A city so nice, they named it twice! (NEW YORK!)

Well, yes, we have been home for two weeks, but better late than never, right? So Tia, Mom and I went out to New York to vay-cay with Tiana and we had SOOO much fun! The first half of the trip, we spent in Albany and then the four of us spent a few days in the heart of NYC! We went on a food tour, out to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, to Ground Zero, to Time Square, saw two Broadway shows AND we were on Good Morning America! (The one thing my mom insisted we do!) :) So yes, we were busy girls, but we couldn't have had a better trip. (Except Tiana---she could have done without all the throwing up) :) Here are some pictures!

This was Tia and I on the plane in FIRST CLASS!! WOOT! :)

The next morning, we took a drive down to the Norman Rockwell Museum and I LOVED it!! It was super neat to see some of his original works, and his house and studio were transplanted onto the museum grounds!

The morning after that, we went to a little orchard/farm to get hot, fresh apple cider and doughnuts..........mmm.......I am craving some right now! :) Georgie loved looking at the "Punt-kins" :)

And we all had a lot of fun feeding the baby animals. This was probably my favorite morning :)

The next day, we headed to Manhattan! This is us at the beginning of our food tour. It was so interesting to learn some little, unknown facts about the area and taste some good food all along the way.

You may recognize this pizza place from a few scenes in Spiderman 2 and yes, the pizza was great!

The "Friends" building!

Tia was confident she was becoming a native New Yorker :)

That night we went to WICKED! I fell in love with it all over again :)

Sisters in Time Square

After we went to Time Square, Mom took Tiana back to the hotel to throw up some more. Meanwhile, Tia and I went out on the town and ended up going to a comedy club and staying out till 2 the next morning :) IT. WAS. A. BLAST!!!

The next day, we hit the metro....
....which took us to a ferry that took us to Liberty Island :)

and Ellis Island (which was incredible by the way. If you're ever in town, make sure you get a guided tour of the place. It's well worth it)

Once we got back to the mainland, Tia and I went off on our own to Wallstreet and Ground Zero.

And as we were eating dinner at Carnegie Deli, MR. T WALKED IN!! :)

This was our shopping center--Canal Street---basically a 2nd Tijuana

and Mom was pooped after our shopping spree :)

And before we left the city, Tiana insisted we visit this incredible doughnut place wher doughnuts are........wait for it............$6 a piece!

Then we drove back to Albany to say goodbye to JC and Georgio. I miss that girl. Auntie loves you Gigi! :*

USU Take 2

So yes, I decided to move back up to Utah State and thus far, everything is going great! Here are a couple things I've been up to:

Emily and I went 2 hours early to the Movie on Old Main Hill night in order to secure our group some fantastic seats for Iron Man 2 :)

And nobody dared take our spot cause I was looking like a thug :)

We bought 2 fish to liven up the apartment. Neither of them lasted till the weekend.....shoot.

And I decorated my room! Way cute huh?

Oh and I made the "A" on the wall. Cardboard and fabric---yes, I 'm crafty like that :)

Labor Day at the Cabin :)

This was definitely the most memorable Labor day weekend I've had for a long time. The Trevinos (Jason), their friends, the Trevinos (Jared), the Uzelacs and I spent the weekend together at the cabin. We all had a blast! I can't even begin to tell you how good it felt just to be away with my family for awhile. I absolutely love my siblings and I am totally smitten with my nieces and nephews :) It's a good feeling to have :)

On Sunday, we made some lunch, grabbed some blankets and headed out to the reservoir for a scenic picnic! Everybody was loving the sunshine and the kids couldn't get enough of throwing rocks in the lake. :) What a great family outing!

HA! These three are the best of friends and that makes me so happy :) My favorite in this picture is Connor . I can totally hear him screaming in this picture :)

And.....Ryan caught a fish. A very dead fish........so gross.......

It seems that Kaylie got ahold of my camera and was going crazy with it while Auntie Ali wasn't looking. :) Oh that girl.....

And we got a call that a moose was out in the field, and even though I couldn't see it, it was super fun for all of the cousins and the little cousins to go out on a moose hunt together :)

Sumpin to Blog About!

I am the worst blogger ever, so here is my update for........the summer. (cough, cough) So here are a few things that happened.

Cody and I were pretty much joined at the hip

He took me to my very first uh.....dune buggy race?? Dang it. I still don't know what to call it or even what the race track is called. Larry Miller race.....way?......shoot! Well, you get the idea :) I loved it regardless of what it's called :)

I worked for a t-shirt company for a couple months and because of that, I encountered the most professional lemonade stand I had ever in my life seen.

Georgia had a swim birthday party at the Payne's

We had our annual river trip at the Snake. Isn't my Kawika the cutest?

Princess Kaylie hosted a Princess Birthday Extravaganza! It was so fun! All the little girls came dressed up as princesses and Connor was Prince Spiderman :) Awww....I love those kids :)

Somebody played a trick on the Keddington cars aaaaand Cody ended up loving it :) It is absolutely incredible that someone can light up so much over a honk :)

Ty got in a horrible bike accident last week, but have no fear; he is on the mend! Poor Ty Ty :'(

And of course, today's venture; wart removal. Ty and I both had warts that needed to be addressed a long time ago, so today we had them frozen off. Oh and Ty had a mole scraped off his back. All in all, it was a thoroughly entertaining appointment :)

Is my thumb supposed to bubble up like that or have a gaping hole in the middle?....

You're up to date!

Fun With the Grandkids

I've had so much fun with my nieces and nephews lately. Here are a couple things that have happened:

1. My Gigi came out to Utah for a couple days. We have missed her!

2. Mom, The Trevino's, the Liljenquists, the Uzelacs and I went out to Cafe Rio for lunch one day

3. Jay had a fireman birthday party at the fire station. Everybody, including the adults, had a blast. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAY!

Even Freddie the Fire Bear came to the party :) (AKA Tia)

4. Kaylie and Connor helped Dad with some yard work

5. Mom and I got to go to Isaac's soccer game. I have never been so entertained by a little-league soccer game in my whole life :)

Isaac is apart of the Black and Yellow Warriors, so at the first of the game, I asked him to give me his best Warrior pose. From then on, all throughout the game, he would randomly turn to me and flex his muscles :)