Final Days

On July 7, 2009, Jamie and I climbed into his truck with the u-haul on the back and started our move to Utah. It took us two and a half days. We traveled through Penn, then Ohio, Indiania, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Wyoming. We were both so glad to arrive in Utah. It was so great to see my family.

My mom's visit out to New Jersey!

My mom made my week and came out to spend several days with me this last weekend. It had been way to long since we had last seen each other. We had great fun!!! Unfortunetly, it rained most of the time she was here so we couldn't do everything we wanted too. We did a lot though. I took my mom down to the Jersey Shore, right around where Jamie is from. We went to Long Beach State Park and walked to the lighthouse that was by there. It was a pretty far walk but my mom and I both handled it very well.






I took her to try some New Jersey pizza which back east is famous for. We kept busy all day. We went to the movie, "the proposal", which was really good. Mom got quite the laugh out of a few parts lol. One of the days, when I had to work with the boys, my mom and I took the boys to the mall and spent several hours there shopping and eating lunch and riding the elevator (the boys favorite thing to do!).





I took mom to Washington State Park for a few minutes, which is a small park on a hill that has a momument dedicated to George Washington and you can look down and see all the surrounding areas into New York. Too bad when we went it was rainy and foggy so we couldn't really see anything.






We spent a day in NYC. It rained on us for a while there but we survived. It felt like we walked all over the city. We wanted to go to the top of the empire state building but since the weather was crappy they said there was zero visibility so we didn't go up.


Empire State Building



We rode up to the upper side of town on the subway (somehow I managed to get us on the right subway) and had lunch at this cute place called, 'Popovers'. It was very yummy and the best part was sharing the chocolate mousse there with mom.



Eating chocolate mousse at Popovers in NYC


Then from the upper side we took the subway down to the lower side by ground zero (world trade center). We spent some time there and also saw St. Paul's church and the Trinity Church. We walked down to Battery Park, which is about as far south as you can go in Manhattan. At the park, they have this amazing statue of a 'sphere' that use to be in front of the World Trade Centers, and was damaged in the attacks. They moved it to Battery Park as a memorial from the attacks.




From Battery Park you can see Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. By the time we made it down there our feet were about to give out on us lol. We found a subway station to go back up town. It was very interesting how we got into the subway station. Instead of steps leading down into station, there was an elevator that went straight into the ground and took you down. It was kind of freaky lol! From there we were gonna go explore SoHo and Little Italy, but me not being the brightest bulb around, had us get on the wrong train and it took us past that part of town. We didn't have the energy to try and figure our way there again. We ended up getting over to Grand Central Station and then walking over to Times Square. We did a lot of walking and it was tiring, but it was fun! The last day mom was here she spent it with me and the boys since I had to work. We hung out and sat outside by the pool since the sun finally decided to poke its head out for a bit. I had such a great time with mom. I was so happy and glad to be able to show her new sights and places. I hope she can forgive me for being such a pain in the butt lol. We got lots of fun pictures. I am not gonna put all of them on here but a lot of them are on my face book for people to look at. Thanks for coming to see me mom!!!

My birthday!

Thought I would put up the few pics I have of my 23rd birthday. It was hard to not be able to spend my birthday with my family, but I was able to spend the morning of it with Jamie. He took me to the boardwalk to walk around and to get pizza. Then in the afternoon, the Milsteins gave me a chocolate mousse birthday cake (lauren knew how much I loved that and made sure that was what her mom got me) and sang happy birthday and gave me a present. They gave me a coach wallet that is absolutely adorable!

Florida Trip!

Last week I flew to Fort Myers, Florida with Jamie. Travis met us there which I was very happy and excited about. We stayed at Jamie's mom's condo down there which was really nice (especially since we stayed for free). Jamie and I's trip had kind of a rough start. We had been up in the air for about 1/2 hour when the pilot came over the intercom and said that there was an unidentified object on the plane so we had to turn back around and go back to the airport that we had just left. Jamie and I could tell that the stewardess seemed really nervous. To be honest, I wasn't too worried at all, just upset that we had to turn around. When we landed shortly after, there were police cars and fire trucks waiting for us. It didn't take long before they announced that the 'unidentified object' was actually just a toy. A toy!! Can you believe that. We ended up getting into Florida 2 hours late. Once we landed, different stories were going around. Someone said that the stewardess said that it really was a bomb and someone else said that they said it was a toy that someone made to look like a bomb. I highly doubt it was real or else we would have had to evacuate that plane asap! For the five days in Florida, the weather didn't want to behave. It hadn't rained in months until the day we arrived. It was pouring when we arrived. Luckily, though it rained pretty much every day we were there, the mornings and first part of afternoons stayed clear. And when it rains there, it pours. Jamie, Travis, and I had a blast. We went to Sannibel Island, Fort Myers Beach, took an airboat ride to see alligators, got caught in a downpour playing miniature golf, ate lots of food, went on Jamie's grandfather's golf cart around the golf course, and took the 'Key West Express' boat to the Key West Island. The Key West Island was probably the favorite thing we did. The boat ride to the island and back was 3 1/2 hours each way, but it was fun. We saw dolphins swimming as we were headed out to sea. Then at Key West I saw my very first cruise ship which was huge though Jamie said it wasn't really that big compared to some. All 3 of us were sad to leave, but we had a great time. I was so glad to see Travis again after 3 months. Most of the Florida pics are on my facebook but I am putting my 2 favorite ones up here.


Travis, Me, and Jamie on boat to Key West Island


Taken after our airboat ride

Washington D.C.

This last weekend, Jamie and I went down to Virginia to visit his friends and to go see Washington D.C. We had a blast, except for all the traffic we hit on the way there and the way back. The weather was perfect on the day that we went to D.C. We saw all the big sights, like the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Memorial, the White house, Union Station, and the Air and Space Museum. We did lots and lots of walking. Jamie was the tour guide. He had his little hand held gps with him and he had our tour all mapped out. We walked almost 7 miles around D.C. Jamie and I also had lots of fun in Virginia at his friend's and girlfriend's place. It is too bad I won't get a chance to go down there again anytime soon.


Jamie and me in Virginia


In front of the White House


The Capitol Building in D.C.


The Washington Monument


Lincoln Memorial


In front of Lincoln Memorial

Museum of Natural History

On April 9th, Lauren and I went to NYC to go to the Museum of Natural History. It was really really big. We were only able to see a small portion of it. After, we had lunch at a place called, Popovers, that was very delicious!



In the butterfly exhibit




Remember this from the movie, "Night at the Museum"?

Barnegat Lighthouse

On Sunday, April 5th, Jamie and I went to the seaside island park to see the Barnegat Lighthouse that sits on Long Beach Island, NJ. It was so cool and such a beautiful day!