What better reason to break your blogging hiatus..... than your sister's birthday!!!!
I am so lucky to have Taren as my sister. It was just the two of us most of our growing up. We are 16 months apart..... our sisterhood bond is special. We can pretty much read each others thoughts, we laugh at the same things (even if nobody else is laughing), and we have shared great memories together! Taren is a special person. She would do anything for anybody. When you are around her you always feel loved and good about life. She is an amazing mom and I couldn't ask for a better sister! Happy Birthday TT!

A much needed update

I am about to upload a large amount of photos from my phone. Please excuse my randomness!

Broadway
We have been spending a lot of our time seeing Broadways. I have had to work some weekends so Robert (being the great guy that he is) has waited out for rush tickets while studying!!!! He is the world's greatest! Here are a few of the latest. They were all amazing. "How to Succeed" was our favorite. We are officially Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) fans! We have already seen it twice.








We are no longer serving in the deaf branch :( it was an amazing experience and we grew a lot. I bet you will never guess what our new calling is ?!?!?!


Visitors!!!!

My grandma surprised my mom and four sisters with a trip to NYC. We were lucky enough to have them stay with us. This is a far away picture of Robert rowing the ladies around central park. (I promised not to put any close up pictures)

Elias and Brittany!!! - over memorial weekend our two favorite people came to visit from San Francisco. Elias is Robert's bff from college and I couldn't love Brittany more. We talked and talked the entire weekend!!!


Politics in Harlem- Harlem success is in the middle of some intense movements. It is fun to be part of it. Recently we rallied in the middle of Harlem at the NAACP's headquarters.

If you look close you can see a big kiss on my cheek! My parents often greet me with big wet ones!

UvU class of 2024 - The other day my mom said "you talk about them like they are your children". She is right! I love these kids like my are mine. It has been such an amazing year and I am sad to see it end.

Pj day

Slamming the state exam

Relaxing in central park

Posing for a class picture because their teacher said so :)

Signing off for now!

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He published! I have absolutely no idea what it is about but I do know he spent a lot of time on it and he was super excited when he found out it was published!

Birthday Bash!

Robert pulled out all the stops for my 27th birthday! He surprised me with a fancy dinner cruise around the island. The night was filled with gourmet food (I had truffles for my first time and they were amazing!), great conversation (always is ), breathtaking view (have 5 million pictures to prove it) and dancing (well, Robert danced and I laughed at him) to a live band!

Great way to start off my 27th year of life ( we have one more thing checked off our bucket list)!!!!!!

Her race, His race

Her race....
Last week I ran the NYC ING half. It was one of my favorite races I have run. I was a lucky chica to get into the race. I have heard that one in ten people actually get into the race?!? We looped around Central Park, through Time Square, and down the West Side Highway to the Financial District. I ran behind Hugh Jackman the entire race. Robert missed me crossing the finish line because he was distracted by all Hugh's media attention. He stole my thunder!

My class made me this card before the race! Have I mentioned how much I love my class this year???? ;)


His race.....
Robert has had I.T. Band issues the last few weeks but he had already signed up for this race and was determined to finish. It was a cool race. He ran through the world fair grounds and by Flushing Meadows. I still can't believe he finished. I could tell he was in a lot of pain. It must be that stubborn German blood ;)


Cheers for a great start to the race season!

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Our Little Sister

"Oh, No you didn't"

*** Front page of the SL Tribune

*** This pictures was in this mornings, Deseret News!

Robert's little sister will be playing in the State Championship today! She is in 9th grade and already plays varsity basketball and soccer! She is the definition of Rockstar! If you get a chance send some good karma her way! We are so proud of you Samantha! We love you.

Rainy day

One of the many great things about working at Harlem Success is that they plan and pay for monthly field trips. Today we went to the Harry Houdini exhibit. I was a little stressed because we had to walk there ( 20 + blocks ) and it was a deluge outside. But my class embraced the adventure and I fell in love with them all over again!

Aren't they So cute?!?!

Cheers to a great weekend!

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