Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
New York City!!! Best vacation ever!
Drew and I put all the money we got as wedding presents aside in our vacation fund! And thanks to all the people we love who are so generous we were able to go to New York City! It was non-stop fun, I can't remember the last time I was so exhausted.
Friday- we flew out at 6:00am- Drew's dad was in town and was so nice to bring us to the airport at 4:15 in the the morning. We arrived at our hotel around 4:00pm- It was a great location, right on Time Square and right next to the Subway entrance that we became very familiar with. We headed out to the museum of modern art and of course grabbed a slice of New York Pizza! I also grabbed the umbrella- just in case- and it was a good thing we had it. It started raining so hard. The museum was so packed- people weren't leaving because they were waiting for the rain to ease up a bit and everyone was coming in to get out of the rain. The museum is pretty cool- there is lots of that weird modern art- but there was some very impressive pieces. I got to see Monet's waterlilies- the piece was probably 30 feet long- that was cool. The special exhibits that were there were really cool. I can't quite describe it but this guy welded all sorts of thin small metal pieces together and it looked awesome. After that we hit up time square- that place is packed all hours of the night.
Saturday- We headed up town into the bronx to see the new Yankee stadium and see them play the Angels. The stadium is immaculate- well worth the 1.3 billion spent. We went early so we could get in when the gates opened. Got to see monument park and were there for batting practice. I was standing down by the wall and drew was several isles up from me in right field. We were hoping to catch a homerun and one was hit right to Drew- unfortunately he wasn't wearing his glove- so he tried to catch it with his hand and that didn't quite work- so it hit him in the chest and then fell to the ground behind him where he and this other guy tried to fight over the ball- the other guy had it but drew was trying to get in from him- but gave up after a few seconds. Luckily I got one of the outfielder's to throw me one- not quite as cool as catching it- but there is no way I could have caught one of those- I can't even catch them with a glove! Our seats were awesome- not only were they pretty close down the 1st base line- but they were padded! they were so comfy. The game was fun even though we didn't win. That night we went to Cirque du solei- Kooza, it was the most entertaining thing we have ever seen. It is pretty much this huge circus tent- but small enough that pretty much every seat around the round stage is a good seat. From the crazy tight rope to unbelievable juggling to nerve racking trapeze to dancing and acrobats to the hurt your back as you watch the contortionists doing the wildest things ever, it was awesome. Even the inbetween "story" was quite funny and we loved every second of it. we tried to go to crumbs- this amazing cupcake shop after- but it was already closed. We did get to so some more walking though and see grand central station and other cool stuff. There was this guy on time square who was doing these awesome paintings with spray paint. It was so cool to sit and watch him. I didn't have any where to hang his painting- otherwise I would have bought one because it was so fun to sit there and watch him do the whole thing in 15 minutes.
Sunday- We went to the ward there which meets in the same building as the temple. Wish I could have seen more of it from the outside- but it was raining pretty hard. The inside was beautiful though. After that- even though it was raining we walked around central park- which was huge- we didn't even make a dent and we were in there for hours. I was kinda sad though because I've always heard about all the street performers and I didn't get to see any. But there are lots of cool bridges just like in the movies. We went to Mickey Mantle's restaurant. It was cool- lots of memorabillia everywhere. Didn't get to sit in Mickey's booth but sat right next to it. Drew isn't too big on food- but you should have heard him after he tasted his chicken parmigian. He absolutely loved it, he was just dying, it was so delicious. On our way back to the hotel we saw that Time Square was blocked off- they were filming a movie- Socerer's apprentice- kindy iffy about the name, but it has Nicholas Cage- so maybe it will be pretty good. There is a racing scene down time square. We saw on the news the next morning that the ferrari had gone out of control and hit a pole that hit a pedestrian- who shouldn't have been there. We also saw on the plane ride home that another night the camera car went out of control and 8 people were injured that time! They were there all week filming from midnight to 6:00am- so we got to see lits bits here and there. One of the nights we got to see the actual racing- it is fun to watch the whole moving making process.
Well I am only half way through writing about the trip and this is already a mile long post! so here is a quicker rundown of other cool stuff:
Bodies exhibit- just like the body worlds where they have actual humans that died and they were able to preserve their bodies so you can see all sorts of amazing things like just the nervous system, or the veins, muscles, bones, you name it- we saw it. It was fascinating. the body is imaculate and such a wonderful gift we have. My favorite part was seeing the fetus- it showed what it looked like at 5 weeks, 11, 14, etc. It was really neat to see.
Central Park Zoo- the rainforest was really cool. there were birds just flying all around us.
Crumbs- best cupcake I've ever had! baba bouie mmmmm!
Serendipity- frozen hot chocolate- oh it is delicious!
