Anniversary #6

This weekend we celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary. Who knew right! :o)

We have a tradition to go to dinner at Olive Garden so we kept that up this year. Lucky for us they have their never-ending pasta always on our anniversary! I think it is a celebration for us don't you?

We also did something very touristy. I hate tourists but I braved them to do this. We went to Central Park and rented a row boat on the lake.

It was fun to see a different side of Manhattan. There was even a gondola boat in the lake.

Adam even found a few ducks to race. I am happy to report that Adam beat them by a mile.

I couldn't convince Adam to read me love poems or it else this would have been the best Anniversary ever! :o) It was a nice relaxing afternoon on a boat. It was also a nice relaxing afternoon for Rocky. This is what we came home to.....

Also just a side note. We walked through the Columbus Ave. Fair today and there was a march of McCain supporters that came through. Thought I would take a picture of the 10 republicans in New York....

Online Book Club

My family and friends are starting an online book club since we all live so far away from each other. We will do a once a month group chat about the selected book and each take turns choosing the book. If you would like to join please let me know and I will add you to the email list. We are just in the process of selecting our first book so you have not missed anything!

MMMM.... Roast Beef!!!

So tonight I made Roast, Mashed Potatoes, and Broccoli for dinner. I find it hard sometimes to cook for just two of us but it always seems to work out because really if I think about it there are three of us. This is Rocky's response to Roast, Mashed Potatoes, and Broccoli....

Yep that's right people that is actual drool hanging off Rocky's mouth. That's when you know you are a good cook. When my picky eater of a dog will drool over it! haha..... :o) But really he really is very picky. He might even be worse then my brother Dusty! Rocky will thoroughly smell anything we give him to make sure we didn't sneak something in he might not like. Even his treats get the once over before they are popped into his mouth. Occasionally he will give something a good sniff and then take it but then spit it back out onto the floor so he can examine it more closely. This becomes problematic when we decided to give him something messy like meatballs from our spaghetti. :o)

Pat McDougall

Another celebrity sighting here in NYC. We went to the movies today and Georgia Engel sat a few rows in front of us. You may not know her name but you will know her as Amy's mom 'Pat' on Everybody Loves Raymond. That is one of my all time favorite shows. I did take a picture of the back of her head...

I almost made Adam move so that I could hear her talk to see if that really was her real voice she always used on the show. I mean come on who can talk that nice and sweet all the time. I think Peggy Ham comes the closest! :o)

September 11 in NYC

Being in New York on September 11 is an interesting thing. The city seems to move at the same pace but there is a sense of reflection in the air. On my way to work this morning the firemen were all dressed in their official suits and lined up for their moments of silence in front of the firehouse. It is nice to see that nobody has forgotten the tragedy that happened.

Also at lunch time we went to a memorial concert on Park Ave. We only caught the end of it but they have dozens of these events around the city. It will be nice when ground zero is complete and the families will have a proper place to remember.

Map of the Stars stop......LDS Church

So who knew the place I would see the most celebrities was at church?

On Sunday Mitt Romney visited my ward. His grandson Miles was blessed. My mom said I should have followed him to get a picture of him but I am pretty sure that is frowned upon at church, especially sacrament meeting. So the below picture will have to do. Adam was kicking himself that he didn't come to church with me.

I also took some pictures of the church building that I go to. I am suppose to go to the church that is in the same building as the Temple but the sacrament meeting room is under construction. We go to a brand new building on the east side of Manhattan. I don't know the history of the building but that would be interesting to find out. It is not your normal LDS church. And it is also pretty cool set against the high rises on New York.

The last update from us is that Adam got a new job last week. He is Partner/Market Research Analyst for Europe/Japan in a trading company here in New York. He is excited that he will get to learn a new field and gain more contacts before he runs in the next elections.

That's all from NYC. We hope everyone has a great week!

AGREE

I won't spend long on this blog about this but I just wanted to let everyone know that I have started a new blog. It is called 'AGREE'. It's my own little project that I am really doing for myself but would I would love everyone to check it out and let me know what they think. If you have any contributions or stories that you think would be good please let me know I would love to add them.
This blog will still be about my little family and our exciting adventures. My other blog will be centered around good things happening in the world around us.