New York

(Empire State of Mind Part 2 - Featuring Alicia Keys)

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Ooohh New York

Ooohh New York

Grew up in a town that is famous as the place of movie scenes

Noise was always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean

If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that's what they say

Seeing my face in lights or my name on marquees found down on Broadway


Even if it ain’t all it seems, I got a pocketful of dreams

Baby, I'm from New York

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of


There's nothing you can't do


Now you're in New York


These streets will make you feel brand new


Big lights will inspire you


Hear it for New York, New York, New York!



On the avenue, there ain't never a curfew, ladies work so hard


Such a melting pot, on the corner selling rock, preachers pray to God


Hail a gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge


Some will sleep tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge

I'm gonna make it by any means, I got a pocketful of dreams


Baby, I'm from New York


Concrete jungle where dreams are made of


There's nothing you can't do


Now you're in New York


These streets will make you feel brand new


Big lights will inspire you


Hear it for New York, New York, New York!


One hand in the air for the big city,


Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty


No place in the world that can compare


Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah


In New York!



Concrete jungle where dreams are made of


There's nothing you can't do


Now you're in New York


These streets will make you feel brand new

Big lights will inspire you


Hear it for New York!

Fall: The Best of All

This weekend, Michal and I drove the Alpine Loop to look at the leaves changing color. It was so breathtaking up there, and we got out to hike around. While we did, here are some pictures that we took on Sunday's early evening.

Having a bad day?

Sometimes when I am having a bad day, videos like these will cheer me up. Hopefully they will remedy your bad day like they have cured mine!

Watch the whole thing...



Here is the second part to the first video... I couldn't find it all in one clip, make sure you watch number one first though!



German Prank...



Dancing Dog...

Michal meets his favorite TV star

The other day as I was driving home for my lunch break I saw something that I KNEW would make Michal so happy. I wanted to get him to take me back to work so I could show him my surprise, but he insisted that he was too busy. Alas, my surprise had to wait. The following days my "surprise" for Michal did not return. I thought I missed my opportunity forever... Until 2 days ago, my "surprise" returned. I jumped in the car with Michal, drove down the street and introduced him to...

HANK HILL (from King of the Hill TV series)

Now everyday as we drive down this street Hank is always there to greet us!

(This post was for you Michal)

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day Weekend was such a blast! I started out the weekend by going to Swiss Days with my Mom & my Aunt Judy.

I had to catch my mom in the action of spending money!

I even ran into my mission president’s wife: Sister Pugh. Overall, I had a really fun time and these types of events are the ones that I just love. Walking around with a crowd, looking at the different crafty things, thinking about what clever ideas could I come up with to make money at a thing like this. Michal drags his feet when I take him to “boutiques” like this… he is done after 10 minutes, and I could stay for hours.

Anyways, I’m really glad that my Mom invited me last minute.

We continued the weekend by heading up to my parents cabin on Saturday evening. On the way up there we drove over a huge bolt (on the dirt road) and got a flat tire. I was kinda bummed and it put me in a slightly bad mood. Infact, I even forgot to take a picture of my flat tire.

While we were at the cabin, we ate a lot of good food, went ATV riding, played fun games, got a lot of sleep, and went on some awesome hikes. This one was my favorite...

We went in search of these:

But didn’t find very many; just a few.

The whole reason that we ended up going to the cabin was to celebrate my Mom’s Birthday. So my brothers and their “significant others” came up also. My favorite picture of the whole weekend was Michal pretending to be a gangsta by wearing all of Ben’s Detroit “hood” stuff. I laughed so hard, and everytime I see this picture, I still laugh.

When we came home, no tire places were open (because of the Holiday). So my Dad was kind enough to fix it for me.

We had a lot of fun this weekend, and I can’t wait until we get another 3 day weekend.

Green Cauliflower?

This is what I ate on Tuesday night for dinner...

Michal & I went to the grocery store the other day and I asked him to grab some cauliflower for us. When I pulled it out of the fridge last night I seriously thought that he grabbed a piece with mold on it. He said that's how they all looked.

Notice the completely white stems and the ultra green tops!

So I asked around at YW that night, if anyone had ever heard of green cauliflower. I thought that if anyone had, that my neighbors would know about it, since I attend a ward full of farmers. One of the ladies explained that she calls it "broci-flower." It's a mix between Broccoli and Cauliflower.

I learned something new the other day, and it wasn't that bad either.

Summer was great, but bring on Fall...

Michal and I have had an eventful summer. Unfortunately, I haven't done a very good job at keeping up-to-date so this will have to be a long post.

June:

We started June out very active. Michal talked me into doing my first ever 5K.

I have to admit, I was extremely nervous to do this, because I am not a runner. But I had some great co-workers who also convinced me to do this race.

Even though they all smoked me, I was still accomplished my only goal: to finish! I had a HORRIBLE time, but as the summer progressed... I was able to shave about 6 minutes off of my 5K time as I kept running and running.

Michal ran this race with me... Kinda. He ran the 10K which started about 10 minutes after the 5K did. And he passed me! He is quite a fast runner. He runs about a 9 minute mile when he runs the 10K races. Currently Michal is preparing for another marathon in Layton in October. He just loves to run.

July:

Our July was busy with all sorts of parades, festivals, and fiesta days.

I marched in 4 different parades during July: Sandy, Provo, Payson, and Spanish Fork.

and Michal was there cheering me on for all of them. When wearing all wool in 90 degree weather, it can get quite exhausting, but Michal was at the end of every parade with cool water for me!

We also went to the Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo.

Michal with his hand over his heart ready for the national anthem.

Michal "dressed up" in his cowboy outfit and I think he got more attention than some of the contestants did.

My parents took us to the rodeo because they came down the night before to watch me march in the Parade the next morning. I felt quite loved between my family, and all of my Young Women cheering me on. I had quite the fan club!

August:

Michal took a trip to Alaska the first week of August. He went with my brothers and my dad to Doc Warner's Fishing Camp.

There they fished for a whole week and caught a ton of Halibut and Salmon. Michal had never been fishing before and had a blast. He took lots of pictures and even learned a new word: "nibble."

While he was gone, I decided to clean out the house really well. It was quite uneventful until I came across this little creature:

I consider myself brave to have caught it and let it go outside. It was the largest spider I have ever seen in my whole life... plus, I have never seen a spider with it's egg-sac.

That pretty much sums up our summer. We are excited for fall and the adventures that await us.