nyc: day two

holly and i were pretty beat from our late night so we didn't get a super early start. we rode the subway to midtown and then walked up the upper east side on 5th ave. it was crazy to see how people live there, red carpets and awnings, so very different from my life. we walked by a a super nice rolls royce with a driver sitting in it and noticed that on the passenger door above the handle it was engraved with "ms. rollins." we made our way up to the metropolitan museum of art where holly dropped me off so she could head to work. i spend several hours in the met and loved it.

ever since my european tour i just love museum pictures of little chubbo rich kids and there pets, and this bed was so over the top. i think i would be scared to sleep in it, worried that thing would fall on me!

i throughly enjoyed the ac and completely cooled down before heading back out{did i mention the insane heat??} to listen to some street singers. {can you see me in the drum?}

next, i cut into central park which was much larger then i imagined and just diddled my way through the bottom half of it. i am pretty sure i heard almost every language in the park, it was great fun to people watch. it was too hot to stay in any one place for very long so i would sit, enjoy for a bit and then move on.

eventually i found the boathouse and ate some much needed ice cream. i met 2 boys hitch hiking from georgia to maine and watched children splash in all the water features.

next i headed to fao swartz to check out all the cool toys and get cool again. of course i had to snap a picture of the plaza as i went by, i love that place. someday i want to stay there. i didn't wait in line to play the big piano, but i did seriously consider making paisley her own custom muppet. it was sweet. but pretty expensive and big. so i decided no. {your welcome chris}

i then walked everywhere, literally up and down and everywhere in between. i popped my head in the temple {luckily it was on the way to zara} and shopped.

watched some street performers.

ate dinner in the basement of the macy's flagship store{and finally put some make up on!}

met some very friendly legit nyc firefighters.

and finally met up with holly and her bf at a venue somewhere around soho i think to check out one of her favorite bands, built to spill. i loved being able to check out some of the music scene in nyc, since that is such a major part of the city. {so sad but this is about the only good pic that i have of the two of us!}

build to spill, although i wasn't super familiar with a lot of their music, i totally enjoyed the show. the lead singer is a total bobble head when he sings. i know i walked at least 10 miles this day. my feet were trashed and never really recovered for the whole rest of the trip. i should have just been nerdy and kicked it in my nike's! next time...

whats happening now

so even though i am fairly certain that no one reads this blog, seeing as how i haven't had a comment left for several months i still want to write and share what has been going on in my life lately. i think it will feel good just to write it out and not feel like i am keeping a huge secret. and i suppose it is now part of my history and therefore good to include in our book of 2010.

you know last thursday was the one year anniversary of my mother's death, that was a tough day, but easier then the next two days as it turns out. i was pregnant and friday night i started bleeding, to make a long story short i was at the ER for what felt like forever on saturday and they have finally decided that i had a miscarriage. needless to say it was an emotional, painful, and all around not fun weekend. i am exhausted and bloated and just generally feeling icky. so that is where i am at. i am not sure what to expect as i have never had a miscarriage before, but i am hopeful that i will feel better soon. i mostly feel upset because of the timing, i was ready. and it is super annoying how may more check ups and labs and restrictions i have. i want to be done with it and move on. so for now, i am trying to recover from the blows that came last week and focus on paisley and being productive.

i guess i need to learn patience, patience with Heavenly Father's timing and patience with myself. i am trying to be patient about this and about not having a "finished" or decorated home{which is extremely difficult for me}

thats all. {thanks to my friend andrea for giving me a way to end this}

nyc: night one

so after my nasty long flight and navigating the air train and subway with my baggage{2 suitcases and my tote} and holly, we set out to see some sights and make use of the little time that we had. first stop was whole foods for some super tasty dinner-the salad buffet. also, did i mention how humid it was in nyc?? it was unbelievable, especially when waiting for the subway, the air is thick and stagnant. Then we hit the streets and walked, and walked and walked. We went to columbus circle and also stopped by the plaza hotel. wow was it spectacular, so extravagant. i loved this ceiling:

and this lobby:

we walked 5th avenue and saw the chrysler building, the rockafellar center, bergdorf goodman, and the south end of central park. i loved nyc at night, so much happening. we also walked by the today show set and radio city music hall.

we checked out grand central station.

we ended our night at bryant park. it was so great to kick back and visit and people watch. it was a great start to my nyc adventure.

