My Tennis Teacher

Jared tried teaching me how to play tennis the other day.
This is about how it went...
Here he is laughing at me...He's just good at every sport he plays.
It's a good thing he's so cute or I probably wouldn't play any sports with him. =)

Tourists

Jared and I rode a double-decker tour bus all around Manhattan. It was perfect for us--stress free and we got to see and learn about things we probably wouldn't have if we took the subway or just walked around. All we had to do was sit back and enjoy the sights, or hop off if we wanted to look around and then hop back onto the next bus. We saw so many things! Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan museum (this place is huge so we'll have to dedicate a different day to actually touring it), Central Park, Harlem, Times Square, China town, Canal street, Statue of Liberty, where John Lennon was shot, Wall street, NYU, site of the World Trade Center, the Empire State Building, 5th Ave, you name it and we saw it.

One of our favorite parts of the tour was the Cathedral of St. John. We both were in shock and awe at the architecture and design of this building. It is the largest cathedral in the world and the pictures I took of it don't do it justice. That round stained glass window below has a 40 foot diameter.



Here are some shots inside the museum of natural history-all I could think of was the movie Night at the Museum. :) As you can see it was extremely crowded in there so we didn't stay for very long.

One highlight of the day was bartering with a Chinese man on Canal Street for a NY Fire Dept shirt. Jared had bought an identical shirt to it when he visited NYC in high school. He literally wore that shirt out, and I finally threw it out without Jared's permission a while back. So...I bought him a new one to make up for it. I'm sure it will be his "shirt of the month" now :).

I couldn't believe how expensive some of the apts were! Alex Rodriguez, a player for the Yankees and the highest paid baseball player, pays $28,000 a month for his apt that overlooks Central Park. Ridiculous.

Flat Iron building...

Empire State building...
My favorite part of NY: Broadway. Two years ago when we came to NYC we went to Phantom of the Opera. Loved it. I listen to the soundtrack all the time but its still not as good. I think it would be fun to see this one next...

Mr. and Mrs. Jorden Weishaar

Here are a few pictures from Jorden (Jared's bro) and Ariel's wedding. We had such a great time! The picture above is of Jared's parents and siblings (minus Dylan who is on his mission in Mexico).
Us in front of the Billings temple. It's really a beautiful temple. It's located near the Rimrocks that overlook the city. Makes for a stunning background.

This is our nephew Cade. He has gotten so chunky since the last time we saw him! He was the cutest during the reception. I put olives on his fingers and he was eating them and then he decided to feed Uncle Ryan some too.

Congratulations Jorden and Ariel!!

Montana here we come!!

We leave Friday for Jorden and Ariel's wedding in the Billings, MT temple!! Jared's whole family will be there. We are so excited for the happy couple! It will be a really quick trip but totally worth it.