Thursday, June 30, 2011
cake boss! :)
This weekend I finally got to see Cake Boss! Most. Amazing. Trip. Ever. We had to wait an hour an a half before we finally got to go inside but it was totally worth it. It is much smaller than I thought it would be but the food was way more amazing then I thought to! It was extremely crowded but they were pretty fast at getting you your food. I had the most AMAZING canoli and red velvet cupcake.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
best. sunday. ever.
This last Sunday was pretty much the best Sunday I have experienced in my mere 21 years of living. After going to church at the manhattan singles ward we had ourselves a little picnic in central park :) it was BEAUTIFUL! the weather was gorgeous! (around 65 and yes that is amazing for around here) After lunch us 7 girls laid around on a blanket and people watched for awhile. There are some rather interesting characters in New York including (but not limited to...) the drunk women dancing around a little to sexy, the man who couldn't seem to stop staring at us for about 30 minutes, the young girl who's dress was so short it shouldn't have been legal, and the man walking the dog wearing what looked like something straight out of vogue magazine. Gotta love NYC :)
Markel and I walking to the park
Markel and I at the park (yes there were 5 other girls there but I don't have pictures with all of us in them haha)
The BEAUTIFUL park :)
Now for a little randomness...
The weather is finally getting to the point where it's bearable to go outside and play at the park! I have taken my kids to this amazing park called Harbor Island 6 out of the last 6 days I have had them. Yes. The park is that cool. Its RIGHT on the beach so after we play on the play ground we can feed the ducks and look at jellyfish. Yup that's right. Jellyfish. They are creepy and orange and SOO much fun to go out on the docks to look at.
Us nannies like to stick together at the parks. This is a pic of Krista and Markel having a little to much fun. Notice how their kids are no where in sight. Yeah they climbed it for no reason. LOVE IT!
Markel and I walking to the park
After church got out while we were waiting for the other girls to change Krista and I ventured outside. Yes she is in the pic. But she is hard to find haha
The weather is finally getting to the point where it's bearable to go outside and play at the park! I have taken my kids to this amazing park called Harbor Island 6 out of the last 6 days I have had them. Yes. The park is that cool. Its RIGHT on the beach so after we play on the play ground we can feed the ducks and look at jellyfish. Yup that's right. Jellyfish. They are creepy and orange and SOO much fun to go out on the docks to look at.
Us nannies like to stick together at the parks. This is a pic of Krista and Markel having a little to much fun. Notice how their kids are no where in sight. Yeah they climbed it for no reason. LOVE IT!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
experience the city like a five year old!
So this week on Friday (ok can I just go off on a tangent here and say Fridays are the best day of the week. no other day can compare to that glorious feeling that you get when you wake up and realize that the next day is the weekend. best. feeling. ever. anyways...) I decided to take Richard to Columbia University for a little children's concert. It was so. stinking. cute. We even got little shakers and everything! It was epic!
After we took a taxi over the other side of central park (the ritzie side) and had ourselves some dinner at the cutest little Mexican restaurant. Now when i say Mexican I don't actually mean "Mexcian". This is "New York Mexican" which way more American than it is Mexican. NY does not know how to do Mexican at all. Its pretty depressing.... After I took him on the Subway because he had never been and thought that going was pretty much the coolest thing since sliced bread, and who was I to deprive him of this experience. I think that after he was a little shell shocked and ready to take the taxi again! haha!
Then I took him to Grand Central Station since he had never been there before either. He LOVED it. I mean who couldn't love thousands of people hurrying and rushing in every direction. That place is so alive! Right after our train left the station they evacuated everyone from Grand Central because of a bomb threat! We got out just in time! Thank goodness!
After we took a taxi over the other side of central park (the ritzie side) and had ourselves some dinner at the cutest little Mexican restaurant. Now when i say Mexican I don't actually mean "Mexcian". This is "New York Mexican" which way more American than it is Mexican. NY does not know how to do Mexican at all. Its pretty depressing.... After I took him on the Subway because he had never been and thought that going was pretty much the coolest thing since sliced bread, and who was I to deprive him of this experience. I think that after he was a little shell shocked and ready to take the taxi again! haha!
