Saturday, October 23, 2010

New York


(Empire State of Mind Part 2 - Featuring Alicia Keys)
To listen along while reading this post click HERE)

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!

Monday, September 20, 2010

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.


Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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...

Friday, September 10, 2010

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)

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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.