More Visitors! YEAH! Tanner & Emily

Tanner and Emily (my brother and sister in law) came out this weekend for a little visit. We had a BLAST of course. We always love having company. Especially Averie, she Love's seeing her aunts and uncles. I think Averie has a crush on Tanner. She was kissing him on the lips all day on Sunday and was holding them for a little too long! As you can see in the hilarious pictures. we didn't do a lot (I promise I tried to be a good hostess) but Tanner and Emily just wanted to chill and hang out which was fine with me and still plenty of fun. We mostly went out to eat A LOT! We almost completely FROZE but I'm sure they have thawed out by now in the warm land of Arizona. We got to watch part of the BYU - U game at The ESPN Zone, went shopping and got some fabulous purses and H&M gear, and they came to listen to Elder Holland speak with us. We had a surprise Stake Conference (after we already had stake conference 2 weeks ago) with Elder Holland who gave a FABULOUS talk how NOW is the time to stay closest to the Lord & gospel when times will be hard and are only going to get harder. Thanks for coming to stay with us Tanner and Emily. It was fun to hang out with the only other "STUDENTS" in the family. See you Soon!

DAMN PESKY VERMIN!

This is #4. I should feel grateful, I have friends here who catch one a night. But the first year we were here we had NOTHING. Since we've been back from the summer we've had a large cockroach, a small one, a centipede (Thanks Tara Kerr, I told you I would have a run in with one as soon as I read your post, and sure enough, 5 days later) and now our 4th mouse. They're not a problem like I've heard in other buildings but I'm sure sick of them. And why do they always come out when I'm on the computer. Every time I spot one it's mid morning and I'm on the computuer and I catch it running from under the stove in the kitchen to behind the bookshelf out of the corner of my eye. So the traps at night haven't been working. I realized if I turn out all the lights while I take a nap in the afternoon while Averie is sleeping they sneak out and I wake up to squeaking. The glue traps are really a weird invention and I can't believe they expect you to kill the mouse after he gets stuck on it. Needless to say, Bryce is never around when the little sucker shows his face so I have to go plead with the doorman or superintedant to come and rid of my friend. Well hopefully after we come back from Christmas break with the baby, we'll only have about 5 months left in this dirty city, cross your fingers.

My sister in- law's (Bryce's brother Andy's wife Rachel)sister Libby was in town and I met her and some of her friends at Serendipity for Dinner. It's always fun to have anyone from home come to visit. I just wish a babysitter could ever be a part of my vocabulary cause Averie didn't have a nap and couldn't stop crying for like 20 minutes so I couldn't thoroughly enjoy girl time but hey, It was fun anyway.

Just for fun!!!

Averie and Ruben dancing at our church Halloween Party!
Listening to a scary story!

Thriller Dance party!

Ready to go Trick or Treating!

Watching a scary movie at our Friends Party.

My Friend Kate, Natalie and Michael, I can't remember the other 2's names on the right. They went to BYU with Jed and live in The Bronx.

Averie and Ruben, who stayed up WAY TOO LATE and ate WAY TOO MUCH candy!

Mommy, I'm ready to go to Kates party. Which is all she cared about. Every door we knocked on to trick or treat, Averie would say, Mommy this isn't Kates house.

Trick or Treat, ( Do you like my home make paper bag, it's hard to get to the store in NY!)

My beautiful Fairy in the Pink Primrose!

Our only Halloween decoration, Our carved pumpkins, we baked the seeds this year! I highly recommend baking your seeds, delicious.

Mommy and Averie, When I'm too lazy to dress up I just like to wear orange and black. It makes a great costume!

We had a fabulous Halloween. We carved pumpkins. We went trick or treating in our building, and in Kates building. (Trick or treating is very "TRICKY" here in the Big Apple)I made Cream of Potato, Broccoli soup, and Orange cupcakes with butterscotch pudding. I highly recommend it. We went to a party at Kate and Jeds that started at 8 (Averies bedtime). She and Ruven(as she calls him) wrestled the whole time, ate way too much candy and single handidly ruined the environment using way too many Styrofoam cups. We didn't get home till well after midnight and Averie suprisingly went right to bed and didn't wake up today until after 11. I woke up at 3 am feeling all the yummies I ate at the back of my throat. That was the first time I have thrown up this whole pregnancy. Like a child who ate too much candy on Halloween. Anyway, we had alot of fun!

Times Square after Lion King
On our way to Church, in our Lobby

After Ice Cream in Brooklyn. Obviously we're good at letting others share the work!

The American Stock Exchange!

Jared's Motto, What doesn't kill you makes you a runner!

The Bright lights of the city.

Walking the Brookly bridge. I get 3 extra points for doing it Pregnant.

My brother Jared and sister-in-law Kim came out a couple weeks ago and visited. We had a BLAST and a much needed mid-term break for Bryce from school. We went to see Lion King and Grease with Ace from American Idol. We walked the Brooklyn bridge (my first time) and got pizza at the famous Grimaldi's and had Ice Cream at the famous Ice Cream shop in Brooklyn. Despite Jareds reguards for waiting in the hour long line. Thats just part of the experience though. We went shopping in China town, Daffy's, and Century 21. We walked the Peaceful Central Park and ate Chicken and a Waffle at Syvia's in Harlem (@ Jared's request!) We ate the best burger you ever had at the Shake Shak in Madison Square park, not to mention the best fries and Custard Shakes. We had some of the best sushi I've had and by far some of the cheapest in the city. By the way, YES, Infact I did gain a significant amount of weight over the weekend, but that's what being pregnant is all about hu! Jared ran ALL THE WAY down Riverside park from 120th to Battery Park (way down town) almost the lenth of the island. Bryce and Jared went to the Top of the Rock in Rockefeller Plaza to see the view of the city while Kim and I went to Grease. Best of all THE BOYS TOOK AVERIE!! Jared and Kim took a nice LONG bus tour of the city to see it all. We love having family here and Averie sure misses her aunt and uncle. She adores her Ellie dog that Uncle Jared gave her when he came.