Finally!!

A barbershop in Harlem.

The Dakota....apartment building where John Lennon lived and was killed. Guards stand there at all times.

The Manhattan Temple

9/11 memorial

If you watch "Project Runway" then you know this building.

View from Empire State Building

Heather in a gift shop

I was trying to get a picture of the skyline, but just got my big head instead :)

A cute French guy on the ferry to see Miss Lady Liberty.

This is probably my favorite picture from the trip. I didn't want to pay the price for the pictures they take for you, but I thought this was funny, so I took a picture of it when I thought no one was looking. Someone was looking and I got in trouble, but I still got the picture.

Heather at the top of the Empire State Building

My new friend, Salami. Yep, like the meat!

Rockerfeller Plaza

(for some reason, it's letting me add more. We did lots and had lots of fun!)

Tom Cruise on Home Teaching

The following is a text that I got from my sister. It's a conversation she had with her daughter.


Boo: How come you know so much about my life?

Mom: Because I am your mom

Boo: No, you aren't my mom. You are my mother.

Mom: What's the difference?

Boo: A mom is someone that is in their 20's. A mother is someone that is 30 and older.

The Grease sing -a-long is pretty much the most fun a girl can have without getting drunk! (only kidding about the getting drunk part) But, it was so much fun! I even got up and danced during, "You're the One that I Want". The lady sitting next to me got up and danced with me. She was hilarious! If anyone wants to go....I will gladly go again! LOVED IT!!

When I was a little girl the one thing that I loved to do was dance. I had had my adenoids out on the day of dance class and still asked my mom if I could go. I was that much in love with dancing. I even called my leotard a teolard. How cute is that? I still love to dance. It just revives my spirits and makes me feel like the world is good again and that I am good again. Well, someone in this world has made things right. Saturday, July 31st is National Dance Day. How fantastic is that? Even if I have to turn on some music in my bedroom, I will find a time to dance. I may find myself down at UVU dancing with the rest of the peeps celebrating this great day. Wanna join me?

I can't wait for fall because then I can start tap dancing up again. And, Zumba....oh, how I have missed thee?

HAPPY NATIONAL DANCE DAY TO YOU!! I hope you find the time to tap your toes and wiggle your bootie.

p.s the picture is of Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell. Eleanor Powell created the tap dancing step that I finally mastered and was rather proud when I did so. My hats off to her. Man, I wish I had her gams!

Things I learned from Wicked......

My sister and I had a rip-roarin good time at Lagoon. I highly recommend going on Pioneer Day.
It may seem odd that I learned something from a silly, crazy ride, but I did. And, I would like to impart my wisdom to all of my devoted readers!

1. Sometimes scary things can come zoomin' at you really fast. Sometimes the best option is just to close your eyes and let it pass.

2. When going through the unknown or the hills in life, it's totally okay to grab someone's hand. And, it's perfectly ok if you don't know that person. When zooming head first down the big hill, I got a little scared and grabbed the hand of the girl sitting next to me. There wasn't much else to hold onto. Thankfully, she and her mom just laughed about it.

3. You can either laugh or cry...when the crazy stuff starts. I prefer to laugh.

4. Hold onto your cell phone, water bottle, and chapstick. It could go flying out at anytime.

5. It's funny that we will wait in a really long line for something so wild and yet, the ride is over so fast....maybe that is how life is. The long line is where we find joy in the journey and life is the ride that is over way too fast. It's important to enjoy the moments in the line.

6. When riding rides, we are almost always sitting with other people. We really aren't ever alone. That's a good one for me to remember. God doesn't leave us alone to go through this life. (and Lagoon attendants won't let us ride alone, either!)

7. The rules of the ride are there to help us enjoy it and to not get hurt.

8. Get in, sit down, hold on tight, scream if you must, but ENJOY YOUR RIDE!!

Just a few things....

1. I am going to Lagoon tomorrow with my lil sis. I haven't been in years and I am looking forward to it. It brings back great memories of going with my dad. We would go on his work days, take the bus down (which was always an adventure) and stay the whole day. I loved it!

2. Flying grasshoppers hitting you while trying to eat delicious cheesecake is so not cool.

3.I made freezer jam. I felt like a good Mormon woman. Now, If I can just learn how to crochet around burp rags. Ah, who am I kidding? I don't really want to.

4. Advantages to wearing the big chunky ortho boot.....using the elevator at the temple! That's what!

5. Have you ever felt really lonely, even when with friends? I have been struggling with this a lot lately.

6. I wish there was a way to combine my love of reading with a really cool job. Working at Barnes and Nobles is not what I am going for.

7. I really miss dancing. I can't wait until my back and feet are all better so I can dance again.

8. I am totally loving Ray LaMontague (may have spelled it wrong). His voice is like butta!

9. I think I want to learn how to sew. Think of all the possibilities! I could sew my own costumes and such. Then I could make that u-knits (member those?) jumpsuit that I never got to make in 1987. Totally kidding!

10. I just discovered Sonic Chillers. De to the licious. Oh man.