New York: Day 4

I'm Back with another installment of New York! This is day 4 and 1/2 way through our trip. It started out with us hopping on the subway to go to church... the church building in New York is interesting because its in the middle of the city (I don't know if "middle" is the right term because whenever we were going anywhere we were underground so it was hard for me to get a feel for where anything was in comparison to anywhere else that we had been). It was right across the street from Juilliard which was cool to see. Not only that but the same building houses the chapel as well as the Temple! Pretty awesome!

Pretty awful angle I know... (we were about to go down to the subway when I remembered I wanted a photo of the temple) oops.

After church we took a walk down to Central Park. It was so beautiful! And I got to see those beautiful fall leaves that we don't get over here!

Not only were the trees beautiful but the light was awesome!


I'm not really sure but I think Stuart told me to be serious.... I couldn't hold that face long enough to get and shot of it but that's ok.

One of Stuart's old mission companions lives in NYC so we met up with him so they could catch up!


And since the game was rained out last night.... It's game day!!!



Here's Stuart supporting our angel's!




We were all about supporting the Angel's in Yankee territory. So we got all of our red stuff and Angel apparel.

We took the subway into the Bronx with the Thousands and Thousands of Yankee Fans. We got quite an ear full but we found a couple nice ones who were willing to pose for a picture. Don't they look fierce!?


Another awful shot but I had to put it in here.



Here's Tam and Evan in front of Yankee Stadium!!!



Go Angels!!!







This is obviously before the game =) haha!


So is this one! I have never in my life been boo'd at so much! It was incredible! When we got off the subway and were walking with all of the other game goers there were security guys in the tunnels with megaphones and as soon as one spotted us, he announced that there were Angel fans there and everyone turned and boo'd us! And told us to go home! It was hilarious! That was all in good fun but there were some seriously mad people who were disgusted to see us there.




We were pretty much at the very top of the stadium so when we walked up the stairs and turned the corner everyone above us saw us immediately (i mean how can you miss that clifford the big red dog parka?) and started yelling at us! And those who didn't see us immediately, turned to look as soon as they heard all the booing and promptly joined in!

The shot above is funny because we wanted to get a photo with the field in the background and were doing the whole self portrait thing when the guy sitting behind us offered to take it. After he snapped the shot he said "oh, I didn't see your hat" Apparently he wouldn't have offered had he noticed we were angel fans! SO FUNNY!




Bobby Abreu is my favorite so I had to get a shot of him on the screen since I couldn't get one of him in real life. He just looks like a cute cuddly teddy bear! Good reason to be my fave huh?



What an amazing stadium! I'm so glad we were able to be there! What an experience!!!





It started to get really cold really fast! So I bundled up as much as possible. There was a guy sitting in front of us wearing shorts! I couldn't believe it! I was freezing!





Even though the Angels lost, and that was sad, it was super cool to be there at game six! And watch the Yankees win the American League Championships! Too bad it wasn't the Angels.






GO ANGELS!!!! We still love you! And there's always next year!


Another wonderful day in new york! And still more to come!

New York: Day 3

This is gonna be a short post. Today was supposed to be game day! As soon as the angel's won in Anaheim and we knew there was going to be a game six in New York jumped online and found tickets to the game! We were super stoked to be going to an angel game at Yankee stadium! Can you imagine???





First we went to Lunch (yes, lunch was first... remember how we stayed on Hawaiian time? Six hour difference... no biggie!) at the world famous Katz's Deli.

Yes Stuart and Evan are sporting their Angel's Gear in New York City... Yankee territory! Brave I know.


Here we are having a playful "discussion" with the workers of Katz's. They didn't like Evan's Jersey. Neither did a table full of guys that told us to get out of the city! And they weren't even joking about it. Looking at their faces you would think that we had done something really terrible like stolen their little sister's kitty cat and strung it up in a tree. The workers were nice though.





Here's Stuart waiting for the subway. I must say, the Subway is amazing and I loved it! What a brilliant idea that works perfectly. And the people who live there and use it all the time know all the ins and outs about it! I personally got turned upside down and around every time I went underground and came up again... but it's really an amazing system they have going there!


