Phoenix was supposed to provide a porta potty for their workers and they didn't so I had the luxury of picking up bottles of piss in the backyard, ac/furnace needs to me serviced and or replaced, the duck work they installed has detached and was laying in our sump pump, they installed untreated lumbar on garage frame that has warped.  Here we are in the Month of November, our house is no where near ready to move in. We have paid Phoenix $31,000 not to include the money directly given to them by our insurance company. They are asking for an additional $69,000 for the "work" they have done to the house. It's going to cost in excess of $115,000 to get the house back like it was.

I have had several people (contractors, restoration companies, independent contractors) come to my home to take a look and the questions/comments I get all the time is, "Were they even licensed?" "What the hell did they do." "You said it was bad but I never imagined it was this bad."


I didn't know what else to do so I began Picketing Phoenix Business, (I have never picketed anything before in my life) It was really rather interesting. I received alot of support from neighboring vendors. I had the cops called on me twice, the cop asked for my id I asked him If i did anything wrong he said you are sitting on a side walk and it's against city ordinance. (Which it's not) He said If I didn't give them my id then he would give me a ticket for an ordinance that didn't exist. Meanwhile he's telling a tale of how Phoenix is doing his house after a fire they had in August and they are almost ready to move in. He began to say how they had dryer's in his for 4 days sucking all the moisture out so they didn't get mold. That's fantastic, they didn't do that to my house. After Picketing for 4 days, the owner stopped traffic to film us, a car full of their employees drove by several times video taping my car, after about their 3rd pass I got out my phone to record, my brother was crossing the street at this time to get his drink out of my car when she rolled through a stop sign in the opposite side of the road to attempt to strike my brother with her car. Police did nothing as Phoenix is a Partner with the city (according to the website). Would it had been taken seriously if she had struck him?

Our contents were "cleaned" by servpro. They didn't take inventory when they packed out the contents that weren't damaged. They claimed our stuff was in a locked down storage unit. It wasn't it happen to be in a side office that was not locked down and everyone had access to our stuff, which brings me to My next complaint. My Halloween stuff is missing.......kids first Halloween costumes, decorations that We have collected through the years, and now my other Christmas tote is missing with alot of Hallmark ornaments, kids things, decorations, lights. It's one thing to have them lost in a fire but its another thing to assume someone took them. My sons bedroom set is broke, I pride myself on finding deals so when I happen to score his locker bedroom set piecing it together from different people until I had the full set, which all happen to be from pottery barn, I could never afford a set like that just regular price, so this was huge for me. I get the comment that I can go get a set like it from Walmart. Now there's nothing against Walmart but just because we are a young middle class family you assume that the average joe can't catch a deal and have nice things, or maybe because we live in a small town we don't know any better.

The contents list, met with the adjuster and she said she was going to take care of it. It caught me off guard because I had to do it last time and I documented everything and photographed everything in the home. I not only asked her once but three times how she was going to inventory and what she was going to do. She explained she had been doing this 10+ years and she would be at our house for hours inventorying the house. Well she came up with a list but it was nothing that we had. For example my 13 year old son dresses nice, Abercrombie, Under Armour, American Eagle and like any other boy he had nice shoes, Nike, Under Armour etc the adjuster says he had OshGosh jeans, random shirts Target and $1 socks when he had saved and had a bunch of Nike Elite socks which are $14 a pair. (I know it's insane but he bought them himself.) My youngest had a bunch of star wars guys that she gave him $1 for his toys and $20 for his crazy amount of Nerf Guns he had, Mentioned husky tools, when my husband had craftsman and snap on, his tv we bought the exact same one and in insurance world she gave me $600.00 to buy his tv with $17 deprecation, keep in mind we have full replacement cost on everything. I bought the exact same tv and just so happen to find it on clearance for about $900 she in turn only gave me and additional $17 because she said she only allowed me to spend $617.00. There's to much to list on the contents also on how bad they screwed us on that, now we have to try and "remember" everything we had because she took some pretty vague photos.

