Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Our Thanksgiving Break
I apologize beforehand, but I was too busy enjoying myself that I didn't take any pictures of our Thanksgiving break. If my family posts pictures on Facebook I will add some to this post.
Wednesday: we decided to head to the airport extra early to allow extra time for the "nightmare" security we were hearing about all over the news. The subway on the way to the airport was crazy so I was a little worried... We arrived at the airport, checked our bags and were through security in about 20-30 minutes. It was probably the fastest we have ever been through security at JFK. They didn't have those body scanners that everyone was freaking out about. We made it through security and had time to have dinner before our flight. The flight was a little long because of strong winds but other than that there was no problem. I don't know why they were freaking out about the security on the news, it was totally fine.
We landed in Salt Lake and were picked up by my dad and brother Cameron. We tried to sleep soon after we got to my parents house but it was hard to sleep because it was so quiet. My friends here in NYC will be able to back me up, as we are used to sleeping with so much noise in the background. I keep telling Scott that I'm going to have to find a "Sounds of the City" recording to fall asleep when we eventually move out of the city.
Side note: If there are any Boy Meets World fans that read our blog---do you remember in an episode when Shawn moves into an apartment and plays "Sounds of the Trailer Park" to be able to fall asleep? Ha ha, just like that.
We eventually fell asleep, and slept in until 5 am UT time--because it was really 7 am NY time. It is hard switching back between time zones.
Thursday: we went to the Mortensen extended family Thanksgiving. There are a lot of people in our extended family so when we get together we reserve a church building. It was fun to see a lot of family, though it gets a little chaotic, we enjoyed ourselves. After our early Thanksgiving with the Mortensen's we hung out at my parent's house and played with my niece and nephews. Then, we headed to Scott's parents' house for our 2nd Thanksgiving. We enjoyed yummy food along with good company. We were really tired pretty early, about 9:00 and went to sleep shortly after we got back.
Friday: we went out for a yummy breakfast with my family. Then Scott hung out with his parents, and got to go to the Jazz vs. Lakers game. Apparently it was a very exciting game, though I didn't watch any of it. Meanwhile, I hung out with my family and got some shopping in with my mom and little sister. My older sister and her family also came over so we got more niece and nephews time.
Saturday: we woke up and helped my family prep the Thanksgiving we were having that afternoon. After all the food was made, we all dug in. Yum! Then the boys watched the BYU vs. Utah game, and the girl's hung out with my sister and her kids. It was fun to see the kids so much! I miss having kids around to play with. Then, Scott went to dinner with his family, and I chilled with mine. Of course we had the joy of packing again, which I hate, but we got through it.
Sunday: we woke up early to head back to NYC. It was snowing so the roads weren't the best but we made it to the airport. Security was a breeze again, because we were directed toward the International terminal in SLC. We got on the plane, and it seemed like it was going to be another easy flight. After 2 hours of waiting to be de-iced, we finally took off! I kept falling asleep and waking up to find that we were still on the ground. It was nice to get into the air and the flight wasn't too bad after that. When we got to JFK, we had to wait a long time for our baggage. I then wanted to take a cab home, but we decided to save money and not take one. It's a good thing we made that decision because as we were walking past the taxi line, it was huge! It probably would have taken just as long to wait for a cab as it would to go home on the subway. I know Scott was secretly happy on the inside that I could not complain that we didn't take a cab. We made it home by 7:00 pm and I was exhausted! Scott was nice and made us some dinner. Then we chilled for a bit and went to sleep.
We had an amazing Thanksgiving break, and I enjoyed seeing family so much. It makes it really hard to come back to the real world...
P.S. My older sister Amber was a trooper this weekend. She came to every family thing even though she could have had her baby at any time. We are excited to meet our new niece when we go home for Christmas. Amber, I hope you meet her soon:)
Wednesday: we decided to head to the airport extra early to allow extra time for the "nightmare" security we were hearing about all over the news. The subway on the way to the airport was crazy so I was a little worried... We arrived at the airport, checked our bags and were through security in about 20-30 minutes. It was probably the fastest we have ever been through security at JFK. They didn't have those body scanners that everyone was freaking out about. We made it through security and had time to have dinner before our flight. The flight was a little long because of strong winds but other than that there was no problem. I don't know why they were freaking out about the security on the news, it was totally fine.
We landed in Salt Lake and were picked up by my dad and brother Cameron. We tried to sleep soon after we got to my parents house but it was hard to sleep because it was so quiet. My friends here in NYC will be able to back me up, as we are used to sleeping with so much noise in the background. I keep telling Scott that I'm going to have to find a "Sounds of the City" recording to fall asleep when we eventually move out of the city.
Side note: If there are any Boy Meets World fans that read our blog---do you remember in an episode when Shawn moves into an apartment and plays "Sounds of the Trailer Park" to be able to fall asleep? Ha ha, just like that.