Another shot... pretty much the exact same but I like both. I like the yellow streak but I also love the one with the american flag passing by!





So like I said... it was supposed to be game six but it got rained out. I think instead we stayed in and watched a football game.


Stay tuned for day 4!

New York: Day 2

Wow that took a while! Thanks Andie for the reminder and encouragement to get day two and more up on here!

Day 2 we started out at the early hour of around noon. =) Apparently we decided to just stick to hawaiian time and not do the whole time change thing. I guess thats ok to do in the city that never sleeps.

Stuart and I ventured out on our own and made our way down to the the Staten Island Ferry. I wanted to see the Statue of Liberty while we were there and this was perfect.






This is a FREE ferry over to Staten island that goes right by Lady Liberty. We rode over to Staten island where we had to get off and then just walked right back on. We were told that there is absolutely nothing to see or do over there so we got back on the ferry.




Isn't she lovely!?




After our ferry ride we went to Greenwich Village! We love it there! We just walked around the little neighborhood looking at the cute apartment buildings and the little businesses there. If we had to live in New York this is where we would want to be for sure! We also found our all time favorite place to eat! There'll be more on that in another post! Evan and Tamara came and met us for dinner which was amazing and I crave it now! Tamara's friend had a show at a comedy club and got us on "The List" so we got in free.




I took this photo before they got up and said no photography or video allowed. So after that I obediently put it away. But I'm glad I got this shot first =). Ryan Hamilton was the comedian and he was hilarious!!! You should google him for sure! And the main guy was also really funny and the show was awesome! It was our first time in a comedy club and it was such an awesome experience and I'm glad we were able to go!


After the comedy club we went to the driving range at Chelsea Piers. It was super fun!








Stuart broke one of the clubs while we were there. hahah. But it was no big deal, they just gave him another one... Is that common or something?

Oh he also hit the ball so far it hit the net.... I think he even hit one out and over it into the water! Stuart LOVES the driving range.... I don't think he'd like real golfing too much but he just loves to see how far he can hit the ball!



Another awesome day in New York! We probably went and got Pizza when we got home at midnight too. I wouldn't be surprised... we ate a lot of pizza while we were there.


I hope you enjoyed day 2! I know we did! More New York posts to follow... hopefully it won't take as long this time!

New York: Day 1

Stuart and I were lucky enough to be able to take a trip out to New York last week and it was AMAZING!!! We had a blast while we were there and did so many things it was unbelievable! It was a once in a lifetime experience and we're glad we did it! I took a ton of photos while we were there so I've decided to break it up into multiple posts organized by day... Here we have day 1... enjoy!

We flew into Newark at about 7:30am and this was the view of the sun coming up over the city!

This trip was full of firsts for me, one of those was my first time on a real train!

We came up from underground and this was the first city building we saw... it was so tall (this photo doesn't do it justice)

As we were walking I saw this sign on the sidewalk and thought it was hilarious!

We got to Evan's dropped our stuff and were off to see the city... and meet Tamara! She's Awesome and we love her and couldn't be happier for the 2 of them!

We went to central park and walked around for a bit.

There were beautiful Fall leaves there for us to see! Loved it!

After central park we headed over to the Top of the Rock.
There was such an amazing view of the whole city from there!

(Yes Stuart got yelled at for sitting up here)

This is just a crazy looking Church that had such cool light reflecting onto it from its surroundings!

We checked out FAO Schwartz and played the BIG piano.

Here's The PLAZA

And a shot from Top of the Rock!

It was such a beautiful day! We had perfect weather that first day that we were even able to wear shorts and a t-shirt! We were so beat from our LONG day of traveling. We went home and I ended up taking a 6 hour nap! I woke up at 11 pm wondering where Stuart and Evan had gone but they showed up literally 3 minutes later after going to sing karaoke with friends and watch some of the angels game... talk about perfect timing! Ahhh what a perfect day in the city!

More to come! So stay tuned!

I can see clearly now....

