Life through the iPhone lens.

We have actually been quite busy here since we have arrived. Over the past couple of weeks, we went camping with the F's in the Catskills for two nights, which was beautiful. It was our nephew's first camping trip and despite his many tumbles in our rocky campsite, he seemed to really enjoy it and did quite well sleeping in a tent--he is a natural! We have already had some friends and family visit us as well. We were able to explore and go to a lot of the tourist attractions (which we wanted to do again since we're living here now) and visit places that we may not have been able to get to for a while. It was such a great week with them here and we are looking forward to more visits from family and friends. As always, we have been exploring the wonderful food options NY has to offer as well as baking and cooking some of our own. Let's just say it has been a delicious experience and we look forward to trying more! Here are some pictures of what's been going on around here from my iPhone.

Camping in the Catskills with the F family.

 Our apartment on move-in day.

 P tending to one of his favorite parts of our home--the bookshelf.

P and Nick in Prospect Park.

 Jenny, Kristica, and me in Prospect Park.

 We ate this delicious pizza from Pizza Plus on the roof on our first night in our place.

 The view from our roof. 

 Happy hour craziness with the F family.

 A pistachio doughnut from Doughnut Plant in the city.

 Coney Island with the friends.

 Visiting the World Trade Center on September 11.

The city from across the water.

 Had to beat the heat with homemade popsicles.

 Made my mom's famous cookies to feel a little closer to her.

 Watched Clueless in the park with the city skyline as the backdrop--breathtaking! 

 Indulged in some frozen hot chocolate from Serendipity 3.

Hung out with this little munchkin.

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Although we have our moments of panic and feeling home sick, we are having such a good time out here and can't wait to see what this city teaches us.

xo

Wow, I've been neglecting this thing. SO much has happened these last couple of months and so much is still to come! Let's see...I've graduated from nursing school and have been licensed as a registered nurse, went to and was in a couple of weddings (one for my wonderful sister), bachelorette parties, visited friends, roadtripped across the country to our new home in New York, and the list goes on. Times are a changing and I am definitely loving where we are in our lives.

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I am so happy that nursing school is over and that I am officially a nurse (although, I am still waiting for my license to transfer to New York so I can actually start practicing!). I am now able to chose my activities and spend my time doing things that I have been neglecting like reading, decorating, exercising, cooking, baking, exploring, and hanging out with my love. Let me tell you--it is AMAZING. I love learning and I love nursing, but I am definitely ready for the freedom! Now, I just have to find a job.

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The latest and greatest happening for us has been our move across the country. We have recently relocated to New York and are loving every minute of it. To get here, we decided it would be exciting and adventurous to roadtrip and see as much as we could see on our way. We started in California and drove about 5,000 miles in 15 days through Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tenneessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C., Deleware, New Jersey, & New York. We saw beautiful things and our eyes were opened to the wonderful variety of landscape that spreads across our continent. We saw things like meteor craters, landscape art, slide rocks, lightening storms, starry nights, lush forests, and friends along the way. Considering we are both foodies, we ate the bests of foods in every state we visited. We ate things like biscuits and gravy (which we can rarely find veg friendly), street truck tacos, veg chili fries and dogs (the Mr.'s favorite), falafels, cream puffs, etc. We camped and went to bed and woke up to the most beautiful of symphonys from the native insects and animals. This was such a memorable experience and it is a trip that neither of us will ever forget. We learned, explored, laughed, cried, sang, screamed, joked, discussed, and so on. Although we are happy to have arrived to our new home, we are looking forward to our eventual move back to the west coast and the roadtrip across the northern states. This is a trip that we would recommend to anyone. If you live in the US, you have no excuse & you must explore outside of your home state to see what this beautiful country's land is made of.

Here are some images of some wedding festivities, visits, etc.:

My sister's bachelorette weekend.

Both of my sisters and I have all worn this beauty at our bachelorette party.

Solvang, CA for my sister's beautiful wedding!

The gorgeous bride herself.

Our precious nephew laying in the big boy bed.

My mom, oldest sister, and I setting up for the ceremony.

Our friends, Jessica and David's wedding. She made her own dress!

Katie and Joey on their wedding day. Beautiful couple!

The long awaited graduation ceremony with two of my favorites, Kaylin and Elise.

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Now that we are mostly settled in, I will be a bit more present on this thing. I look forward to keeping a record of the happenings and events that this journey in New York bring us. It's good to be back.

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xo