Cheesecake- ate lots of it- from different places- they know how to make cheesecake out there. they were all so good- favorite was from carnegie deli.
Statue of Liberty- that was beautiful- how cool it would have been if we could still go up inside it. but it was pretty from the outside too.
Yankees vs Red Sox- that was fun- there was a two hour delay because of rain so we didn't get back to our hotel until 2am. You should have seen how excited the crowd was when they finally came out to take the tarp off the field. Got to see some sweet homeruns and the last inning was super intense. Bottom of the 9th- down by 2. bases loaded 2 outs- full count, everyone out of their seats and cheering- and we lost! too bad. Yankees games the people that sit in the bleachers are called the bleacher creatures- they do all sorts of cheers- but my favorite is roll call- at the beginning of each game they go around the field and cheer each players name until the player acknowledges them and then they move to the next player until they have done everyone. It is fun. Everyone is pretty into the game. Rain isn't too bad to sit in. Ponchos keep you pretty warm. Our seats that night were on the front row of the section right above the suites. I even painted my own banner and hung it over the edge.
Yankees vs Red Sox #2- we decided to hit up one more Yankee's game- since the other game had a poor turn out because of the rain we wanted to get the full effect of the rivalry so we went to one more game. Chamerlin pitched- and although he gave up 4 runs in the beginning he went on to strike out 12 times- breaking a personal record. Texeria hit a home run from both sides of the plate- and Damon hit another homerun too! It was fun!
Shopping- pretty much any store that had any thing Yankee's in it- drew wanted to see. I don't think he cared to buy anything else- just yankee's stuff- not that we can fit any more in the office as it is.
Lots of other stuff- but pretty much it was the best vacation ever. Lots of fun memories.
Friday- we flew out at 6:00am- Drew's dad was in town and was so nice to bring us to the airport at 4:15 in the the morning. We arrived at our hotel around 4:00pm- It was a great location, right on Time Square and right next to the Subway entrance that we became very familiar with. We headed out to the museum of modern art and of course grabbed a slice of New York Pizza! I also grabbed the umbrella- just in case- and it was a good thing we had it. It started raining so hard. The museum was so packed- people weren't leaving because they were waiting for the rain to ease up a bit and everyone was coming in to get out of the rain. The museum is pretty cool- there is lots of that weird modern art- but there was some very impressive pieces. I got to see Monet's waterlilies- the piece was probably 30 feet long- that was cool. The special exhibits that were there were really cool. I can't quite describe it but this guy welded all sorts of thin small metal pieces together and it looked awesome. After that we hit up time square- that place is packed all hours of the night.
Saturday- We headed up town into the bronx to see the new Yankee stadium and see them play the Angels. The stadium is immaculate- well worth the 1.3 billion spent. We went early so we could get in when the gates opened. Got to see monument park and were there for batting practice. I was standing down by the wall and drew was several isles up from me in right field. We were hoping to catch a homerun and one was hit right to Drew- unfortunately he wasn't wearing his glove- so he tried to catch it with his hand and that didn't quite work- so it hit him in the chest and then fell to the ground behind him where he and this other guy tried to fight over the ball- the other guy had it but drew was trying to get in from him- but gave up after a few seconds. Luckily I got one of the outfielder's to throw me one- not quite as cool as catching it- but there is no way I could have caught one of those- I can't even catch them with a glove! Our seats were awesome- not only were they pretty close down the 1st base line- but they were padded! they were so comfy. The game was fun even though we didn't win. That night we went to Cirque du solei- Kooza, it was the most entertaining thing we have ever seen. It is pretty much this huge circus tent- but small enough that pretty much every seat around the round stage is a good seat. From the crazy tight rope to unbelievable juggling to nerve racking trapeze to dancing and acrobats to the hurt your back as you watch the contortionists doing the wildest things ever, it was awesome. Even the inbetween "story" was quite funny and we loved every second of it. we tried to go to crumbs- this amazing cupcake shop after- but it was already closed. We did get to so some more walking though and see grand central station and other cool stuff. There was this guy on time square who was doing these awesome paintings with spray paint. It was so cool to sit and watch him. I didn't have any where to hang his painting- otherwise I would have bought one because it was so fun to sit there and watch him do the whole thing in 15 minutes.
