NEW YORK!!

A couple weeks ago we we flew out to New York for Jeff's cousin's wedding! I had never been to New York City so I was VERY excited!

We had the bright idea to take a Red-Eye flight Thursday night so we wouldn't have to pay for a hotel.... yes it saved us money, but I'm not so sure if it was worth just an hour and a half of sleep.

We arrived at 5:30 am New York time... (3:30 our time), and then took the subway into the city. First time riding the Subway! And it was hot and smelly.

First Impression of New York City: "This place is madness. I've got to get out of here!" Talk about being overwhelmed! Yes, so I didn't enjoy my first hour or so in the city, which was mostly due to being sleep deprived, but also because the first place we went was the World Trade Center, which is pretty darn close to Wall Street... and as most of you know, Wall Street is kind of chaotic right now.

One of the new World Trade Center buildings!

Time Square!

(by this time we had met up with Jeff's family and I was beginning to actually enjoy and love the city)

Craig, Hannah, and Jana

More Time Square

Mmm, Someday....

Hello Donald Trump

Central Park!! One of my favorite parts!

Jeff and his hero Balto :)

The Wegners!

Supporting the home team: St. Louis Cardinals! (who in fact just won the world series)

Beatles

The World Trade Center Memorial

It's a really beautiful memorial. Very touching.

All day Saturday was spent at the wedding. It was so fun to meet Jeff's cousins and aunts and uncles (luckily he doesn't have nearly as many as I do, so I think I got names down pretty good). It was fun to reminisce about our own wedding not too long ago, especially since we got to dance to our song once again! I was so excited when it started playing ha ha. We had a great time, and ate way too much food, but we're so happy for Heather and Jamie and wish the best to them in their new life together!

Crazy Coincidence

I was having a serious craving for Olive Garden yesterday, so I convinced Jeff that we needed to go.

Coincidence #1: We were seated at the exact same table that we sat at on our very, very first date (we're talking pre-dating days, so this was not our second first date, aka the truck rolling one ha). It brought back a flood of wonderful memories from that night and from our dating days.

As we continued reminiscing we realized that that very first date to Olive Garden was TWO years ago! It's so crazy to me that it was that long ago.

Coincidence #2: We then realized that it was probably Exactly two years ago! I tried so hard to remember the actual day we went... but we're pretty sure it was in the beginning of October!

It was perfect. I think I was inspired. Actually I was. When I was watching a show on Hulu, commercials for Olive Garden kept coming on ha ha. Pretty sure it was meant to be :)

The funny thing about that first date was that I actually shot Jeff down after dinner that night... he was having a good time so he asked if I wanted to do anything else and i'm pretty sure I pulled the "I think I was going to do something with my roommates" excuse ha ha. He gave up on me that night :) Pretty sure I am never going to live that down.