NYC and Egypt

We landed in NYC at a ripe 5am after 2 nights without sleep (the night previous spent at Lake Powell with a weirdly hot wind storm.. i am pretty sure the wind was like 110 degrees, we were dying) so by the time we got to Pep and Archie we were like zombies. Peps gave us a detailed route of how to get to her house by subway which was an adventure in and of itself, and luckily she did because i dont think we had the brains to figure it out at the time, ha. They were suuper kind and took us around the city, brand new babe and all. We hit up central park and the delicious Shake Shack and life was good. 

I really think I could sit at a bench at Central Park for the rest of my life and be entertained. so many characters. 

Notable ones: 

1. Crazy lady walking by as Archie got bit by a mosquito and slapped it away said: "Thats what you get!" She had her two front teeth... only. Pictured here: 

2. Pepper was feeding Ren on the bench and a man came up to canvass for donations for something- can't remember exactly but it was some long pitch and then he looked down at Peps and was said "Ohhh.. uh... i see your busy" and walked away. hahah

P & A's apartment is seriously sweet-- overlooking the statute (statue? law school has ruined me) of liberty 

Cairo, Egypt, on the other hand, was a major bust! Could they not wait a couple of weeks to start rioting until after we had traveled there?? Didn't they know it was my dream to see the pyramids, etc? Blast. We were trapped in the airport for 10 hours instead of getting to fulfill our life dreams. But.. oh well. At least we didn't get kidnapped or murdered. And there were some cool things we saw from the plane and airport windows. The schools there, instead of having grassy soccer fields etc have painted white chalk lines depicting the field boundaries. The city looked sweet! and dirty. from above.
I have to admit it was a little freaky boarding our plane from JFK (9/11 anyone?) to Egypt (currently warring). We were some of the only Americans on the plane, so a tad unnevering. Nevertheless, we survived and made it to Entebbe!

how we spent a good chunk of the day, besides talking to our new egyptian friends in the airport:

and a sneak peak of Uganda which will be coming next: 

America's Birthday

Favorite holiday ever: Independence Day

Why: Because its SO low maintenance, involves everything sun and fun, and because I love America. 

first and foremost, I have been waiting ever since we moved into our house (truly) to take a picture like this: 

Our neighbors are apparently the most patriotic people in America to have painted their fence as such

Poor Danny had to study his heart out on America's bday this year. He took his dental boards exam on the 5th. So proud of him for studying his tail off through dental school this year! 

I feel bad for having so much fun without him all day, but my activities included (and were not limited to [and not listed in order]):

Hanging at 7 peaks (though we basically did just like one slide and then hung in the wave pool. Ridiculously crowded) 

climbing to top of bridal veil falls:

playing tennis

again @ BV falls

 

kicking off the holiday right by walking around at midnight to gawk at all the weirdies who camp out for the Provo parade

followed by a midnight showing of Derek's friends band 

waking up at the crack of dawn to run (literally) to the parade

we also longboarded the canyon 

had a bbq (which Danny got to come to, yay!) 

and then watched stadium of fire all night. Top notch birthday, America. 

Best part of the night? Coming home from stadium of fireworks show to Danny. I took a picture of nearly every single firework and played Beyonce's version of Star Spangled Banner and made him look at every last one.

Happy Birthday America. Best party ever.

This is whats going down at our house right now:

Lake Powell, New York, Egypt, Uganda, Miami, and San Diego: we're coming for ya!

Sweet Summer Time

We have been l-o-v-i-n-g this sweet summer and we are stoked to be heading to africa soon. A little of what we've been up to:


Danny is dealing with studying for boards:

I am loving working @ the court house for the summer: 

Road trippin:

Bike riding: 

7 peaks-ing

dating:

huarches-ing (we are giving the barefoot running thing a try, this was the night we all laced up our sandals) 

trying our hand @ a little culinary action: [honey walnut shrimp]

adventure work outs [bike riding + trail running + zumba + doing every slide @ 7 peaks]

hangin w/ fam

awkward family photo-ing

wedding attending:

Have you Heard?

That we are going to Uganda for the summer? 

My goal: take a picture holding Danny up like this:

 

Among our other stops:

NYC, Egypt, Miami, and San Diego. 

Our blog is bout to get more exciting.