Just for my Little Buddy

Steph and I went to the Yanni concert last weekend, it was INCREDIBLE!!!!!
I'm posting this one little video of many that I took so that my darling friend Cara can see how amazing the harpist was. I will post more about the concert later!

I Love My Sabe!

Last week my darling friend Sabriel came to visit me in New York. We had so much fun!!!!! Thanks Sabe for being such a wonderful friend and coming across the country to visit me. I love you like a hippo loves eating cute little girls!!!! To the rest of the world, if you want to see the pictures follow the link to her blog. I'm too lazy to post them again, (thanks Sabe, you should just always be with me. That way I would never have to post anything.)

Spring Fun. . .

The last few weeks have been so interesting. There have been moments to laugh and moments to cry but mostly it has all just made for a most memorable spring. I don't recommend Easter on an airplane across the country, but I do recommend eating orange slices at Disney land.

I also don't recommend loosing you cell phone in the ocean but eating a giant frozen white hot coco is always wonderful. (OK, I really didn't eat that. I just found the picture in a cookbook and wanted to make it. Hee hee!)


Life is so good, and to make it sweeter, my dearest darlingest friend Sabe is here in New York this week. Yay for me! We are going to do so many fun things and next week I will post all the pictures and you will all be so jealous that you will decide to come visit me too. Mwha-ha-ha!

Safari Playground in Central Park

Steph and I had so much fun in Central Park last Saturday that one little picture in my last post just wasn't enough to satisfy, especially when I got so many questions about the hippos. So here they all are.

Even after the long cold winter, we couldn't believe how beautiful the park was. I can't even imagine how beautiful it will be once everything comes back to life.


I know it's hard to see, but I loved this tiny little bud, trying so hard to blossom in the cold and rough of New York City.


We were enjoying Central Park so much and it is so huge that we had to keep reminding ourselves that we were still in the Big Apple.


While wondering through the park we stumbled upon this silly little Safari Playground. Our first thought was "how cool, those are fun hippos!"


We decided that we needed a real picture with the hippos.


Then Stephie thought it would be more fun if she joined in on the smooch'n.


Well, if she was going to be all kissy with the hippos I mine as well stick my head in it's mouth.


While sticking my face in it's mouth, I discovered something very interesting.


"This hippo is hollow!" And yep you guessed what happened next.


At first glance, just a normal hippo, until you notice the head in it's mouth and the little red shoes sticking out of it's tummy.


Words can not fully describe the joy of being inside a hippo!



Needless to say, we had a superb Saturday. I will cherish the memory forever.

Around the World with My Best Friend

I just got a bunch of new pictures. Yay for all of you, because now I actually will post something. In getting so many new pictures I realize just how much I have done with my wonderful sister Stephie. She is my comfort, guide, friend, entertainer, strength, inspiration and travel buddy. Whether we are staying home and having 80's night, or walking the beaches of Italy, we always manage to have a scrum-didely-umptious time. Stephie, I love you to eternity and back.

80's night in St. George

I'm still missing about 90% of all the trips we have been on together but here are our most recent ones. I'm so lucky to have seen all the things I have seen and even more luck to have had my best friend by my side for all of it.

I can't even count the number of flights we have been on together. Let's just say, Steph is really used to my droll all over her knees.


London and Big Ben


St. James Park


Marina Di Carrara


Steph, I photo shopped this picture. You can see us now. Aren't we cute?


Florence


Standing on the Golden Bridge in Florence.


The Leaning Tower of Pisa.


The Eiffel Tower. . .


Trying to knock over the Eiffel Tower. We are really strong, but it is still standing.


"We will Triumph!"



Alabama and the Gulf of Mexico.


Hungry monsters in Alabama


We had just eaten a whole box of doughnuts in Boston. We were really happy.


Standing in our most favorite spot on the Brooklyn Bridge.


Thanks Steph, for persuading me to get inside this hippo. We had so much fun in Central Park that day!

Stephie, I love you. Thanks for all the good times!

When I Count My Blessings. . .

I have been thinking the last few days about how blessed I really am. Sometimes I have rough days and sometimes life just isn't that fair, but I have nothing to complain about. I have been working for about a week straight now, but man am I having fun. (Ask me again at the end of next week and I will tell you something different.) This week I am on vacation with the Gandola's in Massachusetts. Usually I don't like working weekends because it means that I have to work for two weeks straight without any kind of break. This week has just been fun though. Yesterday Benny, Caleb (our neighbor's son) and I went swimming and played fun games after. Today we went to the pool again and then went skiing. Today was a dream day, I have always wanted to go swimming and skiing on the same day. Plus, every time we go swimming I have a few minutes after to go run a few miles. Yay for me and getting so much exercise plus getting paid to do it. I love my life right now! To make things even better, the thought that on Thursday I am flying to Alabama with my beautiful mother and all my darling sisters makes just about anything sound wonderful. I am a truly blessed girl.

Here is the random picture that I had to add to this post. Heaven forbid that I have a post without a picture. This one was taken at Benny's fourth birthday party. I thought it was a cute one of the whole family. The four of them are blessings I count twice.

I Hope They Call Me On A Mission

I thought I would create a post in behalf of all my friends that are going on missions. I am so proud of all of them and only wish I could be going too. Only two more years.



I also had to add some pictures of our last ski adventure just for fun.


The break for lunch was almost as fun as when we were skiing.


This would be Chris and Cara's favorite way to ski. I can't say the same for myself.


This one is of Chris and his mom Janae. Really she was mad at him right then because he had just pushed her down. It makes for a great picture though.


This one is of our dear future missionaries trying to look cool while snowboarding. You can be the judge of whether they made it or not.