Alegria

So remember how Ryan gave me tickets for Cirque Du Soleil Alegria for V-day?

Well it was a few weekends ago and I forgot to tell you how awesome it was.

We started the night a Water Street Seafood Company with some friends that were also going to the show. 

It was our first time, i give it a thumb up. I love going downtown.

Then watched incredibly strong and flexible humans do extremely awesome things.

A few of my favorites.

the dude who swung all over the place hanging on to a stretchy rope from the ceiling

the dudes that bounced and flipped on these bendy balance beam type things

the strongest guy ever who could probably live on his hands  

this girl, i loved her ribbon dance and Ryan fell in love with her hula hoop skills and her
i was jealous. i can hulla hoop too... kinda

these two freakishly flexible girls

lots of awesome trapeze people

the cast flipping around on the trampoline stage

and the fire man who lit the stage on fire

oh and music was beautiful!

Twas a good night!

christmas time in the city

Last weekend I got to go to New York City with Ryan, Dad, Mom and Grandma Potter. We had a grand time. It was the first time for my Dad and Grandma. We squeezed alot into the 4 days we were there.


We played touriest by seeing most of the "must see's".

Central Park. Wicked. Times Square. Manhatten Temple.

Rocfeller Center. Empire State Building.

Staten Island Ferry out to see the State of Liberty.

China Town. Soho. Grand Central Station. Washingotn Square Garden.

Financial District. Ground Zero. Tried to go to Regis & Kelley, no luck. lots of subway rides.

Central Park

Washington Square Garden/Empire State Building

Grand Central Station

Ry & I

Staten Island Ferry

Staten Island Ferry

Manhattan temple

times square, not my fav

i love wicked

Christmas was every where I looked and I loved it! So many Christmas trees all over the city! I love this time of the year and NYC definitely know how to get into the Christmas spirit!

and of coarse, the tree at the Rockefeller Center

Oh I LOVE New York City!

We ate ate and ate lots of delioues food.

Shake Shack. Rice to Riches. Pink Berry.

Jr. Cheesecake chocolate mousse. Lombardis Pizza. Magnolia Bakery red velvet cupcake.

Kat'z Deli Pastrami sandwhich, Nutx 4 Nutz. Hale and Heartly Soup.

yummm nyc has the best food

Shake Shack

I got to see my dear friend Cynda her hubby Ben and meet there cute friends Mike & Kristen.

We also got to see Scothcy, no MB sadly.

oh and I cant forget our 3 celeb sightings...

Louie Vito pro snowboarder, Crystal Bowersox- American Idol, the "angry elf"- Elf

It was a perfect weekend spending lots of much needed time with my parents and grandma, they are the best! We had loads of fun exploring the city, and not getting lost once! I am pretty proud of that accomplishment, I mean I get lost here in Corpus. But thanks to the iTrans NYC app I download we made it around just fine, it was a life saver. If you are planning a trip to New York and need help on the subway it worth every penny of the $3.99. December was the perfect time to visit, seems like a lot of other people thought that too. Saturday night at the Rockerfeller Center was not a good idea crazy crazy crowded. Next time I think I would like to see the city in the summer and just relax in Central Park and the Met the whole time, until then good-bye NYC!

kick off your sunday shoes...

Footloose at the Yellowstone Playmill last week, it was good time

our friends

ry & i

cool faces

more cool faces walking around West Yellowstone

this Sunday as in tomorrow i fly out of SLC bright and early to go to Europe, yay it is finally here! i will take lots of pics, i will miss my boy, i wont be blogging for the next 2 1/2 weeks but look forward to some very loooonnngg posts when I return! peace out USA!

before and after the 40 hour drive

we are back in Idaho!!! But I will back up a little bit because I have been slacking on my blog...
Thanksgiving = amazing
It was my first Thanksgiving being away from family which was different but we had such a fun thanksgiving with Scotty and MB they came down from New York and John and Jenna from Ohio we all stayed in our apt. on air mattress, toured the D.C. area, learned to play settlers, drank Mountain Dew, went to Taylor Hansen house for thanksgiving dinner which was amazing! Us girls got to watch Twilight again and the boys giggled and giggled it was really kind of silly they are in love with each other. Sadly my camera only likes me sometimes these days, so I have no pictures of thanksgiving (refer to Scotty and MB's blog for those, Maribeth takes amazing pictures i am jealous of her talent)
After thanksgiving we packed up all of are stuff into the car had our last Sunday in Virgina. We meet some of the nicest people ever out there, it was kinda sad to leave I will miss them.
And the 40 hour drive begins...
First stop Cynda's. We get there late and hang out a bit the next morning and then we are off to see the city! yes, New York City I cant tell you how excited I was, I have always wanted to go there and yes it was everything I hoped for! Scott even ditched out on work a lot for two days and showed me and Ryan all over the city! Thankfully my camera was working or this blog would be starting to get boring!

nuts

muah!



loved it
yummy

the temple




ryan's favorite Wicked song "Drummer Boy"
Times Square
Got to have a Subway pic?
the boys

And Wicked is the top picture cause I think that was my favorite thing we did there, we even listened to the soundtrack for the rest the drive to Idaho. Thanks for going with us Cynda, Maribeth and Scott!
Our next stop was Ohio to stay with John and Jenna and eat there favorite pizza, miss them! Then finally made it to Utah and got to see out friends and go to Steph's bridal shower she got so much cute stuff! I also got to do lunch with Kristi when I was there, oh how I miss her!!! Then finally HOME.
We were home for Christmas and we have been able to spend lots of time with both our family's. It is so nice to be home! oh, and I finally got to meet Ryan's brother Andy who was on his mission when we got married, which I was nervous to meet him don't know why but it all went good, he is awesome awesome.
Day After Christmas = on the road again!
We got to take another road trip this time with our friends Dan and Allyx to California to our friends Dave and Stephanie's wedding it was so beautiful... i will post the pics soon!
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honeymoon

Our Honeymoon was great! We went to Vegas and stayed at Tahiti Village, it was really nice and had a great pool! Vegas was so HOTT! we had lots of fun, we relaxed, ate lots of good food and went to two shows The Phantom of the Opera and Love by cirque de soleil they where both so amazing, I could not pick a favorite! It was a great trip and we were so sad to go home.