We eventually fell asleep, and slept in until 5 am UT time--because it was really 7 am NY time. It is hard switching back between time zones.
Thursday: we went to the Mortensen extended family Thanksgiving. There are a lot of people in our extended family so when we get together we reserve a church building. It was fun to see a lot of family, though it gets a little chaotic, we enjoyed ourselves. After our early Thanksgiving with the Mortensen's we hung out at my parent's house and played with my niece and nephews. Then, we headed to Scott's parents' house for our 2nd Thanksgiving. We enjoyed yummy food along with good company. We were really tired pretty early, about 9:00 and went to sleep shortly after we got back.
Friday: we went out for a yummy breakfast with my family. Then Scott hung out with his parents, and got to go to the Jazz vs. Lakers game. Apparently it was a very exciting game, though I didn't watch any of it. Meanwhile, I hung out with my family and got some shopping in with my mom and little sister. My older sister and her family also came over so we got more niece and nephews time.
Saturday: we woke up and helped my family prep the Thanksgiving we were having that afternoon. After all the food was made, we all dug in. Yum! Then the boys watched the BYU vs. Utah game, and the girl's hung out with my sister and her kids. It was fun to see the kids so much! I miss having kids around to play with. Then, Scott went to dinner with his family, and I chilled with mine. Of course we had the joy of packing again, which I hate, but we got through it.
Sunday: we woke up early to head back to NYC. It was snowing so the roads weren't the best but we made it to the airport. Security was a breeze again, because we were directed toward the International terminal in SLC. We got on the plane, and it seemed like it was going to be another easy flight. After 2 hours of waiting to be de-iced, we finally took off! I kept falling asleep and waking up to find that we were still on the ground. It was nice to get into the air and the flight wasn't too bad after that. When we got to JFK, we had to wait a long time for our baggage. I then wanted to take a cab home, but we decided to save money and not take one. It's a good thing we made that decision because as we were walking past the taxi line, it was huge! It probably would have taken just as long to wait for a cab as it would to go home on the subway. I know Scott was secretly happy on the inside that I could not complain that we didn't take a cab. We made it home by 7:00 pm and I was exhausted! Scott was nice and made us some dinner. Then we chilled for a bit and went to sleep.
We had an amazing Thanksgiving break, and I enjoyed seeing family so much. It makes it really hard to come back to the real world...
P.S. My older sister Amber was a trooper this weekend. She came to every family thing even though she could have had her baby at any time. We are excited to meet our new niece when we go home for Christmas. Amber, I hope you meet her soon:)
Monday, November 29, 2010
Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving!
We are both grateful for (in no particular order):
- Each other (Awwww)
- Family :)
- God, Jesus Christ, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (We are so blessed)
- Medical School (It's Scott's dream to be a doctor, we are grateful he has the opportunity to pursue it
- Friends (We have really good friends-NYC, Utah, etc.
- My Job (I'm not grateful to have to work, but we are both grateful to get a paycheck. Finding this job was a huge blessing)
- Our Apartment (It's our escape from the outside world. When we are in our apartment I feel like we are in Utah, and that's comforting to me)
- Our experiences in NYC (living here is like a roller coaster, but we have grown/learned so much)
- Scott is grateful for Sinus Decongestant Medication
- I'm grateful for Airplanes and that we get to go home for Thanksgiving AND Christmas (it's reassuring to know that family is just a plane ride away-a really long plane ride)
- Scott is grateful that we have plenty of food to eat every day even though he complains that it's not his absolute favorite sometimes (He said it's not a comment on my cooking, we just have to eat cheaper at this time in our life)
*I'm going to make a separate post for what we did over the holiday*
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Catch up!
I'm going to play blog catch up since it's been a while. Sometimes the problem isn't that there isn't anything going on but too much going on that it gets overwhelming to blog about. This post is going to be a little this and that to catch everyone up.
Most recently... it was Thanksgiving! Most of Scott's family came into town so we got to hang out with them.
We went to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. It was really fun! We got there super early so we were on the front row! Here are some pictures:
Most recently... it was Thanksgiving! Most of Scott's family came into town so we got to hang out with them.
We went to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. It was really fun! We got there super early so we were on the front row! Here are some pictures:
Dora The Explorer
Buzz Lightyear
Smurf
SmurfSanta! He was very excited to see us!
We also went to the Statue of Liberty
and... Ellis Island
We went to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and saw the Rockette's
Looked at decorated windows
Got our pictures taken with the Macy's Santa
Rode the subway a lot
Central Park of course! We saw the Belvadere Castle there---it was cool!
View of NYC from the castle
We did a lot of fun things over the Thanksgiving Break and also made our first Thanksgiving dinner.... it was a lot of work! I appreciate Thanksgiving Feasts a lot more now. It was a tiring time, but we are recovered now.
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