The evidence I have doesn't lie......the work they did speaks for it's self. We are not the only family, there are so many others that Phoenix has done this to, one family I spoke to their house is falling apart, hardwood is buckling, cabinets fell of walls, doors don't fit and they they blame it on the temperature outside, not to mention the other families that are in litigation with them, some are even homeless living with family because insurance will only pay for a rental for a year and a lot have gone past that mark as my family is heading to that mark really quickly, our rental is only paid for until February. Just a side note, check my research everything is public record look up court cases in Missouri and Kansas, I have reached out to alot of people from just that and the things they have to say about Phoenix will blow your mind.  My kids are devastated because they wanted to be in their house for Christmas. I don't know what to say to them. I keep saying "I just don't get it........I don't understand how people can treat people like this." My husbands thoughts are you have to try and quit understanding, it's the nature of the business. Although he may be right we have very different opinions, I take everything to heart and it to be has become very personal. I know there are good Restoration Companies out there, I have met them after the fact when I got their opinions, but with Liberty Mutual thrusting Phoenix on us we made that decision to proceed why wouldn't we, we wanted the best. No we are in the appraisal process which it a process all in itself, as well as getting papers from Phoenix saying they want to put a lien on the home. Phoenix and Liberty deny having any contact with each other trying to put off that don't talk with each other to conspire their stories. Their appraiser came out to my house this past Monday and I had small video and auto cameras hidden in the house. This is why because everything they have said they recant it or say I'm lying when I know the conversation that took place. Our building Adjuster was at our house when I met him recently and he just started cutting into me, Yelling, calling me a fucking liar, he was belligerent and yelling about everything from the dirt I had put around the foundation, having the mold removed by not one of their vendors, he said that if I had wanted it done right I should have babysat the contractors as they were at my house. I was upset and beside myself.  So I recorded the whole process and have everything on Audio, the conspiracy between vendors, the lies, them knowing everything that took place in our Mediation. It just never ends and is disturbing the lengths these people go to. This should be considered criminal. People have went to jail for less than what this company does. I mean people go through something like a house fire only to have their world ripped to shred by a company who prides themself by ripping off the consumer. They also pride themselves on being good church going folks, so does that make it all better, screwing families over during the week and as long as you attend church you shall be saved. What a joke.

The conspiracy with the whole mediation process I just don't have words for. Maybe it's my wanting to see the good in people so I didn't question the mediation process and their choice of mediator. During mediation we all sign a privacy contract saying nothing inside of mediation can be used against you or be let out by either party. I wanted to step out side during a break and the mediator told me I had to leave my stuff in the room, I couldn't take my phone I can only discuss it with my husband. No problem, I understood. How is it that Pat Murphy can call another company say hey I'm in mediation I heard you were at the Griffiths and wrote them and estimate. what was your estimate? How is it that there is a double standard in the mediation process and me and my husband didn't stand a chance. Nobody still didn't know about us going to mediation until people heard the video of Liberty Mutuals appraiser telling everything that was said in our mediation. How did she find out if Liberty Mutual and Phoenix didn't have this conspiracy to save each others ass. 

I wanted to inform other families so they didn't encounter what we are going through and what several other families are going through. Below are pictures of our house, take a look for your self.

One of the pictures of mold behind drywall they were going to clean.

PVC pipe from sump pump that they broke off on the exterior.

Looking upstairs under bedrooms shows water damage that was not controlled or dried out.

Toilet that was Broken

How the garage was secured.

Visible soot and water damage in basement they said no water damage was in basement.

Water damage in Basement through ceiling.

Water coming in from Chimney because it was not sealed properly.

Mold coming through drywall.

How chimney Flashing was done.

Water intrusion from new cinder framing and mortar.

Wall in garage.

Some of the mold growth in the basement.

Water entering the basement through chimney.

Untreated Garage Framing.

The owner said these are a new kind of double hung windows, and they are not.

