Ripley's Believe It or Not

                      Can you do this?

In this culture women believed if they stretched their necks they were considered more attractive. I think not just sounds like a lot of pain to me.

                                 This is made completely of pennies I was really impressed!

Katelin and I with our heads in jars. I am in the bottom right and Katelin is in the top left. 

                                                                   Cockroaches anyone?

How tall did you say you were?

I thought this person was going to move it freaked me out so I had Katelin take the picture really fast. In this room I scared Katelin so bad! She was looking at this person I am sitting by in the picture, I just touched her arm but it freaked her out because she thought it was going to move. She screamed and I just laughed people thought we were crazy. 

          Its an optical illusion

We went to Ripley's Believe it or Not. I was entertained the whole time they have some crazy stuff in there. The two videos are pretty funny the one guy swallows a balloon and then proceeds to hammer a nail into his face. The other one is of a lady that swallows gasoline and then blows it right at us, it scared us so much that is why the camera shifts to the right. The host was laughing at us so much, I bet or faces were priceless. Oh there is also this mirror that you try to roll your tongue and do the wave. Well little did I know but the mirror is two-sided so people are watching you attempt it. It was really funny once I got to watch the other people I was laughing pretty hard because people think they are doing it and they are so proud of themselves. 

Bryant Park/Mary Poppins

Katelin and I just sitting in Bryant Park

         Bryant Park

The heart of Times Square

       Waiting to go inside to watch Mary Poppins

Once Katelin got done working we would go into New York and have fun. This day we went to Bryant Park this is where fashion week is held. We ate cupcakes from the famous bakery Crumbs. I was surprised at how extremely cold it is there the wind goes right through you. I thought it was cold in Utah until I got there I was freezing all the time that is why I always have a coat and scarf on in every picture! We also went to see Mary Poppins the musical Katelin's boss gave her half price tickets to any show she wanted. But to get the tickets you have to stand in a line we waited in the line for about 2 hours but it paid off because we got to see the show for free and it was so worth standing out in the cold! 

Manhattan Temple

MANHATTAN TEMPLE

Katelin and I went and did baptisms in the Manhattan temple, it was a really good experience. It is different there because you have to call for an appointment to make sure there are priesthood holders there to baptize you. Whereas here you can just show up to a temple and everything is good. You know there will always be people there to baptize you. It also isn't as easy to get there you can't just drive down the road and there it is. You have to take a bus from New Jersey, then you have to transfer to the subway. Once you step out of the subway there it is. I love how it is amongst the craziness of the city. Before you walk in it is so loud outside but the minute you walk into the door you feel the calming of the spirit and you are glad you made it there. 

New York City Library/Grand Central Station

  NYC Library

    

   Me in front of the library

       One of the many rooms inside

Me in the NYC Library

Grand Central Station

Classic New York Scene men in "power suits"

Katelin and I 

 

     Me in Grand Central Station


Inside Grand Central 

I just visited Katelin in New Jersey, she lives across the Hudson River from New York. We went into the city every night I was there. I was there for six days it was a blast. I still don't have a job since I have been back from Ecuador and I was sick of just sitting at home, so I decided on Tuesday I wanted to go and left the next day. It was really fun to spend time with Katelin I am amazed at how well she gets around the city she is a pro now! We went to the Library it was huge it was really cool to go inside and see everything. We also visited Grand Central both of us wanted to see it because when we were there in September we ran out of time so we didn't get to see it. 

Snowmobiling Fun, Plus a Little Windburn For Me At Least

Katelin, my mom, and I went snowmobiling the other day we had alot of fun! So we started out great having a good time then things turned bad. I was driving with my mom on the back. I took a turn but was going too slow so I ended up tipping it over. When we tipped over it fell on top of my mom and I. Both of my legs were trapped I was on my belly with my legs behind me but pinned to my back. I was freaked out because I was stuck and my mom was just laughing she was stuck too but she thought it was so funny. Eventually we got the stupid thing off of us. You would be amazed at how heavy snowmobiles are! We were having a lot of fun then the culprit my mom tipped it twice on the second time it got stuck in the snow and we had to call for help. I felt so lame having to call for help but they people didn't care. We had a great time but I had to wear a kids helmet since my heard is so small. The kids helmet doesn't have anything to cover your face unlike the adults so to say in the least i got windburn my face was killing me. Katelin thought it was funny because my face was super red once we went back to our hotel.

After snowmobiling we  went to dinner at the local diner, it was a cute little place and we happened to run into our orthodontist pretty random. All three of us were so sore once we were done with dinner  . We decided to go back to the room and take it easy we watched American Idol and crashed. When I woke up in the morning I was so sore I felt like and old woman. It was really fun I am glad we went but it sucked because Katelin went back to New Jersey a few days after.