christmas in the city! DAY 1

after a red eye flight out of salt lake we arrived at jfk airport at 5:20am! (...a quick recap on my sleep schedule this past week...monday 4 hours, tuesday 2 hours, wednesday 3 hours, and thursday night 0 hours because lily and i talked the entire plane ride). so i am EXHAUSTED....and what happens when i am exhausted? i take pictures (on my fancy new iphone!!!) of the funny new yorkers and laugh it off when my bags get lost. long story short, a chubby italian lady yelled at me for supposedly cutting in line to talk to the baggage claim services but i was nice and smile and we bonded and became friends. coming from the perfect courteous town of provo, utah, i was rather entertained by the coldness of the new yorkers. luckily, we left the airport with my bags! thank heavens! deb (sister checketts, elizabeth's mom) picked us up and we drove back to their precious town, new canaan, connecticut! their home is incredible, festive, cozy, and stalked full with the best holiday candies! we ate some food and went straight to bed.  lily's bed is wondrous; a king sized, anthro cloud from above, graced me with the best nap i had ever taken.  the sheets, ah! indescribable! upon our awakening we ate more and got ready for our aerobics class!! lily, katie, deb and i worked it at the local fitness place! so much fun! i totes was sweaty and danced the entire hour straight! after the class we went to katie's house (lily's sister) and i met her adorable family! her kids are the cutest children on the face of the planet and they taught me this dance (published below).  we ate dins are this pizza place and HOLY TALEEETO italian food on the east cow, i could die.  and now we are in our pjs, eating chocolate and watching classic christmas movies in deb's gynormo bed!  wahooo!! i love my life!