Water entering garage.

Owner of Phoenix blocking traffic to video tape us.

One corner of the roof. 

Wall in garage.

Attic Framing

Undersized wires in breaker panel.

Chimney cap, which is allowing water to enter the basement.

2x4 framing hanging 2.5 inches off back wall. 

Video of Phoenix crew driving on wrong side of road where my brother was walking.

This is a letter my 10yr old wrote to the owners, this caused me to get a phone call from one of the owners saying his kids need to be left out of it. Call me crazy but they directly messed with my children and our home my child simple mentioned them in a letter.

UPDATE:
Liberty Mutual is still dragging their feet. I have contacted the Department of insurance multiple times with letter after letter, call after call, they have said they were going to investigate  the bad faith bestowed upon my family by Liberty Mutual. I have basically hand fed the Department of Insurance Liberty Mutual own evidence against themselves. I supplied only the facts, when their supervisor said she was going to get to the bottom of it....call me crazy but I had faith that finally someone was going to put a stop to what is going on. That's not the case. I have been told not to call the Department of Insurance again, all of my requests need to be done in writing, which I have done and don't get a response. I have called and said none of my emails are being answered and they said to send that complaint in writing. I call the Kansas Governor and he called the Department of Insurance which led no where. He said that he can only go on their word that have investigated the claim. I literally do not know what else to do. Who is on the consumers side? So are you telling me the insurance company can do as they please and no one can sanction them because they all lay in the same bed together. Unbelievable. My family wants to be home. Why is it so hard to just make it right, what ever happened to treat people how you want to be treated. We are approaching the one year marker of the house fire and it's hard for me to grasp that we still won't be home.

Beware there is a CRAZY on the loose!

This was a month ago but I can't help but laugh every single time I think of it! My poor husband may kill me for posting this but it must be shared!

I was still working nights about a month ago when Adam wanted to watch "This is the End" before I went to work. I agreed even though to be honest I really didn't want to watch the movie. Myself, Adam and Landon are down in "Mancave" if you will watching this movie, Ashton is spending the night at a friends house. 30 minutes into the movie our cat starts meowing at the top of the stairs. (which really isn't nothing new considering it's what he has been doing for sometime)

Never the less the cats meowing, Adam glances up stairs and says someone in flashing a laser pointer in through the window from the back yard. Intrigued we headed up stairs and he said " WAIT, I'm going to hall ass out side and maybe scare them." Well he did and there was nobody out there. We stood guard for about 5 minutes then headed back down stairs. 

Adam- "There it is again."

Erin- " Are you freaking kidding me?"

keep in mind folks I have not seen this light yet just going off the cat meowing and my husbands accusations.

Here we are 2 grown adults G.I. Joe crawling up the stairs so that the assailant doesn't see us. Landon by this time is in complete hysterics. I'm talking laughing so hard he's drooling and can't catch his breath. As Adam quotes Boyz N the Hood he says "Hit the lights!"

I'm with Landon at this point and time just not being able to contain myself on how ridiculous we must look.

Adam says quick go get the gun (joking of course) I scrambled on the hard wood floors making my way through dust and debris to gain access to Landon's artillery of nerf guns. Neither Adam or Landon knew what I was doing. I then had to make my way back to battle zone concealing my weapon of choice! After our investigation it turns out to be the smoke detectors flashing red light! 

My Young Man

My son turns 12 today.

At a mere age of 18 I was pregnant with my first son. I had mixed emotions on being a mother not knowing what to expect and how this was going to change my life. I don't think it really hit me until I felt him move. As I progressed in my pregnacy I would sit there with my shirt up and just watch my stomach move all over the place. I wish I had recorded it, my sister would just laugh and laugh with what looked like an alien coming out of my stomach.

