Merry Christmas!

Time to bring a little holiday cheer. Things have been a bit rough for me since I moved home. Nothing major, I'm just frustrated at not being able to get a job. Last week however, I got to go to Connecticut to visit Caskey and watch her grapple in the COC (She was awesome, by the way). One night we went into the city to see the tree at Rockefeller Center and walk around. It was a lot of fun! It was my first time in New York during the Christmas season. I loved it, so here are some of the pictures I took while there. I hope it helps to put you all in a holiday mood!

Radio City Music Hall 

Caskey and I with the giant ornaments  

The new man in my life 

Giant Christmas lights 

The Tree at Rockefeller Center 

Angels, also at Rockefeller Center 

The Tree again

The Ball is already set for New Year's Eve 

One Last Stop. Then Home.

Well, here it is October 2011 and I am once again living in Utah. And I couldn't be happier about it! Being a Nanny and living in Connecticut was... an experience. I learned a lot about life and especially about myself. Before leaving, Bonnie and I were able to visit our friends in Philadelphia one last time. I always enjoy seeing them, and this time we went to Amish country! Intercourse, PA to be exact. Here are the very few pictures I managed to snag while we were there.

Chinatown. Bonnie and I got a little bit lost when we first got off the bus and we ended up here. 

After walking for awhile, we ended up at this beautiful building, but I forget the name of it.. 

An Amish farm on our way to Intercourse. 

 A glimpse of an Amish buggy turning a corner. 

This was taken at a shopping area in Intercourse. Lots of small shops with Amish made everything! 

30 Days Hath September...

.. And every one of them have felt as if they were never going to end. I don't know why, but this month has seemed especially long for me. I am glad that its over and we can all move on to October! I'm so excited for all the holidays coming up! Having  little kids around, like my adorable nieces and nephews, make the holidays so much more fun!! And in honor of said nieces and nephews I've decided to share some recent photos of them I took on my last trip home. So cute!!

 Bailee

 Easton

Sawyer

A Taste of What is to Come..

Autumn in Connecticut 

In the other gardens

And all up the vale,

From the autumn bonfires

See the smoke trail!

Pleasant summer over

And all the summer flowers,

The red fire blazes,

The grey smoke towers.

Sing a song of seasons!

Something bright in all!

Flowers in the summer,

Fires in the fall!

-Robert Louis Stevenson

Home is Home. Be it Ever so Humble.

Last week I was able to go back to Utah to visit my family. It was great! I spent the whole week relaxing and just spending time with my family. I have missed them so much since I've been in Connecticut. I just have to say.. I have the cutest niece and nephews! They've all grown so much, I can't believe it. I didn't take very many pictures, so I don't have any pictures from Utah to post. However I do have a couple pictures from the last time I went into the city. Enjoy!

This sandwich is a crunchy peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwich from Peanut Butter & Co. It was quite good, I have to say. 

This guy made this design entirely out of colored sand. Amazing!

And this was just a random person walking around the city dressed as a bowling pin. 

First Trip to Palmyra

Last weekend Bonnie and I went to Palmyra, NY with our ward, to visit the church historical sites and see the Hill Cumorah Pageant. The ride up and back was quite long... 5-6 hours each way on a bus. We had a lot of fun while we there. The pageant was really good and I really liked seeing all the historical sites too. I took a lot of pictures too, so here you go.

These are from the printing place where the Book of Mormon was first published. 

This is the house where the Smith family lived when they first moved to Palmyra, and the surrounding fields.

The Palmyra Temple, right across the street from the Smith home and the Sacred Grove.

 The Smith family's larger house that was built later, along with a garden and barn.

 Bonnie and I were messing around here...

 Haha she looks like she's waiting for a bus!

The Sacred Grove. 

The very end of the pathways in the Sacred Grove.

We visited the Palmyra Temple right before we left on Sunday morning.