Then I took him to Grand Central Station since he had never been there before either. He LOVED it. I mean who couldn't love thousands of people hurrying and rushing in every direction. That place is so alive! Right after our train left the station they evacuated everyone from Grand Central because of a bomb threat! We got out just in time! Thank goodness!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
i'm pathetic
so its officially become a little pathetic that i haven't posted anything in almost a month... oops.
West point- I never posted about the west point ball that i went to. (for those of you who don't know what west point is, no worries i didn't either until i came out here. It a military college that is super hard to get into, its GORGEOUS beyond all reason, and you have to have government issued ID's to get in! They even search your car! and place looks like hogwarts!) I went with this guy that I met a a few weeks before and wore a stunning salmon colored cocktail dress. The dinner was delicious and uber fancy. I'm pretty sure I had at least 5 different forks, and three different cups to drink out of. Talk about confusing... After dinner we went to a play called "100th night". This play is a tradition that they do every year for all the seniors when they only have 100 nights before graduation and they all leave to start military jobs all over the country. The play was hilarious!
I'm sure my mother will be horrified when she reads this next part but, I did not get any pictures that night. I know. What was I thinking? But to be honest I was so overwhelmed with everything from that night that it didn't even cross my mind...
NYC- the city is beautiful as always. I went there a few times over the past month and here are some highlights.
I went and saw the Rockefeller center ice rink
Went to the Manhattan Family ward in the city and saw this building when we were leaving. If you know why this building makes me extremely happy then we can be friends.
And can I just say that NYC does breakfast right. This pizza was SOOOO good!
I finally went to FAO Schwarz. If I could have gone there as a kid I think I would have died and gone to heaven. It was pretty sweet! They had this foosball table made from barbi dolls. If I had 5000 dollars to blow and a place to put it I would have bought this baby in a heartbeat!
Lastly, for one day the weather actually got above 65 degrees and so Richard and I had ourselves a little picnic!
best. day. ever.
Unfortunately the next day he got the flu and then a few days after that Bella, Julia Rose, Dawn, and I all got it the same day. Talk about miserable....
On a happy note Richard got his yellow belt (richard is the youngest out of three of the kids I nanny for he is my good buddy because while the girls are in school we spend all day together)
and he didn't stop smiling for three days haha
He also says the most RANDOM things! Here are a few quotable Richard moments this past week.
Janell-"hey richard what are you doing on your dvd player?"
richard-"i am lookin up a recipie for fish."
janell-"oh yeah what does it say?"
richard-"we need to cut down all the doors with toads, fill all the toilets with our spit, and then we need some lemons for taste."
Richard- "but is it as cool as a monkey eating parmesan?"
four year old richard " uh janell... i just wanted to let you know that i am having a baby next saturday and i hope you can make it"
here's one from julia rose who is six
janell "julia rose did you finish your spelling homework?"
julia rose " yup! i`m d-o-w-n, done!"
p.s.
there was a mariachi band in my subway car last week. best. ride. ever.
West point- I never posted about the west point ball that i went to. (for those of you who don't know what west point is, no worries i didn't either until i came out here. It a military college that is super hard to get into, its GORGEOUS beyond all reason, and you have to have government issued ID's to get in! They even search your car! and place looks like hogwarts!) I went with this guy that I met a a few weeks before and wore a stunning salmon colored cocktail dress. The dinner was delicious and uber fancy. I'm pretty sure I had at least 5 different forks, and three different cups to drink out of. Talk about confusing... After dinner we went to a play called "100th night". This play is a tradition that they do every year for all the seniors when they only have 100 nights before graduation and they all leave to start military jobs all over the country. The play was hilarious!
I'm sure my mother will be horrified when she reads this next part but, I did not get any pictures that night. I know. What was I thinking? But to be honest I was so overwhelmed with everything from that night that it didn't even cross my mind...
NYC- the city is beautiful as always. I went there a few times over the past month and here are some highlights.
I went and saw the Rockefeller center ice rink
Unfortunately the next day he got the flu and then a few days after that Bella, Julia Rose, Dawn, and I all got it the same day. Talk about miserable....