Sunday- We went to the ward there which meets in the same building as the temple. Wish I could have seen more of it from the outside- but it was raining pretty hard. The inside was beautiful though. After that- even though it was raining we walked around central park- which was huge- we didn't even make a dent and we were in there for hours. I was kinda sad though because I've always heard about all the street performers and I didn't get to see any. But there are lots of cool bridges just like in the movies. We went to Mickey Mantle's restaurant. It was cool- lots of memorabillia everywhere. Didn't get to sit in Mickey's booth but sat right next to it. Drew isn't too big on food- but you should have heard him after he tasted his chicken parmigian. He absolutely loved it, he was just dying, it was so delicious. On our way back to the hotel we saw that Time Square was blocked off- they were filming a movie- Socerer's apprentice- kindy iffy about the name, but it has Nicholas Cage- so maybe it will be pretty good. There is a racing scene down time square. We saw on the news the next morning that the ferrari had gone out of control and hit a pole that hit a pedestrian- who shouldn't have been there. We also saw on the plane ride home that another night the camera car went out of control and 8 people were injured that time! They were there all week filming from midnight to 6:00am- so we got to see lits bits here and there. One of the nights we got to see the actual racing- it is fun to watch the whole moving making process.
Well I am only half way through writing about the trip and this is already a mile long post! so here is a quicker rundown of other cool stuff:
Bodies exhibit- just like the body worlds where they have actual humans that died and they were able to preserve their bodies so you can see all sorts of amazing things like just the nervous system, or the veins, muscles, bones, you name it- we saw it. It was fascinating. the body is imaculate and such a wonderful gift we have. My favorite part was seeing the fetus- it showed what it looked like at 5 weeks, 11, 14, etc. It was really neat to see.
Central Park Zoo- the rainforest was really cool. there were birds just flying all around us.
Crumbs- best cupcake I've ever had! baba bouie mmmmm!
Serendipity- frozen hot chocolate- oh it is delicious!
Cheesecake- ate lots of it- from different places- they know how to make cheesecake out there. they were all so good- favorite was from carnegie deli.
Statue of Liberty- that was beautiful- how cool it would have been if we could still go up inside it. but it was pretty from the outside too.
Yankees vs Red Sox- that was fun- there was a two hour delay because of rain so we didn't get back to our hotel until 2am. You should have seen how excited the crowd was when they finally came out to take the tarp off the field. Got to see some sweet homeruns and the last inning was super intense. Bottom of the 9th- down by 2. bases loaded 2 outs- full count, everyone out of their seats and cheering- and we lost! too bad. Yankees games the people that sit in the bleachers are called the bleacher creatures- they do all sorts of cheers- but my favorite is roll call- at the beginning of each game they go around the field and cheer each players name until the player acknowledges them and then they move to the next player until they have done everyone. It is fun. Everyone is pretty into the game. Rain isn't too bad to sit in. Ponchos keep you pretty warm. Our seats that night were on the front row of the section right above the suites. I even painted my own banner and hung it over the edge.
Yankees vs Red Sox #2- we decided to hit up one more Yankee's game- since the other game had a poor turn out because of the rain we wanted to get the full effect of the rivalry so we went to one more game. Chamerlin pitched- and although he gave up 4 runs in the beginning he went on to strike out 12 times- breaking a personal record. Texeria hit a home run from both sides of the plate- and Damon hit another homerun too! It was fun!
Shopping- pretty much any store that had any thing Yankee's in it- drew wanted to see. I don't think he cared to buy anything else- just yankee's stuff- not that we can fit any more in the office as it is.
Lots of other stuff- but pretty much it was the best vacation ever. Lots of fun memories.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Click here to see our love story video!
This is the link to our love story- how we met, proposal, and everything.
Updating our blog
Drew always tells me I need to update our blog. (it is the girl's job to do it.) After 7 months I finally added a few posts. He also told me to make sure I actually write stuff and not just put pictures and videos up. Now that we have church at 9 we are going to try to update it regularly on Sunday afternoons. Maybe we will get better at taking pictures too. I'll get around to putting other links on the side and music and all that fancy stuff- but this is all for today.
Katee's 26th Birthday!
So birthdays are a really big deal to me. Drew totally surprised me though- he kept acting like he didn't have anything planned! The Saturday before my birthday he took me out to dinner at Cheesecake Factory- and completely surprised me- with about 20 family and friends. It was great. Food was fantastic! Then we went back to our house (I had to clean it up a bit- he said it would have given it away if he had started cleaning up all the stuff from a hair appointment I had earlier!) But since I love games Drew planned some- a fun original one. 
We tied a marshmallow to about 2 feet of string and without using your hands you had to chew the string until you got the marshmallow in your mouth. We did the boys and girls separate- Drew and I both won! It's all in the biting technique- no tongue and no gagging on the string. 
Then my siblings and I did a chubby bunny contest! I think our mouths are bigger than average! I can't even remember how many Thad got- but he definitely had the most.
We also watched a little Brian Regan- that always makes my stomach hurt I laugh so hard.
