Its Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas

It started off on December 20: The family I nanny for left for their holiday vacation. I left around 4:00 p.m. to the airport. I flew out of Newark, New Jersey airport. I couldn't believe it, it took forever to get to the airport due to traffic. I made it to Newark at 6:45 p.m. and made it through security and baggage. My plane took off at 7:15 p.m. I felt like I was in Home Alone 2 when they were running down to the gate. I was thirsty and hungry but I did make it on the plane. I landed in Utah at 11:15 p.m.

December 21: I hung out around the house and did errands with my sister. That night my family and I went to Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City.  It's a family tradition to go every year, and I love it. I even got to see the Light the World Giving Machines.

December 22: We got family pictures in Provo. After we went to lunch at a pizza place called the Brick Oven.

December 24: Christmas Eve. That afternoon my brother, his wife, and my nephew came over and we played and talked. I loved seeing my family. We had fun playing and enjoying time together. That night we had a Christmas Eve dinner, which consisted of salmon, rice, gravy, vegetables, rolls and pumpkin pie. After dinner we did our annual Christmas program. We read Luke 2, played Christmas songs, usually one of us play our instruments,  and give our presents to our siblings. We switch names and buy gifts for each other.

December 25: CHRISTMAS! We opened presents and spent time as a family. I got wax warmer, bracelet, gift card, and money.

December 26: Went to lunch at Chick-fil-A for lunch and for dinner went to Cafe Rio. I try to go to a couple of my favorite restaurants when I'm home. For Christmas my mom wanted new carpet down the basement stairs, so my parents decided that the family room needed carpeting too.  So with that, my family has begun the renovation process by tearing down the walls and ceiling of the family room. I got to put a hammer to the wall it was fun.

old movie Nutcracker 2004 

December 27: Hung out with a couple of my college friends. We met in Provo and carpooled to Spanish Fork. We went to a painting class together. I felt like Bob Ross.

What is should look like 

What mine looks like

December 28: I hung out with my friends since we had a sleepover. We went shopping.

December 29: My Mom and I went to the temple in the morning. That night we went bowling and went out to dinner.

December 30: I took a red eye flight home that night.

November... Snow, Birthday, Pie!

Well November has been an interesting and fun month.
On a Thursday November 15, 2018, it said it was going to snow. For the first part of the day it was good. Later I usually pick up two kids from school. I look at the clock and I decided to leave an hour before school got out. I usually leave about 20 minutes before school gets out. I'm driving, and since the roads weren't plowed, I ended up waiting for 2 hours since some cars got stuck and we were just waiting. Luckily I have a car that's good in the snow. I made it past that situation. Then I'm suppose to exit and it was just lines of cars I got stuck just waiting and waiting. I waited for hours just trying to get to their school. I made it to pick up the kids at a location that was safe. They ended up walking to a friend's house that was easier to get to. It took me 4 hours to pick them up. On the way home I was still stuck. There was a guy telling us to turn around so I did and I just found another way back home. It was a guy that was stuck in traffic ahead of me and he was being nice and saying to turn around or we would be waiting forever. He said it was a 2 hr wait. It took me 3 hours to get home. It was crazy. While being stuck I just parked and cleaned more snow off my car. I rolled down my window and talked with a guy in a car. Hey had to do something with my time.

The next day was a snow day. So I had fun and built a snowman with the girls.

Later in November it was my birthday. A friend and I bought tickets and we went to the Top of the Rock. The Top of the rock is one of the tallest places in New York and you can see the whole City. It was so beautiful. Its hard to describe but I hope the pictures do it justice. We went to lunch. We went to Time Square Diner and just had a fun birthday weekend. She also shares a November birthday.

Lastly, it was Thanksgiving weekend. The family I lived with went on vacation, so I asked a friend from the church I go to and I slept over with her for Thanksgiving weekend. Wednesday I took the train and walked to her apartment. We just had fun, talked, and watched Christmas movies. Thursday, we did some cooking. We made mashed potatoes, poke cake pumpkin style, and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade online. We were thinking of going, but it was super cold and we wanted to stay inside. For Thanksgiving dinner we walked to our Bishop's and had food at his apartment. It was nice since I got to get to know people in my ward better. Friday morning another girl in my ward came and stayed at my house, and we had fun. We did some Black Friday shopping. We went to Target, Mall and TJ Maxx. We went to a movie, Wreck It Ralph Breaks the Internet, and went out to dinner to Cosi. It's a soup, salad, and sandwich place. It was fun having a friend stay at my house.

Overall I had a fun November!

Summer in New York and Utah

In June I went and explored the city. I went to Artichoke Pizza and saw the High Line.  I had articoke pizza, so pizza with artichokes on it. I loved it. If anyone comes to visit I would suggest it.  "The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long elevated linear park, green way and rail trail. It was created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan in New York City." (Wikipedia) I also went to the Pint Shop. The Pint Shop is an ice cream shop museum. It was so fun. I like the different flavors and you can try all 7. The flavors are Vanillionaire: plain vanilla, Cherrylicious: tastes like cherry, Churro Churro: basically ice cream with churro flavoring and has churro chunks, Chocolate Chrush: chocolate flavored, Pinata: this one had cookie pieces, sprinkles, wafer cookies in it, Sprinkle pool: ice cream with sprinkles, and last Nana Banana: banana flavored. I liked the churro. My favorite part of the museum was the place you could take pictures in a fake cherry.

For most of June and July I had to work so I stayed in New York. For the 4th of July, I did go across the east river and watched the fireworks from the other side. I went with a group from my ward and we had a BBQ. I enjoyed it a lot. I got to know more people in my ward and make new friends.

At the end of July the girls I nanny went to  a sleep away camp. The girls go to a sleep away camp in Pennsylvania and it's a Jewish camp for them so they like it.  I got a couple of weeks off. So I was able to fly back to Utah and spent the time with family.

The first week I was in Utah, I took the opportunity to make sacred covenants in the Draper, Utah Temple. This was my first time making these covenants and I have been able to review these covenants by going to other temples. It was such a great experience and I was able to come closer to my Heavenly Father.

Later I spent time with family and friends. I did take a weekend trip to Logan to visit my sister and some of my closest friends. It was nice hanging with friends. We went to a Rodeo, shopping, talked, and just had fun.

I got to see my nephew and babysat him, which was the best. I just love that boy so much. I babysat while is parents where at work, we went to park and played. My brother and sister in law came and we played in the backyard. He's a typical little boy and loves dirt.

Visit to Utah!

This past weekend my sister graduated from college. So I decided to fly home for the weekend. I left Friday night and arrived late around midnight.
Saturday morning I made a sign that says "Congrats USU Grad!"

My brother picked me up and I went up to the USU campus. I got to hang out with my cute nephew.

 It was fun watching her walk. Now we have 2 USU Grads in the family, my sister and myself.

I have a friend that lives there, so I went and visited her while up there. I also saw a friend that use to live in the same building as me so I talked with her.

Friend I saw Shari!

Friend Lacey!

They gave out Aggie Ice cream after the graduation, so that was fun and yummy. I got my favorite Aggie Blue Mint.

After we went to Maddox the restaurant. I got a petite fillet minon. It was yummy. My grandparents came and that was fun to see them.

After we went home and went to bed.
Sunday I went to church with my family and after had dinner then flew back to New York. It was a short but fun trip.