Monday, April 16, 2012
More Easter
Jaylee and I went to a fun Easter egg hunt that one of our cute ward members planned and boy did they do it in a picture perfect place. They live in apartment right on the water and they have great views.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Easter
Happy Easter everyone! We are sad that we will miss out on fun family traditions again this year :( but we are enjoying this time with Jaylee. She saw the Easter bunny at the mall and said that she wanted to sit on his lap and I thought ya right, she will chicken out when it's our turn but she didn't. She sat there a little shy at first but then started smiling for pictures.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Cheering at the the game
On Monday we were able to go to the Jazz game cuz they were playing the Nets. We got an awesome deal on tickets and sat on the 11th row for only 8 bucks each! Jaylee loved the game and was given some of those blow up noise makers. She loved banging them together and cheering with the crowd. It was more fun to watch her than the game (the Nets are not a very good team and the Jazz won by a lot).
Monday, February 27, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
BABY!!!
Sorry that I have been MIA, I have been here there and everywhere. From New York to Salt Lake to Albuquerque back to New York. We had a wonderful elongated holiday stay and loved seeing family and friends in Salt Lake. We now have only one semester left, yay! We will be excited to be done but we are now stressing about interviews and future jobs so cross your fingers for us.
So funny story...Last Sunday as we were leaving for church Jaylee decided that she wanted to take her baby doll with her and because we were already running late we decided that was alright. Jaylee was excited to show her baby the train that we take to church so Blake picked her up as she was holding her baby and they were looking for the train when the unthinkable happened! The baby started to slip and Blake, who minutes before commented on how tragic it would be if Jaylee's baby fell on the track, tried to catch the baby and knocked it onto the tracks. Jaylee's face told the whole story! HORROR! She burst into tears and started screaming BABY BABY OH NO!! Just then the train came and miraculously left the baby unharmed so Blake ran and told the agent about the baby lying hopelessly on the tracks and he called the next train to have it stop so that someone could get the baby for us. It was seriously the longest 10 minutes of Jaylee's life. She just kept crying and calling out for her baby. Well needless to say she was an emotional wreck the rest of the day. Blake and I couldn't help but laugh as we boarded the train that we just stopped haha! Oh Jaylee...
So funny story...Last Sunday as we were leaving for church Jaylee decided that she wanted to take her baby doll with her and because we were already running late we decided that was alright. Jaylee was excited to show her baby the train that we take to church so Blake picked her up as she was holding her baby and they were looking for the train when the unthinkable happened! The baby started to slip and Blake, who minutes before commented on how tragic it would be if Jaylee's baby fell on the track, tried to catch the baby and knocked it onto the tracks. Jaylee's face told the whole story! HORROR! She burst into tears and started screaming BABY BABY OH NO!! Just then the train came and miraculously left the baby unharmed so Blake ran and told the agent about the baby lying hopelessly on the tracks and he called the next train to have it stop so that someone could get the baby for us. It was seriously the longest 10 minutes of Jaylee's life. She just kept crying and calling out for her baby. Well needless to say she was an emotional wreck the rest of the day. Blake and I couldn't help but laugh as we boarded the train that we just stopped haha! Oh Jaylee...
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Alicia Trip
We were super excited that Blake's sister Alicia came to visit us after getting done with her finals. It was so nice for all of us, but especially Jaylee and I because Blake has been busy with finals. With Alicia here we were able to go explore NYC and see all the fun holiday stuff they have going on. She was only here for a few days so we action packed our days and we are both pretty beat;)
Here is some of the stuff we did...
The first couple of days I didn't take my camera, dang! But we went to times square where we went to the M&M factory and Toys R Us where Alicia took Jaylee on her on a ferris wheel ride which she loved. Then Blake and Alicia got tickets to the broadway play How to Succeed in Business without really trying. The next day we did the staten island ferry, grand central station, public library, and went to the "Top of the Rock".
For her last day we decided to wake up way early and go down to the Rockefeller Center where they film the Today Show. We didn't get close enough to get on TV but we did get to see them filming and that was pretty cool.
Then we were lucky and found discount tickets to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular show and they were awesome seats!
After the Show we went to the Museum of Natural History which is huge! We spent about 3 hours walking around.
Then we went to Macy's Santaland where we had to wait in line for about an hour, but it was worth it! We made Jaylee sit with Santa by herself and she was not too happy about that!
After we decided to go to the 9/11 memorial site
We were so tired after, but we had a lot of fun! Thanks again for coming Alicia!
Here is some of the stuff we did...
