christmas in the city! DAY 4

 longest most fun filled day ever and here is the load down...

woke up and took a taxi drive to serendipity to put our names in (3 hour wait for two people!!)

dylan's candy bar-fro yo and candy galore!

barney's- gaga workshop exhibit! insane! she is psycho insane! psycho fabulous insane!

there, i tried on a $5000 gown that was so serena van der woodson.  my mom called when i was in the dressing room and i processed to say "hey mom, ya im in the dressing room at barneys, i love the dress, wanna transfer $5000? thanks." i mean i had to sound legit right? if they ever knew i was a thrift store loving beach bum they would never have let me try on this elite new york socialite's dress!!

serendipity's for lunch! our gay server was a hoot and the frozen hot chocolate and fruit crepe was a holler! it was such a fun atmosphere and a new york must that we checked off our list!

F.A.O. swartz toy store little children's dream land was ridiculously awesome and extremely packed...making my self induced anxiety spike a little but nonetheless it was so cool!

Apple store on 5th was very convenient...we needed our phones to change. 

tiffany and co on 5th was quite the experience.  lily and i marched to the 3rd floor...engagement rings...and successfully managed to convince jon that lily was getting engaged and i was her bridesmaid. this will happen in the future, so i guess technically we were not a total fake. she tried on her "novo" and fell in love.  literally, her hand were shaking.  then! i stole the spotlight (jon took note of this spot light taking and ranted more funny stories about the bridesmaids stealing the spot light...we totally were in the clear...he had zero clue we were 18 years old).  anyways, i tried on a $50,000 ring. yes. $50,000. (pictures soon to be on the fabooks). tiffany and co, you are a man's worst nightmare.

jersey boys!!!! we had incredible seats, front row center! this show was wonderful! the acting/singing/dancing was all spot on! the old lady singing along next to me was the most precious thing, no wait, her old husband holding her hand and playing with her hair was! anyways, this musical was so entertaining and i loved every single second of it!

star dust diner for dinner was hilarious! these aspiring performers put on quite a show (video below!) my burger was actually superb but the entertainment was def the high point! these poor people...

after, we went through times square again and made our way back to the greatest apartment in the city for some dessert and a rom com...and maybe some booty shaking to beyonce! what another perfect day! im so grateful! i love lily so so much!

christmas in the city! DAY 3

today we went to the city!! we woke up and packed our stuff, had some breakfast (pumpkin cookies and milk, peppermint oreos, and english muffins...again) and got ready to head to the city to see the radio city christmas spectacular rocketts!!  deb, katie, laura, abby, molly, lily and i got our freezing butts into the theater, sat down and oh my  goodness gracious glory my mind was blown!  we had phenomenal seats and it was quite the show! ah! i loved it! after the show we walked through rockefeller park with the ice rank, flags, trees and all the pretty lights to get to "alfredo" the most yummy fancy italian restaurant ever! obviously i got the alfredo and boy oh boy it was outta this world!! we fine dined and walked around and froze back to our car. then we drove over to andrew and mary's (pent)house!! the view is out of a movie (pictured below!) after we go situated, we devised a game plan and we were off (puffy russian hats and all...thanks mary martha)!! we started walking towards times square and went to bryant park-and all i could think about was fashion week on project runway, so cool!! i stood in awe at times square. its quite the street, nothing like it any where in the world.  people watching, prime! we continued walking and talking and gawking over sak's fifth avenues fancy designer window story line thingy! awesome! expensive! so new york, baby! lily waved down a taxi and we were on our way to serendipity, turns out they were so packed they weren't taking reservations.  bummer, but we'll go back tomorrow! so we walked and walked and found ourself in the fro yo place in bloomingdales.  yum! taxi took us back to midtown and we met up with andrew and mary martha for more fro yo at pink berry! SO good...too good! now we are in their apartment, watching elf, over looking the entire city (most incredible apartment on the face of the planet!), and resting our tired feet and backs for another fab day tomorrow!! okay, am i living a dream? this is all too perfect!

the view from their apartment!

rocketts!...and their angel kissed legs!

mtv red steps! yes!

bryant park!

 

christmas in the city! DAY 2

day 2 on the east coast was another phenomenal day and here are some highlights!...

