NY hearts visitors!

Long time friends Lynds and Ty graced us with their presence.
we lived it up- Brooklyn Bridge Grimaldis pizza (wasting time in line)

Times Square (with the infamous T.S. cowboy)

Magnolias

Central Park

Big Apple BBQ

and Ground Zero,

just to name a few.

Thanks for the fun guys! You are so fun to be around and great supporters in the adventures of life. Thanks for the encouragement.

Can't wait for Devin to come now in 4 DaYs!

Since this is National Food Month for Kris

Celebrate at the Big Apple BBQ at Madison Square Park just down from my house. We had a great time!

Pitmasters were there from all over the nation, showing off their finest meat and side dish. sometimes I'd rather not see where the food I'm eating came from!There were tons of tents set up all over. Grills were a goin, music and entertainment was jammin... it was a good time.

sometimes I wonder why

My pants are quite snug, and then I look back at my pictures from the month, and this is what I see: pickles

doughnuts

cupcakes

burgers and fries

ice cream with sprinklesand some bbq

Apparently, fun in the city for me = F.O.O.D.

Over Due Notice... yet better late than never!

So on June 3, my parents celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary! These two people mean the world to me and yes, I may be choked up right now just thinking of it. In those 37 years, the family has expanded and has added so many amazing people... young and old.

My parents are the biggest givers I know. They give and they give and they give. They give: a shoulder to cry on; financial support; nurturing care; love without end; ongoing support; endless prayers and love; stalwart examples of living and loving the gospel; optimism in downer times; endless forgiveness; joy beyond measure.

To the dearest mom and dad ever... I LOVE YOU! Thank you for all you do...

National Doughnut Day

If you know me, you know I'm not a fan of doughnuts... I can think of about a thousand other things that I'd rather eat before a doughnut. Don't know why... just has always been like that. But, freaking "National Whatever Days" seem to make you think you have to do it to be cool or you're missing out! So I gave in to the peer pressure and had a delightful jaunt with Rachel to the NYC Doughnut Factory. I must say, they definitely have quite the decadent menu choices of doughnuts.

I went with the carrot cake doughnut. Good choice. Rach went with the carrot cake and vanilla bean. Good Times...

Sometimes You Crave Peanut Butter...

so you visit the restaurant Peanut Butter and Co. with the most divine menu of peanut butter shmears. I was debating between the Fluffernutter and the Elvis... I went with the Elvis. Took me back to elementary years. I went with friends Ashley and Jess. It was a beautiful afternoon, so we got it to go and ate it at Washington Square Park. Splendid afternoon.

Duck, Duck, .... Beach!

me and my roadie girl takin off

crazy amount of lds singlesgot to meet up with singles from the cruise. there were 7 of us there! a fun little reunion! this was my boyfriend... i denied him, but he kept being my friend. i also played on a volleyball team for the tournament... we lost, but it was fun. I have sand burns to prove it!

our crew...

beachin it up!i made peeps stay up for the sunrise. court and i are the only ones that made it! do you see how wide awake i am... nutso! wouldn't be a party without some jammin and moves from the amazing kris!

goin for a cruise in the vw beatle! so fun.

the casa= mega times!

the house backed up to the ocean, so you looked out all those windows and there she was!some of the last remains from the house! we had such a great time... the toothpick game in the pool, family feud, basketball games, hot tubbing, running into the ocean in the wee hours of the morning... such a blast.

OBX or bust!

take me out to the ball game... go METS!

For the non-yankee fan in me... gotta cheer for the other side! We had a great time in the new Citifield with 7 row tickets that we got for free!

they won in extra innings... it was so fun!

My new pad

I've had some requests to see pics of the new place located in Chelsea of New York, New York. I am absolutely in love and feel like the luckiest person ever for this opportunity!

Feeling overwhelmed!!!

So I started to blog about the most amazing trip! Then, I don't know if it's the fact that it's rolling into the 3am hour, or the fact I have about 1000 pictures to condense into one blog that was overwhelming... so I am thinking, for those of you not my friends on facebook... you better add me and see the condensed version of pics on there... which is still a lot! I just don't know what to do! Suggestions?