Saturday, December 31, 2016
Monday, December 26, 2016
December's odds and ends.
When Trayco and I were dating, we went to Barnes & Noble
to look at books and we randomly opened to this page which so happens
to have BOTH of our favorite things on the same page.
We haven't been able to find the book since and
Trayco finally found it and bought it for me for Christmas. I love it!
On Christmas Eve Aunt Heidi brought the game LOLZ and it was hilarious!
You but these spacers in your mouth and then try and get your team to guess what you are saying.
We woke up to SNOW on Christmas. I love that feeling of opening the blinds on Christmas morning and seeing snow. It's a Christmas miracle! We opened presents at our apartment and then went to church and spent the rest of the day in American Fork. We got to facetime Sabra which was great!
A couple days after Christmas we headed to Colorado for the annual Ross pancake breakfast. Grandma Georgie puts on quite the show every year. Trayco played Isaiah this year.
^Trayco and Grandma Georgie
The meaning of Christmas is always my favorite part. All the of symbols of Christmas are described and related to Jesus Christ. The little kids dress up as the symbols and it is darling.
Clay and Lacey played Santa and Mrs. Claus
this year and we were all laughing so hard.
Grandma Georgie made them sing a duet!
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Thursday, December 22, 2016
A New York Minute
The last day of vacation is always bitter sweet. So sad to leave but happy to get home and sleep in your own bed and shower in your own bathroom.
We woke up early and packed
and then headed out to make the most of our last day in the city.
We went to the Top of the Rock
and it was by far one of the coolest things I have ever seen!
We took the subway across town and went to the 9/11 memorial and museum.
Such a humbling experience. People were reverent and quiet and the feelings I felt were truly indescribable.
We walked around the memorial and looked at each of the names. I had so many flash backs to 5th grade watching the news in Mrs. Earl's classroom.
^There are two huge fountains where the bases of the towers used to be with the names of each of the deceased around the border
^The new rebuilt World Trade Center
The museum is both educational and humbling.
There was so much to read and see.
^Picture taken the morning of 9/11
^Part of the plane that crashed into the building
^A section of the wall that survived
We walked over the Battery Park and got tickets for the Statue of Liberty. I LOVED the Statue of Liberty. I have always wanted to come here in person and it did not disappoint! We didn't have enough time to get off the ferry at the statue or at Ellis Island but it was amazing seeing how big the statue is and learning a little bit about Ellis Island.
^Ferry
We ate lunch at the Shake Shack and then headed to the airport.
We had such an amazing time and I'm so grateful for Trayco's hard work and for all the experiences we get to have together.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
New York III
We had big plans for the day but when we woke up our legs and feet
were in pain from all of the walking from the day before.
So we took it easy and got breakfast and then checked out the NBA store.
Every basketball jersey, shoe, sock, ball, and piece of clothing you can imagine was there.
^We kept waiting and waiting to get a picture in front of the store but this gentleman would not leave! His friends were taking pictures of him and he did about 50 different poses so we gave up and just took a picture with him in it. We decided he must be the worlds biggest NBA fan!
We saw an afternoon showing of Wicked and it blew our minds.
The acting and the set was worth every penny.
The music was amazing and
we have been listening to the soundtrack ever since!
We ate pizza like true New Yorkers, standing up.
There are little pizza joints everywhere and there is standing room only.
We went to an Italian place and their Italian accidents were so thick that we just pointed to the pizza we wanted and hoped we were hearing them right.
The Brooklyn Bridge is truly a sight to see!
The night skyline behind the bridge was so pretty.
We didn't walk the entire thing because our feet were hurting so bad by the end of the day but we walked a little ways and then made our way back to the subway.
We ended our very cold day with cheesecake and hot chocolate from Juniors
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