On a happy note Richard got his yellow belt (richard is the youngest out of three of the kids I nanny for he is my good buddy because while the girls are in school we spend all day together)
He also says the most RANDOM things! Here are a few quotable Richard moments this past week.
Janell-"hey richard what are you doing on your dvd player?"
richard-"i am lookin up a recipie for fish."
janell-"oh yeah what does it say?"
richard-"we need to cut down all the doors with toads, fill all the toilets with our spit, and then we need some lemons for taste."
Richard- "but is it as cool as a monkey eating parmesan?"
four year old richard " uh janell... i just wanted to let you know that i am having a baby next saturday and i hope you can make it"
here's one from julia rose who is six
janell "julia rose did you finish your spelling homework?"
julia rose " yup! i`m d-o-w-n, done!"
p.s.
there was a mariachi band in my subway car last week. best. ride. ever.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
latest happenings
well I haven't posted about life from the big apple for quite a while so here goes...
two weeks ago we had a 3 day city in the conference for all the YSA (young single adults) in the area at the new york city church building. On Saturday night we took a train into the city and walked around columbus circle for about 45 minutes asking people if they knew where the "mormon temple" was because none of us had ever been. It was FREEZING outside! The wind was blowing so hard and I'm pretty sure I lost all feeling in my entire body because it was so numb from the cold (on a side note I definitely got wind burn and my face was red and blotchy for like 4 days! thank you new york...). After walking around aimlessly for about 40 minutes we almost gave up but we decided to ask one last person if they knew where it was. This time I after someone asked for the "mormon temple" and he said no I looked at him in desperation and said "It says 'Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' on the side in huge letters" to this he of course replied "well yeah that building sticks out its only two blocks that way". Relieved we pretty much ran to the temple. That night we met the main guy from Jericho Road. Here is a pic of Sarah with him
That night when we got to grand central station to catch the train back we literally ran to the terminal and watched the train leave the station right as we got to the platform! Since it was now midnight and the train schedule was reduced we had to sit in grand central until 1:40 waiting for the next train! yuck!
The next morning we went back to the city for church at the conference and this time we walked right to the church building instead of wandering around forever.
As I'm posting this pictures I realized I never introduced my friends out here! These are my girlies! The one with the hood is Krista who is nannying out here from American Fork. In the back is Melissa who is also a nanny from St George and lastly Sarah on the right who is from Salem, Ut. Love love love these girls!
Just livin it up in the subway with the awesome bands!
love them :)
two weeks ago we had a 3 day city in the conference for all the YSA (young single adults) in the area at the new york city church building. On Saturday night we took a train into the city and walked around columbus circle for about 45 minutes asking people if they knew where the "mormon temple" was because none of us had ever been. It was FREEZING outside! The wind was blowing so hard and I'm pretty sure I lost all feeling in my entire body because it was so numb from the cold (on a side note I definitely got wind burn and my face was red and blotchy for like 4 days! thank you new york...). After walking around aimlessly for about 40 minutes we almost gave up but we decided to ask one last person if they knew where it was. This time I after someone asked for the "mormon temple" and he said no I looked at him in desperation and said "It says 'Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' on the side in huge letters" to this he of course replied "well yeah that building sticks out its only two blocks that way". Relieved we pretty much ran to the temple. That night we met the main guy from Jericho Road. Here is a pic of Sarah with him
That night when we got to grand central station to catch the train back we literally ran to the terminal and watched the train leave the station right as we got to the platform! Since it was now midnight and the train schedule was reduced we had to sit in grand central until 1:40 waiting for the next train! yuck!
The next morning we went back to the city for church at the conference and this time we walked right to the church building instead of wandering around forever.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
dreams
Getting asked to go to a military ball at a place that looks like Hogwarts (West Point)? I cannot even tell you how many dreams this nights will accomplish! Well actually it will fulfill exactly two.
1. Going to a ball
2. Going to a place that looks like hogwarts
now if only I can convince them to let me come in a hot air balloon... Then it would be three.
Pictures to come
1. Going to a ball
2. Going to a place that looks like hogwarts
now if only I can convince them to let me come in a hot air balloon... Then it would be three.