The first couple of days I didn't take my camera, dang! But we went to times square where we went to the M&M factory and Toys R Us where Alicia took Jaylee on her on a ferris wheel ride which she loved. Then Blake and Alicia got tickets to the broadway play How to Succeed in Business without really trying. The next day we did the staten island ferry, grand central station, public library, and went to the "Top of the Rock".
For her last day we decided to wake up way early and go down to the Rockefeller Center where they film the Today Show. We didn't get close enough to get on TV but we did get to see them filming and that was pretty cool.
Then we were lucky and found discount tickets to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular show and they were awesome seats!
After the Show we went to the Museum of Natural History which is huge! We spent about 3 hours walking around.
Then we went to Macy's Santaland where we had to wait in line for about an hour, but it was worth it! We made Jaylee sit with Santa by herself and she was not too happy about that!
After we decided to go to the 9/11 memorial site
We were so tired after, but we had a lot of fun! Thanks again for coming Alicia!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Holiday Fun
This year during Christmas time has been really fun especially because Jaylee is at an age where she can get excited about Santa (she likes to see him but not get too close), Christmas trees, lights, window displays and that kind of fun holiday stuff.
Newport Christmas lights
Our little town square is decorated really cute with christmas lights. They had a special christmas lighting ceremony one night where Santa came and the lights were turned on and were synchronized with music.
Winter's Eve at the Lincoln Center
They held a Winter's eve at the Lincoln Center which is where Juilliard, the Met opera house and the Manhattan temple are located. They had a Christmas Tree lighting, ice sculptures, concerts, and places you could go see Santa. Blake was busy studying for finals so Jaylee and I went to go check it out. We went to a little kiddie concert that Jaylee absolutely loved. She loves music, dancing and kids so this was perfect! We also went to see Santa and Jaylee loves to say HoHoHo when you ask what Santa says and she loves seeing him but she does NOT like being too close to him. So when when we were in line she got more and more nervous as we got closer and closer. I didn't want to make her scared to death about Santa so I just sat on his lap while I held her. As we left of coarse she warmed right up and said bye, waved and blew kisses to him, haha oh Jaylee!
Washington Square Park Christmas tree lighting
So one of the cute ladies that I have met while here invited me to go to see them light the tree at Washington Square Park which is right next to NYU. I was excited to go over into the city and spend the day with her even though it was rainy and cold. We walked over to the park in the rain to see them light the tree and when they did we both started laughing. Here we were in the freezing cold getting all wet and the tree looked terrible! It only had lights on it and they looked like they had started and got sick of doing it after 10 mins and just threw on the rest. So needless to say we only stayed for a couple of mins and left. Oh they had a Santa walking around before they lit the tree and he walked up to Jaylee who was dancing in the rain and when she saw him she ran towards me until she saw that he had a candy cane, then she went back and took it and blew kisses to him as he walked away. So stranger danger unless they have candy, haha!
Santaland & Ward Christmas Party
Jaylee and I went to THE Macy's famous Santaland with the ladies from our ward. First off, Macy's is huge! It is the biggest department store ever, Santa is on the 8th floor and someone told us that they leave Santaland up all year round. It was adorable how they have it set up. First you go through a train that sounds like its moving and it takes you to the North Pole. Once inside there were snowmen, a weird christmas tree that talked, trains, lots christmas trees decorated, build-a-bears singing and dancing, and this is all just as you go through the line. Then an Elf took you to a little room where Santa is waiting. Jaylee was all excited seeing all the cute stuff through the line but when I told her that we were going to see Santa she kind of freaked out and said no no no bye bye bye. She had a kung fu grip on me when she saw Santa so I just held her and sat by him. But I want to go back and see if I can get her to sit on his lap so I can get a picture, I know that she will be screaming but I think it would be fun to have.
We also had a ward Christmas party on Saturday and the Primary put on a christmas pageant and they had the nursery kids be the sheep. They had made cute ears out of white felt and had them wear long black socks on their arms (we put Jaylee's on and immediately she took them off, haha). There were about 10 nursery kids and when they brought them out with the shepherds they had them sit down off to the side. Of coarse they only sat for a minute and the rest of the pageant we were just trying to contain them! Haha by the end only 2 kids still had their ears on and the rest were crawling on the floor, piano, and on the manger they had made! It was rather funny!
Funny pics of Jaylee
Yummy and sticky!
Ho Ho Ho!
Newport Christmas lights
Our little town square is decorated really cute with christmas lights. They had a special christmas lighting ceremony one night where Santa came and the lights were turned on and were synchronized with music.
