A Picture Paints a Thousand Words... February!

February was quite the month. So many fun things! Read it and weep...

Totally random story: So Brendan and I met up one night after not seeing each other for awhile and what did we find? That we both had bandaids on the same finger on the same hand. Hilarious. His wound was from a cardboard box and mine was from... my umbrella. Don't laugh. Anyway - just a funny coincidence that was worth a documentation.

Fancy fance Valentines dinner! It was so fun and SO swanky. 

Exhibit A.

Exhibit B. This was the main course. 1 of about 12 courses.

 A group of us all went out for Kate's birthday to a Japanese place downtown! Fiona, Carolyn, Brendan, Abby, Lisa, Kate and Chris. 

 We threw a hoppin' Valentines party. We called it 'All You Need Is Love' and we had about 60 people in attendance. Just check out that spread! I spy... a chocolate fountain!

The party queens! Abby's cousin, Hilary, came up from DC and was our bar temptress... she mixed all the 'mocktails' for us. 

 Here's the pre-party prep. :) Gittin' the drinks all mixy mixed. Brendan, Hilary, Abby, Carolyn and James.

 This guy got baptized as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! :)

 It was a beautiful day with friends and food and the spirit, of course! I put together a little luncheon and we had around 50 people there. 

Here is Brendan with his missionary, Sister Johnson. She was an awesome missionary and is still a great friend. We love Sister Johnson!

Here is almost the full group. Couldn't quite get everyone in. :)

 Brendan took me to his mom's house in Bainbridge, New York and we had a lovely time. Hockey game, movies, great food, church at a small branch and just a relaxing break. Here we are at the hockey game. 

  

 They even had a welcome message for me!

This is us intently watching the Oscars the night we got back from Bainbridge. A group of us all got together and enjoyed the show!

Some girls in our ward threw a Beyonce party a few weeks ago and told us all to dress swanky. So... red lipstick, sunglasses and a randomly placed tie = swanky, right? We thought so.

 And one last gem for this post. I saw this littly ditty on my way to the gym the other day. Gotta love Haw'lum!

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words... January!

And here we have JANUARIONDO!

I spent a lot of time going to auditions in January and here is a pic of me giving Brendan a little tap dance lesson one night. I busted out the tap board (pictured above) and was able to teach him a timestep or two while practicing for a callback I had the next day. Brendan is quite the natural, might I add. He picked it up in no time.

Just another long train ride home with Brendan and Nicole. I'm pretty sure this was after a singles' FHE one night. 

Brendan, Abby, Kristy and I took a trip to DC and Baltimore!!! It was a blast. What was the best part you ask? Seeing this girl. Ashley is one of my besties for life and it was SO good to see her and check out her digs in the D to the C. I love her so much. P.S. The matching cardis were NOT planned. Promise.

Library of Congress.

Photo shoot in front of Library of Congress.

 Brendan making fun of me while I put my lips on for said photo shoot. Rude.

The Library was beautiful. I remember being there before as a little girl, but it's always a much different experience when you get older. I loved it.

 Girls rule and boys drool.

 The main purpose of our trip was to see our friend, Darick, play the Beast in the Beauty and the Beast tour. Baltimore was their closest show to NYC, so we made the trek out to support him. He was brilliant... as always.

 The weary travelers with the Beast and Belle!

 We were able to get some din din and catch up with Darick before his show. 

And here we are on our very own backstage tour! Another BYU friend, Chris, was also in the show. He's pictured here along with the cute little guy who played Chip!

 We went to church with Ashley in DC and loved it. Great people and great meetings. The church is true, yo.

And it isn't really a road trip without one of these shots. Am I right or am I right?

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words... December!

Hey everybody. Ya miss me? So for the next few posts, I'm gonna try somethin' new. I have lots 'o pics that I need to share, so I'm just gonna throw 'em all on here and give little descriptions where needed. Yes? Sound good? How 'bout one post per month... for the last... 4 months. :)

So here's DECEMBER...

 Just a typical view of the park across the street from my apartment on a cold winter day.

 I got to help with some of the Hurricane Sandy clean-up! This is Abby and I riding the train bright and early on a Sunday morn... on our way to join 'Mormon Helping Hands'.

Despite the look on my face in this pic :), it really was a somber and humbling experience to see the damage that was done to these people's homes. I'm grateful for the opportunity I had to contribute to the community!

 After FHE one night, a group of us took our friend Chris out for his birthday! This is Tera, Abby, Nick and Chris! 

The birfffday boy. Chris and I actually lived in South Provo at the same time so we have a lot of mutual friends back home, which is funsies.

My good friend, Logan, came into town one weekend and took Nikki and I out on the town! We ate at a yummy hoity toity restaurant and then I got Logan into Peter and the Star Catcher for free! Lucky, lucky boy.

Here's a group of us after the stake Christmas concert. We walked down the street from the temple/church building and found a fun restaurant to try. Always good food around, I tell you... And so does my pant size. 

Speaking of good food... meet Mike. This is the proud champion of the Koronet challenge! Remember that pizza place with slices of pizza bigger than your head?? Well... we challenged Mike to eat 3 whole pieces in one sitting (1 is usually more than enough for the average human being) and he did it! This is him taking the last bite.

My parents and little sis, Amanda, came to see me for Christmas!!! It was amazing. My parents were able to sublet an apartment just a short walk away from mine and we had the time of our lives. Christmas in NYC was magical and we sure made the most of it. I worked some of the time, but they were able to see 4 or 5 shows, take a boat tour, see a few museums, see the Rockefeller tree, shop in Macy's, see the 9/11 Memorial, have dinner at Aunt Jan's, celebrate Amanda's birthday, see movies, eat lots of delish meals... etc... and they loved it! It was so fun to have them here with me for 2 whole weeks!

The party animals themselves. This was our New Year's Eve feast! Somebody made a mistake and gave me their credit card and sent me to Trader Joe's to stock up for the night. BIG mistake. 

We took a walk through Central Park one afternoon. Oh - how I love my familiondo! And I also love my new headband from Santa... can you tell? :)

Just a cool pic of me and the sis in the park. Oh... good times were had. It sure meant a lot that they would spend the holiday with me. How did I get so lucky to have such a wonderful fam? Geez louise!