I haven't gone to the eye doc in an extremely long time... I finally decided it was time to go because I was sure that my contacts that are over 4 years old were not the right prescription anymore. Not only that but these days these eyes are my money maker! I've got to take care of these babies! Since I don't have insurance, and I don't have any loyalty to any doctors, I went to the Costco eye people. It was quick and (mostly) painless and they tested my eyes and checked them out. They gave me a knew prescription and sent me home with some free loot (actually, I guess I paid for it in my bill) as well as crystal clear vision!! I'm not sure if it is possible for better vision to make colors seem more vibrant or if the last few days have just been absolutely beautiful out here! It's hard to tell but either way, I'm enjoying my new contacts!






While I'm enjoying my clear vision... I'm still longing for some laser eye surgery so I can be done with the hassle of contacts. I get so lazy with my eyes that I would end up just sleeping with them in... for days and days at a time. I know how bad that can be, I got scoldings from Doc when I was there and I have already changed my ways. I now take out my contacts every night before climbing into bed. I guess I need to start an EYE Fund then maybe in a few years I can do it! Wish me luck!

Kauai weekend getaway!

*This is a really long post... so if you want to skip all the details: We went to Kauai, and had a blast! Now you can go down to the bottom to see a few photos of our adventures! But if you want the long story here it is....




This last weekend Stuart and I took a quick trip over to Kauai. We took the 1st flight out in the morning and the last flight home the next night. It was a fast 2 days but such a fun trip! We were having so much fun that I didn't remember to get the camera out until the last 1/2 of our second day there.

A LONG review of what went down:
Landed in Lihue and walked out to the parking lot where our friend's uncle parked his car earlier that morning for us to take and use for our 2 days there (he flew out and we flew in, so instead of the car sitting there for 2 days building up a big parking ticket, he let us borrow it). Stuart got a text that said "walk out to parking lot turn right and walk 45 steps". Hahaha! I love how small and simple that airport was!




We were lucky enough to be able to stay with my friend Joy's Parents. They were so welcoming to us and are some of the nicest people I know (it's so obvious where Joy gets it from)! We had some breakfast and headed off to Hanalei. They even let us borrow some boards so we could surf. When we got there it was a bit rainy and cloudy and once we paddled out, the clouds clear out and we could see the big green mountains with waterfalls spread all across! It was such an amazing view! Complete paradise! I know, I know I should have taken a picture, sorry.

After a 2 hour surf sesh we grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to Lihue for the purpose of our trip, the mini water polo tournament. They have put together a little club team on Kauai and wanted to invite some polo players over for the 1st ever water polo tournament for that island! It was so much fun. We had a great team of 8 or 9 players, so we all got plenty of PT. It was super casual and fun and everyone had a great time!

*little side note: My man Stuart is SO GOOD! I never got to see him play because the polo program was cut right after we met. I'm quite impressed with his water polo skills!

So they put on a nice BBQ for us after we were done playing which was perfect! By that time we were exhausted and ready to go home and crash. Which we basically did. We went back to the house and were asleep by 7:30! (oh yeah, we had to wake up at 4:30am that morning so that explains why we were so tired) It felt so good to sleep and we got 12 hours in! Which was nice so we would be ready to play another game of polo!

We went back to the house after our game (and brought our friend Janna from the teamalong) and had lunch with Auntie Liane and Uncle Mark (Joy's parent's) and were able to hang out and talk with them for a while. We still had quite a bit of time before we had to go to the airport so we decided to go for a drive and check some stuff out. We drove by a lighthouse and then wanted to find some dessert so we drove until we found some ice cream! It was perfect!





Our trip was absolutely wonderful!!! And it was a nice little warm-up or practice round for our travels to New York next week!



We drove past this place on our way to and from the pool and airport and I just loved the name of the store, not to mention these cute statues! It was called "Two Frogs Hugging"



I had to get a photo of them before we left and when we pulled in, we realized that there were these gigantic chairs out in front that we NEEDED to climb on top of and take some pics! Plus we were just killing some time.








Here we are in front of the sign of a place we didn't actually eat. Just thought it would be funny to take the photo.


Sorry it's been so long since my last post, but as you can see, We are having so much fun!!! My husband is the best ever! And we are living the good life for sure!


I bet you can't tell me that those frogs aren't the cutest ever! Can you???