Mind the Gap

My mom and I met in New York for lunch on Monday. Ya know, just met... in New York. No biggy. Of course it's a biggy--it's huge! She works for jetBlue Airlines and has awesome benefits. We ended up going to the Olive Garden. Lame--I know. Who flies all the way to New York to eat lunch at the Olive Garden? We do and we're not ashamed to admit it! We spent the day talking, talking, talking. We walked the Brooklyn Bridge and when we completed to walk we realized we didn't look out and see any of New York! We were so engrossed in conversation (very much NOT unusual) that we didn't even see that Big Apple.

Now, the pictures below have a story. When I was younger my parents, sister, and I took a little vacation to Europe. Now, before boarding the subway over there the same words are always heard, "Mind the Gap!" You see, there is a pretty substantial distance between the platform and the subway it self. I guess one too many tourists either tripped or partially fell into the gap. Therefore, the phrase is repeated every single time one wants to ride this particular mode of transportation. Naturally, the phrase has become apart of our family. Due to this attachment, when my mom and I saw this man wearing a shirt that said these very words we had to take a picture. At first we tried to act as unsuspicious as possible. We had my mom pose in front of him, and as I pretended to take a picture of her I was secretly trying to take a picture of his shirt. We were feeling pretty good about ourselves until the man behind us asked if we wanted him to take a picture for us. For some reason we got all flustered and revealed our secret plan. Why didn't we just abort the mission? Who knows, but I'm glad we didn't because now we have this picture with Mind-the-Gap-T-shirt Man! This will now forever be a memory never forgotten...

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to me! How sweet is my husband! He made me breakfast and TOTALLY surprised me. I was shocked that he pulled a surprise!
So, ever since we arrived in Virginia I have been craving toast. Weird, I know. So he went out and bought a toaster, sausage (my favorite), and Simply Orange orange juice. Now, this last purchase says a lot about how much my sweet husband loves me. This stuff is not cheap. It hard for him to spend $4.00 on something that he can really buy for $0.98. It's my favorite though and he made an exception! Woo-hoo!
He also bought me these super cute heels. I've been wanting them for so long. I was so excited when I opened them. I ended up wearing them all morning with my pink sweat pants. Oh yes, nothing says attractive like brown heels and pink sweat pants.
It was a great day--thanks to Makay. Thanks, lovey, for listening and celebrating with me. I love you!

Girls Night

Well, this was officially my first Girls Night since I've been married. I would like you all to meet my new friend...Aly Porter. I know what you're thinking... she has the coolest name! That's a cool name for cool girls! Her husband, Ryan (which is also ironic seeings that my brother's name is Ryan) is a technician for APEX and works with Makay. As you can see, while those hubbies of ours are working late nights and bringing in the bacon, we are working hard at consuming all unhealthy items so our boys can live long and prosper. I know, I know... talk about taking one for the team.
The night was filled with icecream, chocolate, caramel, cashews, whip cream--that was light, by the way-- and we couldn't let the men have a party with all of the healthy food so we threw some bananas in there as well. This was enjoyed during a chick flick and many laughs.

This newly found friendship is bound to brew up some comical adventures...stay posted...

Well I've mentioned this store quite a few times so I thought I'd share a little bit about it. This store is so amazing! I just love it! They carry stylish maternity wear and children's clothing, unique gifts, high quality children's furnishings, daddy gear, and cool toys. They have professionals come into the store and deliver interactive sessions on important issues such as infant first aid and CPR, breastfeeding, new parent tips and the like. The website is still under construction right now or else I would tell all you readers our there to take a look. It's not a chain, unfortunetly, but if you are ever in Reston, Virgina make sure to stop in and take a look!

Grande Latte, huh?

Funny Story: I was at work the other day when the owner of the store, Stella, came up and started talking to me. I looked down at my watch and...yes!...it was time for lunch! My stomach had been growling all day. The loud growl that always seems to happen during sacrament meeting on fast Sundays. Yeah, I was that hungry. Well, on my way out she asked if I would stop by Starbucks and get her a Grande Latte. I was more than happy to do so; however, the coffee world is one that is very foreign to me. The exact words that came out of my mouth when she asked were, "Yeah, sure..." This was followed by a look of deep cotemplation and confusion. I then said, "How do you order it?" She couldn't believe her ears! Who didn't know how to order a latte? The laughing continued when she asked me to grab her a lot of sugar. I returned with two packets thinking that if I was to put sugar in my hot chocolate I would use about two packets. I was wrong. The story still continues! I brought her a straw thinking that she might want one. I received yet another chuckle when placing the straw in her hand. Needless to say, my coffee runs are the most unusual of them all...especially since I'm the only one not drinking one!

S.O.S.

Well this is our dryer. This is what happened... I came home from work and threw the whites in the dryer that had previously been in the wash. Now, often Makay will leave screw drivers in his pockets so when I began to hear the familiar metal-cranking noise coming from the wash room, I didn't think that it was anything to worry about. Boy was I wrong. I open the dryer only to find the clothes unusally wound around eachother. It turns out that one of our shirts snagged a piece of metal coming from the panal covering the lint trapper. As you can expect, the dryer continued to turn and the shirt continued to wind around the piece of metal until... the panal snapped in half! I took the clothes out of the dryer and tried to find the extra dirty panal piece only to find it on top of the very clean, very wet, and very white clothes.

But how am I to dry the clothes? For the rest of the day and into the night all surfaces were covered with clothes. But hey, they eventually dried!

Hair Cut

We've had a very interesting experience...I cut Makay's hair. I know, I know. Makay, as you can see, was in desperate need of one and I said, "well, can I do it?" He hesitantly said yes. I was so excited to try! The only other time I cut a boys hair was during my first semester in college. It was NOT a good experience. Let's just say that some else had to fix it. I didn't find it necessary to relate this story to Makay until after the cutting of the hair. Now, I must say, this was not a case of the blind leading the blind--as was my previous experience. Makay used to cut his own hair so... he helped me out. It looks nice, though, doesn't it!