A sherbet sunset...

I have oooooh so many photos from our recent day in New York City.

And while it would seem logical to start with the pictures that I took

at the beginning of the day and then proceed from there,

I'd much, much rather share these pictures right now.

Probably because they're my favorites...

;)

Our return trip from the city via the Staten Island Ferry

happened to coincide with the most amazing sunset.

Well, truthfully, we could have taken the 8:00 ferry, 

we arrived at 8pm on the dot and they were holding the doors open for last minute stragglers,

but I wanted to wait.

My husband who has become accustomed to commuting
and making a mad dashes for the next train or ferry 

may have developed a twitch at that point.

It went against every instinct he had to let other people go ahead of us 

and to sit and wait half an hour for another ferry.

 (twitch. twitch. shudder)

However, I was content to sit and wait.

It had been a long day and there had been lots of walking

so it felt good to rest a bit.

Besides... one of the kids needed a restroom NOW!

and I didn't think it would be nice to make them wait an entire ferry ride

while watching the waves splash back and forth and back and forth.

 I worried just a little bit that we might have missed the best part of the sunset

but no...

We stood on the deck of the ferry and watched as the sunset turned all the colors of rainbow sherbet.

It was perfect.

And when I turned to see what the little girls were doing,

Avery turned to me and said,

"We're pinching ourselves to see if it's real."

So, yeah... 

I think it was worth it.