• sleeping in until 1:30pm
• peppermint oreos, almond toffee, pumpkin cookies and english muffins for breakfast
• abigail's dance recital, cutest thing i've ever seen. 
• checkett's annual christmas ornament exchange party
• shake shack for dinner- an east coast must, delicious! 
• girl night with laura and lily

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!

top 31 memories of fall semester 2011

1. First weekend of fall semester, going hard at the 90s party (first ones there, last ones out!) on the balcony, then walking back to the dormies in utter delight, sampling way to much slurpee at 711. AND last weekend of fall semester going just as hard at the 90s chirstmas edition dance for Brooke’s 19^th birthday!
2.  Meeting Travis, Tom and Mark of Blink 182 and their incredible concert. Shout out to the Gubernicks for making that happen! Thanks so much!
3.  Skrillex show in SLC, lining the front bar, dancing so insane with the man himself right in front of us.
4.  Girl talk way inside of a cave at night, while hiking and freaking out after an hour of straight chatting because we used up all the oxygen.
5.  Sleepover’s at the Afflecks- particularly our trip to “the dodo” and “the store.”
6.  Road tripping to Boulder, Colorado with my best friend, Olivia to go see our best friends, Connor and Trevor.
7.  80s dancing at Area 51 in SLC
8.  Dirty Dash 10k with our kick butt team of “dirty dancers.”
9.  Dayglow in all its madness
10.  Surprising family and friends during homecoming weekend! 
11. Park city weekend at Kendall’s home.  Food, friends, and pregnant aliens.
12.  When the lovely lady, Isabelle White’s came to visit and I almost died at the falls.
13.  Rushing the field at the BYU USU game after the craziest win ever!
14.  Booya camping in the yurt
15.  Real games and the food in the suite!
16.  Saturdays at the TRC in the MTC
17.  Rollerblading at the skate park
18.  Halloween half marathon in a cheetah moo moo
19.  Everything relating to “called to surf” i’m obsessed with my job.
20.  Elizabeth’s birthday at dear lizzies then ice cream and dance moves at the cabin after.
21.  Meeting the Kooks after having the best time at their show
22.  Being home during thanksgiving and all the glory that occurred that week.
23.  Decorating our dorm with Halloween/thanksgiving/Christmas goodies.
24.  Weekly temple trips
25.  Pressing “book” with Nicole and Kendall for our flights to backpack through Europe for 5 weeks this spring!
26.  Brooke’s surprise birthday extravaganza!
27.  Trick or treating at Donny Osmond’s house and his surrounding wealthy neighbors (king sized, baby)
28.  The mind blowing spiritual day, Sunday Dec. 4^th
29.  Getting my first A in the testing center on my human development midterm!
30.  Discovering that the gym in the girl’s locker room has wifi! Hallelujah! Hulu!
31. Declaring my major in recreational management and youth leadership with an emphasis on adolescent development and a minor in nonprofit management. 

i have to finish up finals, then i can finally fly to new york and spend 6 days with lily checketts doing every possible thing the city during christmas time has to offer, then i fly home for some christmas cheer with my best of friends and wonderful family, then i drive to northern california for new years in san jose with the crazy fun miyahara's, then from san fran i fly right back to this place i call home, provo utah.  winter semester 2012...bring it. 

oh heavens, these videos...

as i sit here and finish my creamery ice cream cone, i am DYING watching these videos.  who ever said BYU can be a boring college (no alcohol, no greek life, no gettin' freaky)...booya, take this! 

exhibit  A...

for a class we had to make a video, i told daniel i needed to film him and off we went with the most enthusiasm! 

exhibit B...
an average night in 1121 chunky chipman! lolz!

don't judge. 

kooks concert in salt lake!

shine, shine, shine on...

                                        
    

(i apologize for my repeated mouth open super excited face.
i just couldn't help it!)

the kook's show was unbelievable! we found our way to front center (...i guess that could go with out saying) and our neighbors were not too supportive to say the least, lets just say utah doesn't know concert edicate quite like l.a...."hey! no pushing, there are ladies here!" "ew, are those girls even cute? no!" "touch me one more time and ill punch you in the face" "there is a time to party and have a good time, and now is not the time!"....just a few quotes spout at us.  then, we got the party going and they loosened up.  we danced, moshed, whipped our hair, sang out loud....and one of our friends may or may not have kissed two boys! best song of the night: nicole and i held hands and danced to 'shine on' and that goes into the books of happy little moment in my life!! oh so glorious! after some flirting with the band's reps we found out where they were going to be exiting the building.  so, what do they deserve after an incredible show? a spirit tunnel!!  yes, we gathered and gave them an appropriate good bye.  then, we had to get pictures, duh. wrapping up this wonderful night was a trip to sonic for some slushes! yippee ki yay!!