Move to New York!

Michael and I have been living in New York for about 5 weeks now and I haven't posted any pictures....and everyone keeps bugging me for pics sooooo here they are! :) We live in Astoria, Queens which is about 30 mins by train outside of Times Square. We're really close to everything and we love living here! We live in the basement of a row home in a studio apartment (one big room). Luckily though our bathroom is separated :) Here are some pictures, enjoy!

This is our kitchen and the view from the entryway.



(Above): This is our dishwasher and more counter space!

(Below): This is our lovely kitchen table :)




Our view from the kitchen into the Living room/Bedroom Area


Our T.V. and our walk in closet




Our dresser with our collection of playbills :)

Michael and I love living here and we love being married! It's so much fun being with your best friend all the time! I'll post more pics of everyday life in NY soon :)

Honeymoon

The honeymoon we were supposed to have didn't happen due to the swine flu epidemic in Mexico. We had tickets on a Carnival Cruise to the Yucatan Peninsula, but when the swine flu broke out in Mexico, Carnival decided to re-route us, therefore we didn't have the honeymoon cruise we were supposed to have, it was waaay better! We were re-routed to Montego Bay, Jamaica and the Grand Cayman Islands and it was a 7 day cruise instead of a 5 day cruise! It was such a fun trip! We left out of Galveston TX, just an hour away from Michael's house. We did so many fun things including, eating on the cruise ship...(Michael's favorite..unlimited ice cream & cereal)...we climbed a waterfall in Jamaica, and did the Jamaican bobsled! (basically like the alpine slide but the cars look like bobsleds...so fun!) we rode a chairlift up the side of the island on Jamaica, it was absolutely beautiful!, saw many sunsets, ate Jamaican jerk chicken-absolutely delicious!, got some nice tan lines :), played miniature golf on top of our ship, saw a hypnotist show, held baby sea turtles and the Botswaian Turtle Farm, went to Hell...yup it's true, swam with stingrays, met some really nice Texans, and Oklahomans at our dinner table and had way too much fun! Here are some fun pics of the cruise... Waiting in line to board the ship->

This was our first night at dinner....love the flowers :) Michael with the famous towel animals!









Michael and I at breakfast

Room Service!
Carlos our waiter singing "Happy Honeymoon" he told us that if we stopped kissing he'd stop singing! It was really funny!
Sunbathing on the deck of the ship

Playing Mini Golf on the ship Having lunch in Jamaica
on the top of the island, it was

beautiful! Holding baby sea turtles! So Cute!!We went to Hell... Michael and I holding the stingrays
Michael and I on our last night on the cruise

Retracing the Steps to the Happiest day of our Lives!

April 28, 2009 Salt Lake LDS Temple
Our wedding day! What a beautiful day, it stopped raining for the first day in about a week! The sun was out, until the reception and then it started sprinkling a little bit, but for pictures outside it was perfect! Haley Lynn stayed over the night before and we got up early to do my hair!

This is how it started out ... and this is what it ended up looking like.....TADA! She's a magician! :)

After Michael and I were ready we drove down to the temple and got ready for the ceremony. It was an incredible experience and we were so happy so many of our friends and family were able to come and experience the joy with us! Thank you all for coming and for your love and support, we love you all! :) And then finally...the moment of truth! We were officially husband and wife! Us coming out of the temple
We took pictures outside with the family with our wonderful photographer Randy Collier, Audrey's dad! It was just such a happy day and to top it all off we had sunshine :) Here are some pics of the family outside the temple...

After tons of pics outside everyone headed off to the luncheon where we ate, and surprise! Each of the parents gave a speech and so did I...(my dad didn't warn me!) haha But we spoke and Michael and I each sang to each other. Of course I cried when he sang to me! :) After our delicious lunch catered by our lovely neighbor Kathryn Meyers we all loaded up and headed off to the reception! What a long day I didn't even get a nap! haha

It was so fun to stand in line and see all of my friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors! Thank you all so much for coming and supporting us we love you! (Thanks especially to all you BYU students who had classes that night and skipped...sorry!) We had such a wonderful day, thanks to all of you who were there to help us make it so special!

Ok so clearly I am bad at this whole blogging thing...but with the help of my sister in law I hope to rekindle the friendship I started with my blog haha. So WHAT'S NEW? Everything! Goodness...Michael and I are married as of April 28, 2009! We moved to New York and absolutely love it here! Michael is working as an intern for Citigroup and I'm working as a temp. It's been a crazy adventure! Oh and I spilled water on my computer so I don't have any pics to put on until my new computer gets here and I can switch the harddrives! Miracle of all miracles my hard drive survived the dip! I don't understand how, but I'm grateful! Michael and I have been keeping busy with work and online classes as well as Broadway shows and other fun things in New York. I went to the Met for the first time ever this week and it is absoltuely incredible! The art work is of course beautiful and the atmosphere is so exciting, I'll admit I felt quite overwhelmed when I first walked in, but then I got a map and it was all ok. :) Once I get my new computer and I can upload pics I'll them on here so you can SEE what we're doing in NY. Goodbye until then...loves :)