Pictures to come
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
my 15 things
I would like to start this off by blaming thanking kimber culter for this post because she tagged me in one of those "write fifteen things about yourself and pretend like people care" things. But I actually really enjoyed reading hers so I thought I would give it a little try :)
1. If I could I would top every single thing that I put in my mouth with parmesan-reggiano I would do it in a heartbeat. It is divine. In fact I have tried it on some strange things and I have never found anything I didn't like with it. Yet...
2. I can't eat out of already opened boxes of cereal unless I am the one who opened it.
3. I read the back of the food labels of EVERYTHING. And no its not for the nutrition information but instead for the ingredient list, and I can recognize most of them. Because I am obsessed with food science.
4. If I could live anywhere in the world it would be in Costa Rica. Where the world is green and it never gets below 60 degrees.
5. When I moved to Utah I bought a pet cactus names sunny (or george wabaya depending on who you ask). I couldn't bring it with me to New York and I miss him a lot.
6. When I was in High School I was on the Chemistry Challenge team. I won first in state.
7. The one thing I hate most in this world is giving talks in church, and I have only done it once and it was in front of three men from the first quorum of the seventy and president uchtdorfs entire family...
8. I'm fluent in America Sign Language and have a bad habit of finger spelling when I talk sometimes
9. Chemistry is my favorite subject because even when the world and everyone in it is confusing and unpredictable, the world and everything its made of always makes sense.
10. Most people don't realize how short I actually am until I tell them that I am only 5'1. Usually after they find this out the short jokes never end.
11. The thing I want to do most with my food science degree is working with the church humanitarian to help feed those in third world contries.
12. If I wasn't mormon I would probably gamble away every penny I had. For some reason I really like gambling. Good thing I can't.
13. My favorite topping on popcorn is tabasco sauce.
14. I never actually know what to put on things when it asks me for my eye color. Because to this day I still don't know if they are green or blue, and I don't think my eyes know either because they are always changing.
15. When I think about the places I want to see most in this world its not places like france, switerland or italy its places like ghana, nicaragua, uganda and columbia.
and to go along with the whole "tagging others" things here goes
marci judkins, amber payne, dana woodbury, karissa brown, and jordan brown
1. If I could I would top every single thing that I put in my mouth with parmesan-reggiano I would do it in a heartbeat. It is divine. In fact I have tried it on some strange things and I have never found anything I didn't like with it. Yet...
2. I can't eat out of already opened boxes of cereal unless I am the one who opened it.
3. I read the back of the food labels of EVERYTHING. And no its not for the nutrition information but instead for the ingredient list, and I can recognize most of them. Because I am obsessed with food science.
4. If I could live anywhere in the world it would be in Costa Rica. Where the world is green and it never gets below 60 degrees.
5. When I moved to Utah I bought a pet cactus names sunny (or george wabaya depending on who you ask). I couldn't bring it with me to New York and I miss him a lot.
6. When I was in High School I was on the Chemistry Challenge team. I won first in state.
7. The one thing I hate most in this world is giving talks in church, and I have only done it once and it was in front of three men from the first quorum of the seventy and president uchtdorfs entire family...
8. I'm fluent in America Sign Language and have a bad habit of finger spelling when I talk sometimes
9. Chemistry is my favorite subject because even when the world and everyone in it is confusing and unpredictable, the world and everything its made of always makes sense.
10. Most people don't realize how short I actually am until I tell them that I am only 5'1. Usually after they find this out the short jokes never end.
11. The thing I want to do most with my food science degree is working with the church humanitarian to help feed those in third world contries.
12. If I wasn't mormon I would probably gamble away every penny I had. For some reason I really like gambling. Good thing I can't.
13. My favorite topping on popcorn is tabasco sauce.
14. I never actually know what to put on things when it asks me for my eye color. Because to this day I still don't know if they are green or blue, and I don't think my eyes know either because they are always changing.
15. When I think about the places I want to see most in this world its not places like france, switerland or italy its places like ghana, nicaragua, uganda and columbia.
and to go along with the whole "tagging others" things here goes
marci judkins, amber payne, dana woodbury, karissa brown, and jordan brown
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