Thanksgiving 2011

For Thanksgiving, we decided to get up really early to go to the Macy's Parade.  We left at 5:30 am hoping to get there by 6:00 am to stake out our spot.  The subway ended up taking forever, so we got there later than we were hoping.  We still had a great time though!  Here are a few pictures:

After the parade we had an early Thanksgiving dinner hosted by our friends, the Thomson's.  It was different being away from our Utah family, but it was also nice to have friends to spend it with.  I am lazy and am going to link to Maddie's Thanksgiving posts:)  If you want to read about our Thanksgiving dinner read here and here.  It was a very nice Thanksgiving.

GMA American Idol Concert

I went to the GMA American Idol Concert in Central Park last Friday before work with my friend Lindsay. It was a lot of fun!  Anyone that knows me knows that I love American Idol, and a free American Idol concert I could not pass up.  Here are some pictures taken by Lindsay:

Ugly Sweaters and Gingerbread Houses

This weekend we got together with our friends the Hansen's and the Thomson's to wear ugly or festive sweaters and decorate "gingerbread" houses.  Scott and I decided to make very festive and ugly sweaters.  I gathered the supplies from Michael's earlier in the day for our creations.  Saturday morning a Christmas movie was on TV and there was a guy wearing a sweater that had a bright green moose on it which is how we got the inspiration for Scott's sweater.  The idea for my sweater came from a few years ago when my roommates and I made some really good ugly sweaters for a party at our apartment.  I tried to recreate it in a way.  See pictures below, along with how-to instructions for you to make your own ugly sweater:)

The front of my sweater:

There are bells and pom poms I used to cover the buttons/buttonholes.  Then I cut strips of those Mardi Gras type beads next to the buttons/buttonholes.  for the bottom of the sweater and the cuffs of the sleeves I used tinsel garland.

The back of my sweater: 

I used felt to make the tree.  I decorated it with pom poms, bells, and beads.  The "presents" under the tree are Christmas buttons.

Scott's sweater: 

Scott made his own sweater with a little guidance from me.  He printed off an outline of a moose, and used that as a template for his moose.  Googly eyes, and a bell were added as well as holly made from pom poms and pipe cleaners.  I think Scott's sweater turned out really well!

We had fun making our ugly sweaters, and are definitely saving them for a future party!  Here is us together at the party in front of the Hansen's beautiful tree, what a great backdrop for a picture:)

Here is the "gingerbread" house we made from graham crackers.  It is a replication of the apartment building we live in, tower 1.  This is while we were still adding a few finishing touches at the decorating table.  Scott was very creative in our tower.  He did the most work on it, I just followed his lead:)  

This picture is when it was all complete at another angle. 

We had such a great weekend, it was fun to do Christmasy things with friends!  I love the holidays!

The Wariner's Came to Visit!

Our friends, Tarin and Danny graced us with their presence this past week!  It was a lot of fun!  We are sad to see them go...

I had to work and Scott had school but we were able to catch up with them most evenings.

Some of the highlights when we joined up, and just a warning most of these are restaurants: 

-Malecon (a Dominican restaurant by our apartment that serves rice, beans, and yummy rotisserie chicken)
-Eating seafood down at South Street Seaport right by the water.  The shrimp I had was so good:)
-Grimaldi's (a famous pizza place in Brooklyn)
-Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge towards Manhattan
-Rowboats at Central Park
-Seeing a million people dressed up in costumes in Central Park
-Shake Shack (hamburger place, good hamburger for New York)
-Levain Bakery (amazing cookies, featured on the Food Network multiple times)
-Yummy soup and rolls Scott made us on Sunday
-Jimmy Fallon on Monday (it was a lot of fun, cool to see how it is all put together)
-Another trip to Malecon, mmmmmm

Thanks Tarin and Danny it was fun to have you come stay with us!

Legend of Sleepy Hollow

We took a day trip to Sleepy Hollow, NY today - we had lots of fun with our friends, and there wasn't any rain (but only because we hauled our umbrella around everywhere). It was such a quaint little town, and very different from the city! There were a bunch of locally-made holiday decorations lining the streets and parks of the town.

The jack-o-lantern man
Everybody non-posing in the middle of the city's gigantic cemetery. I think this is their version of Central Park. I would definitely spend a lot of time here if I lived in Sleepy Hollow - but it might be strange with all of the dead people around.

Trying my hand at some scenic pictures.
Graveyard for Washington Irving and family. Too bad the gate was locked, or else I would have gotten a closer picture. I just realized I probably could have climbed over the fence...but I'm glad I didn't. I don't need any headless horseman curses.
Here we are on the infamous bridge of Sleepy Hollow - great fall activity with lots of fun people!
- Scott

This Weekend

This weekend was really fun and I wanted to give a bit of a recap:

On Friday we decided to go to The Met (The Metroplitan Museum). I really like art so I was really excited. It was a rainy gloomy day so a museum sounded like a great idea! Inside the museum was a little overwhelming because it is so big. We decided on a few things that we wanted to see because there is so much to see! We'll have to go back a million times to see everything. I took some pictures of some of my favorites.

I love Van Gogh so I was so excited to be able to see some of his paintings! Here are a few that I loved:

Irises, of course!

Some Jackson Pollock---I think his work is much cooler in person! I wasn't too impressed until I saw it in person.

We also saw some European paintings, Egyptian Art, other Modern Art, Arms and Armor. Scott wanted to see all the different types of armor and weapons and that was really cool to see. I was surprised, but it was cool to see the evolution throughout the years of armor and weapons.

It was a really fun night!

On Saturday we got together with some friends and watched the BYU game. It wasn't a very exciting game but it was funny seeing how far ahead we were getting. Yay BYU! Great job!

Also, on Sunday Scott and I were sustained in our new calling as being on the Activities Committee. I may be asking all of you for some activity ideas :)

It's the Wedding Season!!

Two of my freshman roommates got married to their new husbands this week. I just want to congratulate Linsey and Nicholas Walker who got married yesterday! Also, I want to congratulate Steffanie and Cameron Reece who got married today! I'm so excited for all of you!