Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Andy and I had planned to get up at 5:00 AM to get the best seats possible for the parade, but 5:00 turned to 6:30 and 6:30 turned to 9:00 before we finally got up (the parade starts at 9!) So we got ready and walked down 42nd Street to Broadway where we had fabulous seats for half an hour. We were in a walking path, however, so eventually we were scooted across Broadway where we were able to get a great front and rear view of the parade! Once we got across the street we turned around and went back the other way for another great view of the parade complete with front row seats of a police take-down. In case anyone was wondering how Andy is adjusting to big city life, he is doing just fine. . . you might even call him a real New Yorker! There were over 4 million people at the parade and many got pretty pushy. They couldn't push Andy around, however. He gave them a little attitude and they backed off! We had a lot of fun, but next year we will probably forgo the 32 degree weather and watch the parade from the comfort of our own toasty living room!

Elder Holland

Today we had a special conference in the Stake (not a Stake Conference) with Elder Holland. The church arranged for us to all meet together in the Hammerstein theater by Penn Station.

It was so great to be in the same room as an Apostle (I know that is nothing new for Utah). He was very funny at the beginning, he talked about dreams coming true. And how he is now on a Broadway stage. He talk about Christine and a chandelier, I do not know what he was talking about, but we laughed anyway.

He also concluded giving everyone in the room an apostolic blessing. He started by stating his authority as an apostle, very cool.

It was an awesome conference. We also had all the primary kids in the youth sing two musicals numbers. Which caused Elder Holland to quote Ed Sullivan.

It is so wonderful to have had this experience.

Weekly Thoughts

I am going to start writing my thoughts each week. They will often cover sports, politics, and entertainment. I believe this is the purpose of a blog, and who am I to change tradition.

Survivor. This has been an interesting season. Now Randy was the worst person I have seen on the show. However I really really dislike Sugar his mortal enemy.

I would like to see Matty, Kenny and Bob as the final three.

Our Blog

Andy and I decided to start a blog. We'll start with a little bit about us: We got married June 7th, 2008 and shortly after moved to New York City. Andy is attending Long Island University in Brooklyn and is studying Health Science with an emphasis in Coaching and Conditioning. Stefany is working at a fertility clinic in the city and is enjoying her first job in the "real world". Our hobbies include riding the subway to Jack's 99c store where we get our food, sheets, blankets, schools supplies, socks, etc., etc., etc. We also enjoy hosting all our friends and family that come to visit us in the city. Finally, we like nothing more than to spend our Tuesday nights in front of the T.V. watching the Biggest Loser Families! The End.