Four Blessed Years!!

We have experienced so much together in our 4 years of marriage and look forward to spending eternity together!!

"When ye are in the service of..."

We spent our Young Women activity this week at the Bowery Mission. An organization that helps the homeless. It has been around for 130 years and runs 100% off of donations.

We cut up onions, peppers, potatoes, watermelon and pastries. Tyler got stuck doing dishes....eew. The Bowery Mission serves about 1,000 people each day so you can imagine how much food there was to prepare (and dishes for poor Tyler). After that we served lunch! I learned some spanish..."arroz blanco o amarillo?", "pollo o carne?", "de nada!"

It was such a great experience. The workers were so religious, they had us pray before we started working, pray for the food and say another before we left. They truly understand that when we are in the service of our fellow beings, we are only in the service of our God. I am so grateful for the opportunity to have served the homeless of New York City.

Really??

REALLY!

My grocery store looks like this...

And a piano? Awesome!

I love New York

High Class Living

The boss is going to have some posh neighbors at his new pad!!

You can read the whole article from the NY Post here.

They failed to mention Mick Jagger bought one for his gf too!

You must check out the video of the "en-suite sky garages" at

200 11th. So cool!!

Under the Sea

I was the designer on this bathroom renovation. It was an old client that needed new life in her bathroom. I don't have before pictures but since Jamie designed the original, it was beautiful of course, she was just ready for something new!

My favs:

The mermaid-ish mother of pearl wall tiles.

The custom green metallic toilet.

The juxtaposition of the ghost chair.

AND the unexpected pops of pink from the accessories....

Oh her accessories...to die for!! How I would love to house my make up in silver and have my coordinated perfumes reside on a platter!

Summertime

Lately I've been missing...

But have been loving...

Beach Day!

It's been a HOT summer in NYC so any given Saturday you can find us at the beach! This time we decided to check out the north shore and go to Oyster Bay.

The bay was beautiful! I must get it from my Dad but any view of sailboats makes me happy. The sand (rocks/pebbles) was just ok but the crowds (or lack thereof!) made for a very enjoyable day!The cute little town of Oyster Bay happens to be the home of Theodore Roosevelt, the only U.S. president from Long Island. Pretty cool!

Chocolate is Not Just About Taste

Another USU intern joined the Drake Team last week. In his first 24 hours he had eaten Domino's and Subway so some of the other interns decided we needed to hold an initiation into NYC eating. We went to Max Brenner, it's like a real life chocolate factory!!

Observing...

Selecting...

Eating... Playing...
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Their dinnerware was AWESOME
I love spur of the moment, mid-week date nights!

Inner Harbor

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.

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On our way home from Frederick, MD we stopped and spent a few hours in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

We first went to the visitor's center where we learned that the harbor has been one of the major seaports in the U.S. since 1700s! ...and where we played in some of the displays :) Can you find us?

We thought what better way to experience the harbor then from IN the water! We had so much fun in this little paddle boat.

After our boat ride we enjoyed tapas on the balcony of this great restaraunt and walked in and out of shop after shop. It was a perfect little visit!

Cool by Association

My amazing actor/model/mother/friend invited me to guest post on her blog for "I heart NY Week" Check it out!

A Capitol Fourth

Since we were already in Maryland that weekend, we HAD to experience the 4th of July in our Nation's Capitol!

Last time we were in DC it was February so it was great experiencing the sites and monuments in the summer time.

Mr. Obama wouldn't let us get very close to his house... :(

If any of you remember Tyler's feelings last time we were here, I'm pleased to announce he's had a change of heart!

We ran into some of Tyler's friends from Pinnacle (so fun!) so we joined them on the lawn of the capitol to watch the concert.

David Archuleta was my fav!

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FIREWORKS!!

The fireworks were A-W-E-S-O-M-E! 17 minutes long!

This was a very patriotic 4th of July for us and we loved every minute of it. (well, we didn't so much love the process of 1,000,000 people trying to get on the metro afterwards but that is another story)