Tuesday, October 16, 2012

the good life















just another random update on my life...

life has been so good lately
I absolutely love my family, living in Salt Lake, seeing family in Canada, my sisters, my best friends, the beautiful fall weather, my amazing job that I still don't know how I got so lucky with, my roommate who is always serving me, my healthy body,  the beautiful temple in my view every morning...the list goes on. Crazy where life takes you! And crazy how much you find yourself enjoying it all 

Thursday, September 20, 2012

new york!!!!!!

mike and i did a quick weekend trip to new york and it was hands down the best trip ever
we had an absolute blast!! 
it was my first time going and mike goes all the time so it was good to have a tour guide
we saw and did everything i wanted to do and more
my friend josh was even there at the same time visiting so we got to meet up with him for a night
it was such a good trip and so glad we went! i for sure wouldn't mind going again :)
ps...there are a lot of pictures!!! and they are not in order...
i have always wanted to see the statue of liberty, but the ferry was closed down so this was as good as i got to it! i promise it was cooler in person

empire state building was for sure my favorite part. seeing the view was so refreshing and so neat! 

riding the subway literally made me nervous, all the weird people
it was also so humid and hot waiting for it
but it was a lot cheaper than taxis!

we stayed right in times square...it was so pretty!

i even loved it when it rained, the weather was still so nice 

we went to the rockefeller plaza and walked around inside


josh and i being tourists 

we went on a nice little tour around central park with some cheesecake
this guy had a cart hooked on to his bike and rode us around he was so out of breath we could barely understand him 

the huge toy story on 5th avenue. i could really spend all day there, it was so neat! 
and they have life size candy 

finally went to the real serendipity from the movie!! i was so giddy and went to the real spot where they actually filmed it




i couldn't believe that these were actually onion rings and not doughnuts.
they were huge! and not very good 

the new world trade centers, it was so neat to see this sight! and all the new buildings 

finally saw wicked!!!!! 


this was as much as i got to the statue of liberty, a black man in the costume
still felt pretty cool 

ummm i was pretending to kiss his cheek and he turned his head
his breath stunk so bad. we really aren't kissing, the flame just makes it look like we are


met up with josh and his friends, a lot of fun!
saw the night life of ny 

loved this show, i could so go again
i am not a huge fan of plays but i actually really enjoyed this one! 



after 09/11 after everything was removed this was the only thing still standing, so they moved it to battery park. thought that was pretty cool





it was so pretty at night when it was raining, i couldn't get enough of the scenery 

hands down the best pizza i have had, i loved all the pizza we tried!
and all the slices were so big 

mike hates pictures, it was pulling teeth trying to make him take one with me
this is pretty much all i got

we had a lot of fun and were sad to go home. 
can't wait to see where we go next! 

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

labor day weekend!







eating
riding the tram
hot tubing
eating
tv
walks
going to the park
shopping
church
drives

it was an awesome labor day weekend, nice relaxing time with the fam. park city was so beautiful! the weather was perfect. it was nice to have the whole fam together 

favorite part was watching stace freak out on the tram, i was scared also but she was terrified beyond words. there was a point of tears and anxiety. we were scared to move a muscle so that the cart wouldn't rock back and forth. we couldn't even hold a conversation cause we were too scared to talk. she really did think the cable was going to break and we were going to die. on the way back we thought it was smart for her to ride with dave and for me to ride with my parents ha and it worked. we were just fine after round 2. glad we survived :) 

it was a fun weekend! park city is never a let down