City Life

We've been able to do a few fun things around the city lately. With only about 4 months left here, I'm getting a little sad and I'm anxious to make good use of our time!

Some friends and I went into Manhattan last week to enjoy some tasty desserts. We had cream puffs at Beard Papa's, banana pudding at Magnolia Bakery, and gelato at Screme Gelato Bar. It was delicious and we were only a tiny bit sick at the end of the night. :)

We finally checked out the Bronx Zoo. We highly recommend going to the zoo in January because you get the whole place to yourselves! We were very impressed and we all had a great time. It was pretty cold, but most of the exhibits were indoors so it worked out great.

We also went to dinner with some friends at Schnippers near Times Square. It was delicious and lots of fun to have a date night in the city and catch up with Whitney & Bryan.

I usually tend to hibernate at home during the cold winter months, so it has been nice to get out of the house and have some fun!

And So It Goes

We got to spend two weeks with our families in Utah over Christmas. We couldn't get enough of holding baby Grey, who was blessed the first Sunday we were there. He is the sweetest thing ever.

We spent two days in Ely, Nevada, where we relaxed, went on long walks, and drove tractors. It was fabulous.

Christmas came and we were so grateful to be surrounded by our wonderful family. Matthew and Anna were so excited by everything and we loved watching them enjoy themselves.

It was great to see cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends that we haven't seen for a long time. Our kids only begged to come home a few times when they got too overwhelmed, Joseph got a little bit of studying done (for the boards which he takes next week!), and our families didn't complain about all the time and space we were taking up - so I'd say it was a success! :)

We had a wonderful time. Now we are looking forward to 2012 - graduation, moving, kindergarten and more!