New York in a heartbeat

We love New York City! We mostly just hang out with family when we go down, but we snuck in a bit of the city when Lisette received her endowment. (And if you're on Insta you've already seen most of these pictures...)

We started out with some yummy Shake Shack (which I would have to say has better burgers than In'N'Out - fries are great too but not completely amazing). And then we decided to track down a waffle food truck. SO SO GOOD.

Before going to the temple we snuck over to Lincoln Center to watch their fountain show. And then we had a wonderful session at the temple!

It was so great to be in the city even if it was just for a few hours.

Snapshots (4/26/2013)

Remember this?! It's hard to believe it's been a year already. 
Here's what we are like as older, more responsible 25 year olds. :)

LAURA
favorite food: fried chicken
restaurant: Cubby's (I love their steak salad so much)
drinks: Diet DP!!
dessert: cupcakes from the Cocoa Bean
tv show: Alias (I'm so late to the party on that one) and The Mindy Project
movie: 42
hobby: making quilts
candy: Reese's
music (or song): Whatever new stuff Andrew emails me to try out.
free time: HANGING with Andrew since he finished FINALS!!!
dream car: Cadillac Escalade (in BLACK ICE METALLIC)
dream destination: Connecticut


ANDREW
favorite food: hamburgers
restaurant: Mountain West Burrito (otherwise: Tucanos or Red Robin)
drinks: Strawberry Lemonade
dessert: warm brownies and vanilla ice cream
tv show: Suits
movie: Remember the Titans
hobby: BYU Sports
candy: Snickers
music: Madness by Muse
free time: BYU Sports 
dream car:  Lexus 460 Sport, Pearl White or Metallic Black
dream destination: Thailand, or a Mediterranean Cruise where we visit Rome, Athens, Egypt, and Jerusalem

NATALIE
favorite food:  margherita pizza (which is going to work out GREAT with David's new hobby!)
restaurant: Grimaldi's (and Texas Roadhouse lately)
drinks: Diet coke and Sonic ice water
dessert: cheeeeeeeeesecake
tv show: The Voice (and catching up on 30 Rock and Fringe)
movie: Italian Job
hobby: Instagram? Taking naps and reading.
candy: red vines The big tub of them
music: Les Miserables. On repeat.
free time: hanging out with David, walking/running around our neighborhood
dream car: BMW 3 series
dream destination: Utah/Hawaii (basically the same place right?)

DAVID
favorite food: steak
restaurant: Candlelight Inn
drinks: Diet Dr. Pepper
dessert: Ben and Jerry's Half Baked Ice Cream
tv show: Breaking Bad/Arrested Development
movie: Shawshank Redemption
hobby: golfing
candy: snickers
music: "for the widows in paradise for the fatherless in ypsilanti" by sufjan stevens
free time: making homemade mozzarella cheese (not actually trying this til tomorrow but I have been excited for a couple weeks about it)
dream car: either the Audi A6 or the BMW 7 series
dream destination: Italy

6 months + a few weeks

It doesn't feel like we have been here that long. But 6 months went by really fast. I still feel like we don't know the neighborhood or the fun/secret/cool places to eat. We feel really settled here. And we are so ready for it to NOT be winter.

Work is work. David is in the Young Men's presidency and I am now the Sunbeam teacher so that makes Sundays interesting. David took one of his fancy schmancy tests in March and is taking another one in June instead of sticking to the normal "one every 6 months" schedule. So he jumped right back into studying every night. I am so, SO grateful for all his hard work and studying and also that I'M not the one doing it. Because he is way better at it than I ever would be.

We went to NY for general conference weekend and then again the next weekend for Lisette's endowment.
The biggest excitement the past month was the birth of this gorgeous baby girl, Alexa, to my brother and sister-in-lawe. They already have 2 little boys and didn't find out the gender this time around so we were so so excited for their little surprise. Love that head of hair. We can't wait to meet her!!

May is just around the corner and that will be a busy month for us: our anniversary, Nathan is coming home from Russia, and David's whole family is coming out and we will all finally be together in one place!

And here are a bunch of random photos from the past little while.

From General Conference weekend

Session at the NY temple

Messing with our telephoto lens:

This was the last margherita pizza we made. Probably our best one so far.