Happy Easter!!

Breakfast in NYC, Lunch in Philly & Dinner in Baltimore

My friends had birthdays and we celebrated at the MEGA Anthropologie in Philadelphia. We got started early spent the drive chat chat chatting! It was such a fun girls trip. I was more enthralled with with the architecture than the clothes. It was a BEAUTIFUL building!!

We then went to lunch at Continental which was recommended by one of the Anthro workers.

The food was great and the design was so fun. I loved these swings.

That afternoon Tyler picked me up and we headed to Frederick, Maryland to spend the weekend with my family. My cousin Paige left on her mission to Brazil today so it was great being able to spend time with her, her family, my cousin and my grandparents.

WONDERFUL EAST COAST WEEKEND!!

Elephants in the Midtown Tunnel

Elephants...Queens...Midnight...

Since the circus elephants can’t go up the Penn Station escalators, they need to get off the circus train a stop early in Queens and walk through the Mid-Town Tunnel, and straight across Manhattan to Madison Square Garden. So I ventured into the night with some friends to see the elephants walk through our area. It was so fun and random. One of the "Only in New York" moments that I treasure.

Could have been famous...

This video was filmed in my office the day before a presentation (you can see my schemes pinned up on the board!) I was invited to be in the shoot with Jamie and Darrin to show some interaction but not knowing I would be filmed and having worked already 70 hrs that week I did not look my best and opted to sit out. Now I'm regretting letting my vanity take over, it would have been fun to be in the clip! :(

Next time...

New Beginnings

I was recently called as the 1st counselor in the Relief Society presidency and in the Astoria Ward, means I am blessed to be the 1st counselor in the Young Women's presidency too! We had our New Beginnings last night and it was AMAZING! Each of the girls participated and made it a wonderful night.

I feel so blessed to be able to work with the women of my awesome ward. They have such strong testimonies and are not afraid to live the gospel in this rough and tough city. I have learned so much from them and have had my testimony strengthened so much from this calling.

We all got to have a table to display some things about us. YES I took my Jacob doll, YES I took Yankees hat and YES i took a picture of my dog! :)

To the spa then to the beach!

We were personally invited to attend one of the only spa's open in Long Island City, the Gla Spa. We called early Monday morning and made appointments. When we arrived we were welcomed with chilled water with blood orange slices. There was soothing music playing, candles flickering and magazines to read in the waiting room. Tyler enjoyed his cuticle rub and as you can see my complete makeover was a success. I felt like a new me!

With all the snow that we've received lately we found ourselves asking each other what the beach looked like with snow so we decided to go check it out. There wasn't much to it but it was fun to get out and see some nature.

Happy Valentine's Day

It was my husband's cute idea to visit the love statue on Valentine's Day! We went to this chic restaurant last night and have really enjoyed the lovey weekend. I am so grateful to have such a caring husband. We love spending time with each other and exploring our city together.
Happy Valentine's Day Ty, I love you!!

Converted

Where have I been?

My life for the last few weeks has consisted of work, work, work! Darrin and I have been working on a getting a presentation ready for a new client. The meeting was on Wednesday and went well! The clients really loved everything we designed for them.

Over the last two weeks, Darrin and I put in 157 hours! We listened to a LOT of Lady Gaga and Ne-Yo. It was hard work and long days but we had a lot of fun. We make a great team and really enjoy working together. I am so grateful to have a job that I LOVE and to be able to work with and learn from such amazing designers.

We celebrated my new freedom after the presentation by going to a performance by Parson's Dance. Our neighbor is the executive director so he gave us free tickets. It was so amazing! Modern dance hasn't always been my favorite form of dance but this was incredible. They had live singers during each performance which added to the entertainment. We had a great time and enjoyed some Pinkberry afterward. Since when can you play Rock Band at Pinkberry?? AWESOME!

This was our favorite performance. If you don't want to watch the whole thing, fast forward to 3:00.

Weekend in the Beehive State

My Grandpa turned 80 years old this year so my mom threw him an awesome party! We rented a large cabin in Heber, UT and spent the weekend with every member of the Dewey family. It was so great seeing everyone and being all together for a long period of time! We had so much fun learning more about my grandpa.

This is my awesome family and I just LOVE them!

We had to take advantage of the beautiful scenery and take a few shots of ourselves

We were able to spend some time (short but some) with the Lynch family. That was so fun as well. Our nephew Kruz is THE cutest!

Thank you to our WONDERFUL families who all sacrificed to spend time with us and make the weekend one of the best trips we've taken.
WE LOVE YOU!

Bryant Park

Oh how we love New York City in the winter time

This HUGE mug was really filled with hot chocolate and marshmallows, pretty cool!