Fun Fall Visits

The last couple of weekends we've been really lucky to have people come out to visit. Two weekends ago, Jeremy's mom, Phyllis came out for the weekend. On Saturday, we enjoyed a beautiful fall day in New York City. We went to the French Culinary Institute for brunch, and saw Mama Mia on broadway and took the elevator up to the top of the Rockefeller Center

The view from the top is pretty amazing! That afternoon we went for a carriage through central park. That's something I've always wanted to do. Along the way, our driver pointed out where various scenes from Home Alone II were filmed. I think we all left there feeling a little bit more complete as human beings.

That night we went to Serendipity for dessert, and it definitely lived up to the hype. The desserts were delicious and HUGE! We got the broadway blackout cake, the ultimate creme and the frozen hot chocolate.

We were tempted, but decided not to go with the $1,000 dollar golden opulence sundae.

Last weekend, my good friend, Brooke, came to visit from Boise. On Saturday we went on a double date out to Amish country. We went to Cherry Crest Adventure farm for the annual potato festival. I love little places like this. They had a petting zoo with little baby chicks that you can hold.

They also had a potato sack slide, a corn maze, potato slings, potato sack races, and potato eating contests. We got in on the action during the potato sack races, but the potato eating contests were more fun just to watch and bet on who was going to win each heat. Another favorite from the day was this blow up bubble thing you could bounce on. All the little kids loved it when Jeremy got on, we could hear them all saying to each other, "Get ready, here he comes!"

It was really great to spend some quality girl time together!

Hawaii

The last couple of weeks have kind of been a blur for us. Last week we took a trip to Hawaii with my family and then we moved 2 days after we got home. Jeremy and I had been looking forward to this trip for months and months. It was really great to see everybody. Jeremy hadn't seen our nephew, Luke, since he was only a couple of weeks old. We had an absolute blast in Hawaii. On one of the first days, We went on a hike in the Waimea valley. All of the trees and flowers were gorgeous
There was a little waterfall with a pool at the end that you could swim in.

We also went out sailing on the Ko Olina Cat, chased dolphins, and went snorkeling.
One of my favorite things that we did was visiting the north shore. We went body surfing at the bonzai pipleine. I love seeing people get knocked over by all the big waves. Although, out of all of us, I am pretty sure I'm the one who ate the most sand.

At the North Shore, we also went snorkeling at Shark's cove. Jeremy and I both agreed that this is the best snorkeling that we had ever done. We were only inches away from a sea turtle. I really like them, they are very wise, kind looking animals.

Another highlight of the trip was the Fia Fia luau with "the chief." It was such a pretty night

On our second to last day in Hawaii, we drove to Waikiki to take surfing lessons. As I was paddling out for the first time, I got hit in the face with someone else's surf board. Jer and I had to take a little trip to the emergency room in Honolulu to get stitches. It seems to be healing really well and I don't think it will scar too bad.


This picture was taken on our last day in Hawaii at the Pali Lookout ( I was having a hard time smiling at this point in time). We were both really sad to leave Hawaii and come back to real life. Hopefully we'll all be together again before not too long.