On my actual birthday Drew took me out to eat at a cool restaraunt up in scottsdale. The steak was delicious. Then he took me to Gainey Ranch and we did the romantic Gondola ride. It was perfect weather. I loved every second of it. After that we hung around for a bit and stuck our feet in the pool. It was fun being there- we stayed there our first 3 nights as a married couple. Last time we were there and ate at the restaurant we had the most refreshing water ever. I can't even describe how cool and crisp and delicous it was. We tried to get a bottle to go- but they recycle the bottles or something so you can't buy it to take home. So if you are ever there we highly recommend the water. the creme brule is good too! My birthday was awesome and Drew is the best husband ever! My favorite present was an electric toothbrush- I have been wanting one of those forever!
We tied a marshmallow to about 2 feet of string and without using your hands you had to chew the string until you got the marshmallow in your mouth. We did the boys and girls separate- Drew and I both won! It's all in the biting technique- no tongue and no gagging on the string. 
Then my siblings and I did a chubby bunny contest! I think our mouths are bigger than average! I can't even remember how many Thad got- but he definitely had the most.
We also watched a little Brian Regan- that always makes my stomach hurt I laugh so hard.On my actual birthday Drew took me out to eat at a cool restaraunt up in scottsdale. The steak was delicious. Then he took me to Gainey Ranch and we did the romantic Gondola ride. It was perfect weather. I loved every second of it. After that we hung around for a bit and stuck our feet in the pool. It was fun being there- we stayed there our first 3 nights as a married couple. Last time we were there and ate at the restaurant we had the most refreshing water ever. I can't even describe how cool and crisp and delicous it was. We tried to get a bottle to go- but they recycle the bottles or something so you can't buy it to take home. So if you are ever there we highly recommend the water. the creme brule is good too! My birthday was awesome and Drew is the best husband ever! My favorite present was an electric toothbrush- I have been wanting one of those forever!
Valentines Weekend Getaway
Since Valentines was on a Saturday and we had the following Monday off work we got to do a little valentines trip! I've never tried to rent a cabin on valentines weekend before so I was not prepared for how hard it was going to be to find a cabin only a week in advance. After much searching I finally found one available. I found a quaint cabin in Show low. We left right after work on Friday. The cabin was awesome. Cute fireplace- I kept turning it on- even if we weren't cold, I thought it was quite nostalgic. We had a very relaxing weekend and 
even went for a little trip into town. We had to drive a while to find a movie theater, and when
we got in we had to sit in the 2nd row because the place was packed! I've never been so close to a screen before- We were probably 10 feet from the screen. Drew was sad that he no longer has a quad or a truck- there were tons of cool trails. We just had to stay on the street and enjoy the view from there. Drew grilled some fabulous steak. He also bought me the most beautiful flowers. He bought them for me on Wednesday since we were going to be leaving town- but I took them up to the cabin. They actually lasted a few weeks. I would just pull out the roses as they wilted since the lilies were still blooming. It was by far the best Valentines I've ever had. 
even went for a little trip into town. We had to drive a while to find a movie theater, and when
we got in we had to sit in the 2nd row because the place was packed! I've never been so close to a screen before- We were probably 10 feet from the screen. Drew was sad that he no longer has a quad or a truck- there were tons of cool trails. We just had to stay on the street and enjoy the view from there. Drew grilled some fabulous steak. He also bought me the most beautiful flowers. He bought them for me on Wednesday since we were going to be leaving town- but I took them up to the cabin. They actually lasted a few weeks. I would just pull out the roses as they wilted since the lilies were still blooming. It was by far the best Valentines I've ever had. 
White Christmas
We went to Utah for Christmas! Drew never wanted to come home. I have never been in so much snow in my life. It was beautiful! We went sledding with Aaron and his kidos. Tied two sleds behind his truck and drove mach 1 in a field. When there were no kids and Drew was driving I thought I was going to die! Luckily a rock hit Aaron in the forehead instead of me- and even luckier he was the brave one who bailed so Drew finally stopped. I didn't dare jump off when we were going so fast. It was really fun though. We got to play in the snow a lot. It didn't even hurt when Drew wou
ld full on tackle me. Drew also decided to take me skiing for my first time ever. We decided to just go in the late afternoon. Let's just say the best part was that I got to ride a snowmobile! I never made it down- after a few hours on the TOP of the mountain I finally started walking and since the resort was closing they picked me up. Then I rode the ski lift down the rest of the way. But it was beautiful and I wasn't cold. Next time I'll just have to go with someone that will teach me how to snowplow... Drew
said no wife of his was allowed to snowplow. 
said no wife of his was allowed to snowplow. 
Friday, August 15, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Engagement pics
Here are a few extra shots from our engagement pics... lots more where that came from! Drew always calls me a poser- and I most certainly am- but I did throw in a few candid shots where I don't have my camera smile as Drew likes to call it.
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