We Heart New York!!

My knight in shining armor showed up this weekend driving a Pensky truck! He was a little shaken from a 36 hour drive but I have never been so happy to see someone! We moved in and spent all weekend making our apartment a home!! We LOVE our place and still can't get over the beautiful view we have. We are excited for our adventures but still have movements when we think "what the heck did we just do?" :) Here are some pics of our new place:
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Happy Birthday to My Sisters!!!

Tomorrow is my little sisters birthday! Happy birthday Taren. The big 23! I love you and hope you have a beautiful day! Also a shout out to my sister inlaws Sarah and Stephanie... they also have August birthdays! I love you girls and am so blessed to have such amazing sisters in my life!
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The Lonely Girl!!

Last Sunday I left for training for my new job in New Haven, CT. It has been a long but wonderful week. I fell in love with my job and the school I will be teaching at. They have my same values of closing the achievement gap and have accomplished some amazing things at their schools! I am excited to be part of their team. I will be working with some very accomplished teachers. I have a lot to learn and a lot of work to do to keep up with them. Students from Yale started Achievement First therefore we had our training on Yale’s campus. It is the most beautiful campus.

I am now in Brooklyn where I will start my second week of training. I am missing Robert badly but I decided to make the most of this weekend. I ventured out and walked around time square. I passed a movie theater and saw the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants2 ad and decided that if I wanted to see it now was the time because there was no way Robert would let me drag him to it (usually I see chick flicks with my mom and sisters). I have never been to a movie by myself before but found the experience invigorating. I LOVED the movie, it reminded me of all my best friends. It made me laugh out loud and cry… which was a little weird because I was alone!

Then came the shopping!! I found an H & M… or should I say it found me!! I did some damage to the bank account but am going to justify it because I have a new strict dress code at my work! I miss my family already but am just going to watch a little Olympics and live up the New York life.

Our Bucket List for Utah!!

Who knows how long it will be until we live in Utah again... that's if we ever do live in Utah again. So Robert and I made a bucket list for Utah. We have been busy the last week trying to complete all the things on our list.
Some things on our bucket list:
Spend time with family
Hold baby Hailey
Hiking
Camping
4 Wheeling
Swimming
Star Gazing
Snow Cones

Some pictures from our bucket list:
Hiking
Visiting with my great grandma and uncle
Holding Hailey
Hanging out with my BFFs
Sleeping on the tramp with Julia (Chubby Bunny Contest)

Just call me ...Aunt Lindsay!!!

On July 29th my baby sister just had a baby!!! I am so excited for this new addition to our family! Taren and Josh nammed thier little girl Hailey Jane Davis and she was 8 lbs! I have to say that she is one of the cuttest babies that I have ever seen! I have 3 days before I leave so I have to live up being an aunt! Congrats Taren and Josh. I am so proud of you!

DREAMS DO COME TRUE!!!!

I am so excited I can hardly stand it!! This week Robert and I went to New York for some of my job interviews. The first job interview I had was in the heart of the Bronx. I could not believe a place like this existed; we are talking about some extreme poverty (this is being compared to the African villages I worked in). The second we got off the subway everyone just stared at us. I had to leave Robert at a park while I went and interviewed. The interview went well but the whole time I was hoping my husband would still be alive by the time I was done with the interview. We both agreed that we didn’t have the best feeling about the school and area. I had almost given up hope for my dream of teaching in an inner-city school in New York but DREAMS DO COME TRUE. My last interview was in Brooklyn (also the name I want to name my first girl). The area could be compared to the Bronx but it had a lot better feel. The interview and my demo lesson went fabulous and I loved the faculty! They offered me the job on the stop. I start next Monday with training in Connecticut. It leaves me less time than I thought to say goodbye to Utah but it is worth it!!!

We also checked out our soon to be apartment. Our door man Charlie (the stereotypical door man with the New York accent) let us sneak a peak! The place is A LOT nicer than we expected and is perfect for guest to come visit!!!!! Not to mention the amazing view of the Hudson River and George Washington bridge!!! I know this is a long blog but I am just so excited!!!

Thanks Elias and Brit for letting us crash at your place! We love you!

Viva Las Vegas

This weekend my family went down to Las Vegas for my grandma's 100th birthday party and for a last harrah before medical school!My grandma has been looking forward to this party for months. She looked so happy and was excited to see her family. When giving her birthday speech she said that "all 100 years were worth it" just for this party :). I now have 2 great grandmas live pass 100! We made a weekend out of it and went to the Tuachan production of Les Miserble.. my favorite play! We also went to David Cooperfield where I was called up on stage and he gave me a paper rose which he lit on fire and turned it to a red rose! Later he called my dad up put him in a box and made him disapear.. Julia was a little nervous when he didn't come back for half an hour! It was a great weekend. Thanks mom and dad, we love you!