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A paradise in the Bronx

Preparing the supplies

I think that this blog has now pretty much turned into a picture blog with my whole week summed up by a simple title.

We are married! It feels great to be able to start a new chapter in life with a wonderful woman who I am so happy to spend time with. I am not sure what most "newlyweds" do with their time but we have decided to start a business! Starting tomorrow morning we are movers. We have a truck for hire business and within 24 hours of starting it have 3 jobs lined up. It may not seem like much to most people but I am excited to see what we can do with this in the month we have remaining here in New York. It should be a great way to spend time together, see the city and raise enough cash to get our butts to Utah.

I love my woman!

Us!

Temple Trip

The Village

I have developed a pattern of putting up a picture and taking a few days to write about it. Life is just too much fun to write all about it.
This past Tuesday, and I went into the city for the afternoon and it was a perfect Spring day. We started off in Chinatown and then worked our way up to the village and had some sausage bread..... it was soooooo good. That is something that I will miss when I am back in Utah but it is a fair trade. We got some ice cream right after that at an upscale overpriced ice cream shop, of course this is actually really good ice cream and worth every penny.
We are coming up to the final 2 weeks of engaged life and as much as I enjoy it, I am so excited to get married!

Saturday in the city

On Saturday, I met up with a couple friends in Manhattan and did the standard running around that I have grown to love. There is something fun about being able to walk the streets that so many people plan vacations to on a daily basis. Of course so much exposure has helped me realize that my most favorite thing to do is just sitting back and enjoying the sounds and people... and take a lot of pictures of myself.
One bit of exciting news, I saw the orange mime and he is now silver!!! I am so proud of him and how he was able to grow and really stretch his character into something larger than himself.

Thanks Megan!

Megan!!!! The gift card was great, I bet you miss that chocolate don't you?!

Itialian Thick Dark Hot Chocolate!

My fiance had some errands in the city this morning so I met up with her and we stopped by Max Brenner's to get some of the good stuff... This hot chocolate is the reason why I am able to smile! Nothing like a cup of pure goodness in the morning to clear away some stress. They have really good breakfast food as well and I was lucky enough to finish off what my little butterfly couldn't. I had a promising job interview yesterday and I am looking forward to hearing from them.
Tonight is the Queens dance for YSA and although it is fun to go and I always enjoy myself there I have to admit that I just love spending time with the woman I love.

Dano-man

I was going through the pictures on my phone and saw this one again... I miss those kids a ton and it maks me want to move back to Utah even sooner. I am just reminding myself that the longer I stay out here, the more great stories I will have to share with them down the road.

LGA

Alright, so I know that it has been a very long time since I have typed up any new information about life here in NYC and I am very sorry for that.

Let's start with the picture. This is Megan in the front with me and her sister Merideth is in the back. They came out a couple of weeks ago and had a fun time here in New York. I have to admit that I like having the company here with me ad it is fun to have some people to cook for. and I took them to our favorite spot for hot chocolate, Max Brener's. I really really love that place and need to figure out how to make it like they do so I can move to Utah and make a ton of money with the stuff.

We have a marrige license. I don't have a job yet but at least we have the license. It wasn't too painful because when I got really bored, let me type morse code on her nose. I had to stop making the beeping sound but at least she let me type away to pass the time. There is nothing like City Hall here in Queens... No one understands anything but they want you to pay lose attention and not have your cell phones on.

As far as wedding planning goes, we are plugging away at it. Actually I should say that she is plugging away at it, I try to get involved but I have the attention span of a turkey sandwich. I am good a getting take out food and driving although my driving involves a lot of horn honking and yelling at people that can't hear me.

Other than that I have to be honest and say that my life is pretty great! I have good friends, family and an incredible woman that wants to be my wife. I never thought that life could work so well in my favor.

Lunch at Luigi's

mom had a layover at JFK on her way to Spain and I was the lucky one to spend 7 hours with her. Its not a bad way to meet the mother of one's future spouse, it forced us to talk to each other and get a lot of awkwardness out of the way really fast.
Still on the job search. I am hoping that I can find something soon that I will enjoy. Maybe I am being too picky with that last statement but it would be nice to have a job that I enjoy going to again.
My friend Megan is coming to town this week and it will be fun to have her around just so I have an excuse to eat a lot of pizza and cookies.

One box at a time

Since we will both be having jobs in the near future we decided to get some of the heavier things moved now while there is plenty of time. I got David this morning and we went to apartment to get some furniture loaded up in my truck. After we did some moving we went to a Columbian place for lunch in Jersey that I really like. The food is good but my favorite part is that it is cheap!
My dad and stepmom along with the royals are flying into the city this coming Wednesday and it will be fun to have them around and meet this awesome woman in my life. I think that Katie and Tayson will have a lot of fun and I plan on feeding them a lot of pizza. We will see how many different places we can get pizza at in just a few days. We will take them to get some hot chocolate as well. Mmmmmmmm, it has been a few weeks since I have gotten some and I am feeling the urge to get some more.
Working with the young men is going well. They are good kids and other than being teens, there isn't much bad about them. I do a lot of driving and that is getting a little annoying but that is what it takes to get everyone together out here. I even did some pushups with them.... That is a sign that I like them, I don't do pushups for anyone including myself!

Family

I met my future sister-in-law last week. and I drove up to Dartmouth to meet her sister Mirelle. She's awesome!

Ballet

Saturday afternoon we met up with Camille and Hailee for a nice time at the New York Ballet. It was interesting... A couple of the dances they did were odd but there were a couple of really good ones.
We went uptown and had dinner with a friend of at a great mexican place that was a little steep but very tasty. It was great to have a little spice in my food again.

Great friends

Our friends Lisa and Veronica threw a small engagement party for us last night and it was great. I loved the cake and here is the picture, Lisa said that there wasn't enough room to get the whole word on it... She cracks me up.
I have to thank the many people who are supportive and encouraging to us. Whether it be words of wisdom or hugs and kisses, we are very blessed to be surrounded with good people.

A great dessert

Sometimes we just need some ice cream to make things feel better. Lucky for me that I have ice cream and an amazing woman to eat it with. Notice only one spoon! Who would have thought that I would share my food!!! She is some kind of wonderful!

It's official!!!!!!!

Well here it is! I have only known her for a short time but want to spend eternity with her. May 19th is the day that it will begin!
I love her.

Hello Kitty Valentines!

For the first time, I had a valentines to remember. I got a diary to keep track of events. A bank to save for the events, and a ring to use until the event.
Life tends to throw a few curve balls our way and every now and then we get to hit a home run!

He's blue!

A picture of Ed, Joni and myslef with the blue m&m at times square. It was great having friends in town and showing them all the things and people that I have come to love out here in the East. I am very tired and am now in the proccess of finding a job. I am kind of thinking that it might be nice just to work at Wendy's for a few months just so I can get out of any stressful job situations, plus get a discount on some food.

I have to say thanks to friends and family for their kind words and to David for the time he spends listening and telling me the truth no matter what may happen.