first class

at the end of july, i got to take a trip of a lifetime, a few days in nyc and then a 10 day church history tour with all of the jensen's. I got to the airport on monday {july 26th} in the evening all ready for my red eye flight, walked up to the curbside and the guy told me my flight was canceled. i seriously thought he was pulling my leg and way like oh funny, but he just kept saying it and that i needed to go upstairs to the right for assistance. so i go upstairs and get yelled at by several unhappy delta customers who were also on the canceled flight and eventually find the right line, i wait for a solid hour and a half and finally get get to talk to someone. i was as tired, and upset as any, i mean this was my first trip to nyc, my cousin holly and i were planning on an adventure and now i was loosing time. luckily, i could tell the delta woman was just as tired and frustrated as i was, and i reminded myself it isn't her fault and to be nice to her. it paid off, because i got on the 6am flight the next morning on first class! yahoo! rather then driving back home for 3 hours or sleep, i took the hotel voucher and still got hardly any sleep because of my excitement/nervousness to miss the flight/being alone in a new place. anywho, first class was awesome, they greeted me with my name and were so helpful the entire trip.

here is my first class breakfast, no not awesome, but a whole heck of a lot better then coach. my favorite parts were the big 'ol chairs, i loved having so much space, and the personal tv's loaded with movies that i hadn't seen yet, i watch 3 movies which totally helped the time pass. i think first class is a must for any flight over 2 hours, it was so great! i sat next to a totally nice dude that bantered with me on and off and compared notes on movies we'd watched.

although i did have a bit more time in first class then anticipated because we had an emergency stop in devner because a man back in couch had a seizure. it was quite an eventful experience to get from san diego to new york, but eventually i made it and holly was so awesome to come to the airport and get me. i'll post more about our adventures soon!

amazing!

paisley did some coloring with a sharpie on my painted wood desk. i thought it was a goner. two weeks later i thought of trying a solumel {a melaleuca product} on it, and poof the sharpie vanished!
i am loving all things melaleuca:)

stake fun run

stephanie and i were dead last in the 5k, but we had a great time. we walked with carson in the stroller and laughed it up about how slow we were. really there were like 2 walkers in the whole thing, apparently our stake is super in shape and everyone runs here. good to know for the future.

chris and pais enjoyed all the yummy food, especially my cinnamon rolls i am sure!

pais was in the diaper dash, she did really well the first time, but apparently they called it a false start and we had to do it again. she wasn't so confident that time and looking back we really should have chris releasing and me catching her. she had the early lead, oh well though, we had a fun time!

frogs!

we caught some frogs in paisley kiddie pool. they would stay for a few days, leave and then come back again. paisley loved to go outside and look for them and then "hold" them.

they are so cute and little! {can you tell she doesn't like to use the pool to swim, she likes to gets buckets of dirt and dump them in it}

bieber fever

even paisley falls prey to justin's smooth vocals and cute little face. i am worried about the tween/teen years...

tomatoes and funny face

we didn't have time to do much of a garden this year, but we did do tomatoes. we have one plant and one hanging plant. chris made this hanging one so that pais and i could just open the french doors and grab a few for a snack when we want. they are so yummy, paisley is constantly stealing all the ripe ones.

i can't remember what happened to pais that she got that bruise, i guess that is what happens when

you blog about things that happened 2 months ago.

here are two classic looks from our little lady:

2 wawa

it was/is a hot summer here in san diego, so keeping paisley hydrated feels like a full time job some days. this day she was so excited when she got to not only hold her water, but mine and went around proclaiming, "2 wawa, 2 wawa!" she is so cute.

tired

after all that traveling and fun in oregon, paisley was tired. this is how i found her one day, incredible! she has never done this. it was great:)

awesome family

have i ever told you how awesome my in-laws are?? they are incredible people that continue to bless me and my families life and i am beyond grateful to have them. while we were in oregon, robin and the boys did major yard work/cleaning up/sprinklers stuff for us. it looked awesome. they even put flower pots at our front door and washed pearl{my car}. they are awesome. i love them.

we thanked them with 2 home made marionberry pies. it was a first for all of them, they loved it!

goodbye oregon

our final morning in oregon, my dear friend elisabeth came over for breakfast and a quick visit. it is always great to see her and to let mariko and paisley play. they are so funny and cute together.

not the best pic of me, but elisabeth is looking fab as always, she is truly beautiful inside and out.

on the plane ride, {the last one where pais can be a lap baby!} she got some wings and was pretty stoked about it. i love this girl! we had so much fun in oregon and look forward to the next time we can make it up.