Trip to the Big Apple w/ the Wanless Girls

Our trip to New York was so so much fun!! We caught the lite rail in Camden to the train station in Trenton and then took that train into New York!! This is us as the bus stop!! It was really fun riding the train...just something new and it was exciting.













When we got off the train we went the wrong direction and ended up a half an hour walk back to times square but we wanted to catch a 2:00 Broadway show. We didnt have time to walk back (what a shame...(:) so we caught a tax!! We got to the half price ticket place and didnt see anything we wanted to see so we decided to get some food because we were all Starving. we found this cute shop and i had a philly cheese stake, fries, and a Dr. Pepper. It tasted so good!!





Then we went with our plan B and that was to go to the Metropolitian Museum of Art. It was an Amazing place.


These are the steps in Gossip Girl that the "mean girls" sit at so i had to make sure and get a picture sitting here and if you look closely you can see i have a white paper sack!! haha












They had a whole half a floor of just Egyptian stuff. MY HEAVEN!! The picture below is an actual wall from a tomb. I also so lots of coffins, jewelery, pots, fabrics, a mummy, lots of sculptures, the pots where they put the organs in, and a lot more






Me trying to look like a mummy...(: haha















Then we went into the art portion of it. IT WAS AMAZING!! We saw lots of Monets, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, the first Micheal Angelo painting called "The Torment of Saint Anthony." but you couldnt take pictures of that one. I was so over welmed by the time we had to go just by those paintings. There were also a couple a really enjoyed that were from the Pride and Prejudice ara. They made the woman look so beautiful.


Irises by Van Gogh
















Water Lilies by Monet
















I think this was my favorite piece that i saw this day.

Ice Floes by Monet







We took our taxi back and went to a restuarant were the waiters sing while we are eating. It was an intense and loud place but really fun!! These guys are really good too because there is a least one person in every broadway play that used to work there. So it was fun and i had a chicken pot pie. You cant go wrong it was really good!!












After dinner we wanted to walk around a shop a little so we went to the big Toy Store in Times square. It was dark by now and New York at night is always fun to see and around. We looked at all the mugs (for me) and lunch pails (for Becca). We both thought about both but decided not to in the end. But i did go to Starbucks after and get a really cute New York mug and high quality so it was better in the end. While i was getting that i couldnt help but get a drink and pound cake...(: Then Becca only gets Jumba when she comes to new York so she got a jumba for herself.









After getting our drinks we sat in Times Square at the red tables till it was time to go. But we did leave too late because we almost missed our train back!! haha

Kristols House!!

After our camping trip i had a couple days with Kristol!! The first night we couldn't help but watch Twilight and like always it was amazing!! The second day Kristol decided to get me stuck on Gossip Girl and fall in love with Chuck Bass!!..(:

On the third day we took a little break by going to the splash pad with Jacob. On the way home we picked up some Al Polo Loco.....and some sprinkle cup cakes. They are suppose to be the best cup cakes around!! When we got home we couldn't help but make our way back to the T.V. to get some more Gossip Girl in!







Al Polo Loco......Sprinkle Cupcakes.... and Gossip Girl.....what could be better??


Flavors: Key Lime (top left)...Coconut (bottom left)...Vanilla (top right)....White and Black (Spencers)

Fishing Trip

We went to the annual camping trip again this year!! I got to spend the week with Chuck, Norm, and my Dad. Since we are living on the east coast this year we flew to Arizona, rented a car, took all of Kristols camping stuff and was on our way for the nine hour car ride. I had made three C.D's for Dad to listen to on the way up and thank goodness because it would have been a long trip without them. We become obsessed with Over The Ranbow by Iz I on this trip. I think we listened to it at least 100 times by the end. haha This was the first year that it was just Dad and I went from our family. It was tuns of fun like always!! I got one and 3/4th's of a book read....Ride Along by Sara Dessent and the Da Vince Code. I really was enjoying both of them a lot.


What always amazes me about this place ever year is the stars. It is so beautiful at night when you can see every star in the sky. Dad and i found ourselves most of the time going out to eat....i know shame on us...but we were always out and about and not at our camp site. Dad got this idea in his head that he might want to live there someday so we had to check out all the house and such around. But it was fun because mammoth is a cute town. We had this one coffee house spot that had the best pedda's. we kept going back for more. Our fishing was horrible...I didnt get anything and dad got a small brown but didn't keep it. I didn't feel too bad cause the boys only got two a piece themselves and they are the pro's!! They just aren't stocking as much because of the economy. One of the days we went to a creek by June Lake to fish. I got to wait in. It felt really good cause it was so hot and i was in cold water.


One day we decided to take a walk down to Hot Creek. It is supposed to be the hottest fishing place in the country!! But what you catch you cant keep. Its a place where you can only catch and release. This is me at the bottom after we had hiked on down.

Another day we went to the fish hatchery. It was fun looking at all the fish together. I got to feed them as well and they found all fight for it. I felt bad for them also because there wasnt very much room but a lot of them but it was neat it see!!

Another Day at the Beach

Becca and I had a great time at the beach. We left around ten and when to Ocean City. While we were there we went boggy boarding and when i got tired i went and had a really nice nap while sun bathing..(: I actually fell asleep which does not usually happen...usually its a relaxing kind of thing!! Around four the storm started to come in.. when the sound of the thunder sounded everyone was out and gone within a couple min!! We waited it out till everyone was gone and then decided when the wind started blowing that we should pack our stuff to the car. After our adventure of getting the sun tent to go back in it's bag and all our chairs in the car we decided we wanted to go walk around....maybe get caught it the storm??!! It was amazing how the sky turned this dark gray as you can see in the picture of Becca and I. It was warm and muggy with a lot of wind so it was nice walking by the beach for a while while eventually just like we wanted got poured on!! Loved It!!

Old French Movie; Seraphine

I went with Becca, Cat (her sister), and her Mom to go see a French movie called Seraphine!! We went all the way down into cute down town Philly for it!! It was playing at this old movie theater that has totally been re-done so the chairs were really comfy!! The Movie was kind of sad...but to be expected...it was a story about a famous painter that lived her life as a maid!! It was very interesting and gave an insight about how to look at life. Her main focus and great site was in nature!! She turned nature and put it in a modern sense.

Big YSA Bash!!

Yesterday Becca and i went off to a YSA Party!! but we arrived too early for a YSA party ( hour late for a 8 hour scheduled party)..haha so we decided just to keep going to Atlantic City!! We spent a couple hour there in the water, laying in the sun and of course EATING...french fries, funnel cake, and icys for the way out!! We made it to the party around 5:30. It was REALLY FUN!! It was a huge house that had a built in pool...pool table..jungle gym...tennis court..hammics..caterer for the food... and later that night they had a dance with really good music!! It was just a fun night!! What i liked most was swimming on warm summer nights... it was sooo refreshing!! Yes so great day filled with the beach and Partying!! haha

Institute

At the and of every Thursday Becca, Liz (sometimes) and I go to Institute we go over to Friend's!! They have the best curly fries and banana split!! he he he