Random Good Times

My good friend/mission companion Deanna got married last week. Here we are at the wedding dinner. Deanna (in the middle) isn't wearing her dress, but she looked so cute that day. It was so fun to see her get married, especially since our mission president performed the ceremony.

My other good friend/mission companion, Anneliesa came into town last weekend. We had a great time. One of the nights she was here, we went to dinner and mini golfing with a group of friends. Here is Anneliesa, me and Aileen after the night was over.

Mini golfing with Nate that night.

At the restaurant before mini golf.

BFF's

I just thought these pictures were funny. When Angela and Kessee came into town, I discovered that Gabby didn't want to have anything to do with her own Aunt Nicole. But she totally loved Nate....rude! Anyway, I got a kick out of how funny she was and how much she was chatting away on his lap.

Idaho Falls Zoo!

Here are some pictures of our trip to Idaho Falls and the Zoo!Jaxton would make a great soda jerk. He loves soda and he's a jerk! JK, JK! He looked great in this hat!Gabby enjoying her drink. Isn't she adorable?Don't worry, just a random, live-action RPG right next to the zoo. Look familiar, Steve?Strange bird, that pelican...Jaxton laid an egg, and look what came out!It's twins!Jaxton loved the goat-feeding area.Angela and Jaxton and the world's biggest chicken!

Steve & Michelle in NYC: Finally!

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get to this. It's partially because we are not the best at taking pictures on vacation. But, yes, we did go to New York, and there is a little bit of photographic evidence. Now don't get all excited by this first photo--we didn't go to Dave Letterman. But Steve had to get his photo taken as we were passing by the Ed Sullivan Theatre.

Of course, the highlight for me was seeing three Broadway shows. It was so difficult to choose which shows to see, because I would love to see them all, but we were able to narrow it down. Here I am in front of the Hilton Theatre, where we saw Young Frankenstein.

This is why, when you ask a random stranger to take your photo in front of a Broadway theatre, you should be very specific about wanting to be able to see the marquee in the photo! You can kind of tell that we are at Mary Poppins.

And here we are at my favorite of the shows we saw, Curtains. Oh, I just love it! Please bless that someone will do this show soon and cast me as Georgia!

Afternoon Stroll in NYC

The view of Columbus Circle from inside the Time Warner Center. (This is where Patrick Dempsey's office was in Enchanted, for all you fans out there. Remember when James Marsden was up on the statue looking for Gisele? There you go.)


My attempt at artsy photography in Central Park.

Strawberry Fields--John Lennon memorial.

The Manhattan New York Temple

Lazy Sunday....

Okay, it was actually Saturday, but we did hit up Magnolia to mack on some cupcakes. Delicious. We had to wait in line outside the bakery--a line that actually went around the corner. We weren't able to take any photos of us in front of the bakery because there was scaffolding all over the front of the building. But just look at those cupcakes!

I told you that I'm crazy for those cupcakes cousin!

Steve loves those cupcakes like McAdams loves Gosling.

And here I am at the subway in the West Village.

Random NYC

I couldn't make a trip to NYC without stopping by to see my first true love, Matt Lauer.

Or taking some time to pay homage to the Dunder Mifflin peeps.

Hello gold man.

We just thought this was amusing. Good times with Johnny Utah. :)