I never knew how much of an instant bond there was when you look at your child for the first time  and feel that love. I could just stare at Ashton all day long. He was perfect in ever way. For quite sometime he was my sidekick. Watching him grow has truly been a blessing. I haven't been a perfect mother, I've made mistakes and still learn everyday. These are mistakes and lessons I'm loving to learn. I love this boy with all my heart. 

For my Son,

Words can't express how loved you are. Your are turning 12 and yes almost a teenager. You are one of the most important people in my life, you helped steer my life in a direction on where it should be. I know you get mad and say I'm not fair, just remember that every action, every punishment, and every nag is for a purpose. I want so much more for you and will push you harder than anyone else to make sure you succeed farther than I did.

I love your smile, and hearing your laugh. I can't seem to grasp some of your wardrobe choices, and we may not alway agree on that but I will compromise with you, most of the time. Watching you play baseball is one of my favorite things to do......Ever. I get so into it that I can barely sit down. Simply unbelievable the talent you have.
Life isn't always going to be a walk in the park. Stay true to yourself, be the Ashton that everyone loves.
So after all of that is said and done I want to wish you the most Amazing Birthday Ever. I love you Ashton with everything I have to give.


 

Well here it goes!

Have you ever had something happen to you that is just burned in your mind and you can't get it out for what ever reason? I don't know if it's just because it's been brought up here lately, so it triggers me to think about it. The things that I endured when I was a kid, was something I would never like anyone to experience. Ever.

WARNING!!!!!!

What you are about to read may make you sick but this is what I feel the need to say and I'm going to say it rather than keep it in.

I've been called every name in the book, from a liar, to I'm play the victim. Let me guide you through what I endured as a child so then.......maybe then people will learn to keep their mouths shut and mind their own business.

The man pictured above, is my step-dad! From the mere early age of 5 is when he started. First it was just simple touching me. Things progressed and progressed, from not being able to sit on one end of the couch that could see all the way down the hallway where if you were sitting in that spot only you could see down the hallway. He would stand there and just play with himself. He only did that when I was sitting there. Try not being able to sleep because he would come in my room and masturbate right over my bed and try and touch me as I was sleeping, or rubbing his penis on my arm. I would tell him "Leave" "Please Leave" he would say "I'm not hurting you." I would say leave before I scream he would then say go ahead I will kill you. So I would repeat my self over and over till he would just leave. The only days something would not happen is if I coaxed my little brother into sleeping in my bed where I would just hold him tight, and sleep the whole night. Such an amazing feeling to not worry if he was going to come in my room those nights. Literally sleeping with one eye open on most nights. Trying to stay up so late until your exhausted and you eyes can't stay open anymore. I have carried this sleeping pattern as an adult. Laying there just thinking about it getting scared and having to have one hand braced on my husband knowing that he's here next to me and I'm ok!

This is the stuff I dealt with since the age of 5! The one incident that bothers me the most and gets me  teary eyed was when I was 12 years old. I think it's because my oldest son is about to turn 12 and he is a child, I just sit here and think how my innocence was ripped right from me! My mom had just left and one of my brothers just left with his friend. I was sitting in mine and my little brothers room playing the video game. I heard the door handle turn and there he was. I knew just by the look on his face something was about to happen, I glanced back to the tv screen and that when he tackled me from the my little brothers chair I was sitting on. The controller flew and hit the wall and I landed smack on the ground hard with this man on top of me. He had my arms above my head so hard I couldn't move them so I kicked, screamed "STOP, STOP, PLEASE GOD STOP....MOM, SOMEONE HELP ME." Nobody could here me. As he had my hands above my head he took my shorts and underwear off and had his penis out as soon as he touched me, I became violent, fighting with everything I had. I managed to get my arms free, knocked his glasses off, ripped his watch clean off his wrist. Then he stopped! He got up picked up his watch, glasses, pulled his pants up, looked at me and said your not hurt get up. I had wore myself out beyond belief. I remember breathing so hard, I thought my chest was caving in. I got up as he left and shut the door, put my clothes back on and cried. That's the day I wanted to die! I couldn't take it anymore. This went on for 3 more years until I was removed my from my home and put in protective custody. I lived in a group home for some time until I was eventually put in foster care. He remained in the home with my younger siblings. He was also never charged with any crimes. I was not his first case and we all know they don't stop. I'm always asked why did I come back to my moms when I turned 18. Simple, I always felt the need to protect my sister, and since he was never charged I look like the dumb ass. This continued until my mom finally divorced him when I was 22! He would still grab my butt and do this thing where he would walk by and make this noise. Even on one incident where a friend of mine was at my moms house and it was just us and him. He ordered some pizza and as we were eating the pizza he walked by and said you know what you have to do for that pizza right? My friend just grabbed what was left of the pizza in her hand looked at me and said "fuck this shit, we're out." It's not funny but how she said it and how she through the pizza in the box made us both laugh and sure enough we got the hell out. He still did sick stuff that would make you vomit, I would get sick to my stomach but what was I to do. Call the cops, we all know how that turned out last time. I figured it was ok and in a since that I deserved it.