Winter's Eve at the Lincoln Center
They held a Winter's eve at the Lincoln Center which is where Juilliard, the Met opera house and the Manhattan temple are located. They had a Christmas Tree lighting, ice sculptures, concerts, and places you could go see Santa. Blake was busy studying for finals so Jaylee and I went to go check it out. We went to a little kiddie concert that Jaylee absolutely loved. She loves music, dancing and kids so this was perfect! We also went to see Santa and Jaylee loves to say HoHoHo when you ask what Santa says and she loves seeing him but she does NOT like being too close to him. So when when we were in line she got more and more nervous as we got closer and closer. I didn't want to make her scared to death about Santa so I just sat on his lap while I held her. As we left of coarse she warmed right up and said bye, waved and blew kisses to him, haha oh Jaylee!
Washington Square Park Christmas tree lighting
So one of the cute ladies that I have met while here invited me to go to see them light the tree at Washington Square Park which is right next to NYU. I was excited to go over into the city and spend the day with her even though it was rainy and cold. We walked over to the park in the rain to see them light the tree and when they did we both started laughing. Here we were in the freezing cold getting all wet and the tree looked terrible! It only had lights on it and they looked like they had started and got sick of doing it after 10 mins and just threw on the rest. So needless to say we only stayed for a couple of mins and left. Oh they had a Santa walking around before they lit the tree and he walked up to Jaylee who was dancing in the rain and when she saw him she ran towards me until she saw that he had a candy cane, then she went back and took it and blew kisses to him as he walked away. So stranger danger unless they have candy, haha!
Santaland & Ward Christmas Party
Jaylee and I went to THE Macy's famous Santaland with the ladies from our ward. First off, Macy's is huge! It is the biggest department store ever, Santa is on the 8th floor and someone told us that they leave Santaland up all year round. It was adorable how they have it set up. First you go through a train that sounds like its moving and it takes you to the North Pole. Once inside there were snowmen, a weird christmas tree that talked, trains, lots christmas trees decorated, build-a-bears singing and dancing, and this is all just as you go through the line. Then an Elf took you to a little room where Santa is waiting. Jaylee was all excited seeing all the cute stuff through the line but when I told her that we were going to see Santa she kind of freaked out and said no no no bye bye bye. She had a kung fu grip on me when she saw Santa so I just held her and sat by him. But I want to go back and see if I can get her to sit on his lap so I can get a picture, I know that she will be screaming but I think it would be fun to have.
We also had a ward Christmas party on Saturday and the Primary put on a christmas pageant and they had the nursery kids be the sheep. They had made cute ears out of white felt and had them wear long black socks on their arms (we put Jaylee's on and immediately she took them off, haha). There were about 10 nursery kids and when they brought them out with the shepherds they had them sit down off to the side. Of coarse they only sat for a minute and the rest of the pageant we were just trying to contain them! Haha by the end only 2 kids still had their ears on and the rest were crawling on the floor, piano, and on the manger they had made! It was rather funny!
Funny pics of Jaylee
Yummy and sticky!
Ho Ho Ho!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Thanksgiving and the Macy's Day Parade
I was so grateful to have my parents come for Thanksgiving! It made the holiday really special. I didn't get any pics of the wonderful meal that mom and dad made while Blake and I camped out to watch the Macy's Day Parade. They were extremely nice to watch Jaylee for us and cook while we got to experience the crazy crowds of people at the parade. We ended up leaving our place about 5:50 am and it took over an hour and a half to get to where we wanted to go and by that time there were so many people it was crazy! We eventually found a pretty good spot and camped out for another 2 hours until the parade started. Craziness, but it was worth it!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Washington D.C. & Philadelphia
When my dad flew out we went on a little American History trip down to Philadelphia and Washington D.C. We were glad that Jaylee did so well in the car. It was about a 4 hour trip from Washington D.C and since she hasn't been in a car seat for a while we thought that it might be scary, but she did great. It was freezing but we still went to the museums, monuments, memorials, and had a blast. Thanks mom and dad for taking us.
Kenna's Birthday
We were so excited for Kenna, Shannon and my mom to come for Kenna's 8th birthday. We were able to do some really fun things like going to the Rockettes Christmas show, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, and Kenna's favorite the American Girl Store. She was able to buy an American Girl doll that looked just like her with green eyes and red hair. It was way fun to see how excited she was about her new doll and the outfits we bought for her. Thanks Kenna for coming to celebrate with Jaylee and I on your very special 8th birthday! We had a blast!
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