I have really bad days now as an adult when I wake up crying and my husband just grabs ahold of me and tells me it's ok. He backs me up 100% and and helps guide me through this rough patch. So grateful that he's in my life. I know it's a long road and I will get there eventually. One day at a time.



New York.........New York!

I must say I have the a pretty creative imagination, makes people laugh and some people wonder what the hell I'm on. So with that said this is what I imagined of New York City, people being robbed in alleys, my purse being jacked right off my shoulder from some random yahoo. That's what I had in a way imagined.

So upon our journey to New York, first lets start with the flight over a body of water as we entered New York area. Adam said "I think this is the Hudson...ya know where the plane landed in the water." well thats a wonderful thing to say Adam. So until we landed I white knuckled my hand rails until we landed.

We actually landed in Newark NJ, and had to take a cab over to our hotel, they dropped us off at the wrong hotel. Which was fine never the less. What an amazing time. I never walked so much in my life. We walked through China Town and they must have zoned in on me, every singly person stopped me and of course I was acting intriqued by all of it, knock off purses, watches everything. So every 5 feet I stopped, so Adam just grabbed me by my hand and drug me through the whole the thing. He said "Erin, quit stopping at every booth, they know you won't say no that's why they are stopping you." So I just did window shopping the whole rest of the way saing no thank-you, oh that's pretty, wow! He just looked at me in pure amazement that I was in awe.

We headed of course to the fire museum and 9/11 memoral first. We got lost on the way and headed toward a building and a guy came out of a guard shack and said, ummm it looks to me as if your lost. We told him where we were going and he laughed and said well if you keep going straight your headed right into the jail. Adam looked at me and I said well "He beats me, smacked me around and is making me go with him." The guard looked at us and laughed and said Well we got an open cell just for you. HAHA So we went on our way to the memorial. The 9/11 museum was amazing, very touching. Amazing to see the things recovered from the towers. Tickets to enter the actual memorial we sold out it just so happened that Adam had a fire rescue hoodie on and an officer said "Hey bro, are you a firefighter?" So with that said we got straight into the memorial. Heavy security to get in but let me just say what a sight to see. It was very moving and emotional. The roses placed on names was beautiful. Mere silence was all around, nobody was talking. The amount of respect that was there was over whelming.

After leaving the memorial we walked straight by 10 House. I could tell by the look in Adams eye he wanted to go in, he would never say it but I knew he did. So busted a quick uie and rang the doorbell, he hid of course outside. They welcomed me with open arms and let me in. I said well my husband is  outside he's to scared to ask to come in. So the guy went out the door and said hey man, you want to come in or what. The gave us a tour and let me take pics. Amazing! He was a kid in a candy store, loved every minute of it.

We walked around NYC for 3 days and had a blast. We jam packed so many things in those 3 days we were both exhausted. This being our first trip together made it even more special. Our plan is to go back some day soon and show the boys all the amazing things we seen. It truly is a sight to see.