Saturday, March 29, 2008

New York Dreams (and a couple of AZ)

Gracie and I got to travel during Lance's finals week. The reason for the trip:


Janey's Wedding!!
I met "Janey" my freshman year of college. We had some rocking music classes together and shared a love of music and dance. We took many a dance classes from our fav, Fleur, and really bonded while Janey helped me get through music theory. I was DEVASTATED when she decided to transfer to U of A the next year! So after much plotting and planning I convinced her to come back to NAU because I needed a roommate in my new apartment. Though her second stay in Flag was brief, she changed my life forever. From the food I eat, the music I listen to, or even they way I organize my closet. I have never been the same! I LOVE YOU JANEY! I am so happy you have found your true love! Thank you for the opportunity to share this special day with you! I felt very honored to be apart of every bit of festivities and would have traveled around the world to be there! To everyone else I can't even explain how much fun I had! The wedding was AMAZING!!!

I took Gracie to AZ to visit fam and stay with the Mollenhauer's while I ventured to NYC. We tried to cram every bit of family and friends into our AZ trip as possible but there were only so many days! THANK YOU TO GRUMPA, BELLA, ALEXA AND BRITT for taking care of my Gracie! She LOVED spending time with you (and sophie-the new puppy). Thank you to my mom and dad for letting us crash as their place for a few days! MUCH FUN! Thank you to friends for taking us to fun places and having us over to play!



Here are the girls that made my trip easier on my wallet (and a TON more fun!!) Gucci, Coach, Tiffany, anyone?? THANKS KYLIE, MALLORY, AND HEATHER!!




This is the view from our fabulous hotel! One of the nicest hotels I've stayed in, and even though the pic is blurry you can tell it had a GREAT view!





All of the Bridesmaids before the CRAZY Bachelorette Party!



Abby, Diana, Jana, Janey (the bride) Marie, Ashlee, Kristy, and me!



The wedding site! CAN YOU BELIEVE THE VIEW??? It was INCREDIBLE!!! This was also the backdrop for their wedding pics. This was the half of the room that was used for holding for the wedding party, the cocktail hour, and then later the other half of the reception.


Our bouquets! Aren't they GORGEOUS!!??





Just awaiting our big entrance



Janey and Me- LOVE YOU GIRL! (thanks for fixing your orange 4 1/2 inch blush work!)





The beautiful Bride and Groom! Congrats Liza and Jon!!



Playing at the Wilson's...this is the ONLY look Jaxon would give me!



Blake and Gracie (yep, she got a little hair cut--thanks NAT!)
Gracie LOVED playing outside with all of the boys! She thought it was the greatest thing to be able to play outside. Thanks to Grandma (Crouse) for providing summer clothes for Gracie to play in!!















20 comments:

Katie Peterson said...

Happy Birthday to you today! I hope you have a great day! It looks like you had a BLAST in NYC!!! I love the view you had from you hotel!! I bet Gracie loved getting spolied by her grandparents while you were away!

Unknown said...

looks like you guys had so much fun! wish I could have come! Happy birthday Em!! love ya, missy

L&M said...

WOW, THANKS FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES!! YOU GUYS ARE GREAT!

The Standrings said...

wow! looks like a fun wedding!

The Hancocks said...

Eliza looked amazing! What an exciting trip! Happy Birthday! (I did squeeze it in :)

Macey said...

Happy B-day! That sounds like the funnest vaca ever! That totally rocks that you got to go do that and have girl time-cute pics too.

Julie Jan said...

Happy Birthday Emali!! You looked so great in the Bridesmaid t-shirt. Looks like it was a blast! Hope you are having a great day today!

Shiloh McKinnon said...

HOW FUN! I want to go to New York! Gracie is ADORABLE!!

Tiffany said...

I'm glad you are home! You look like you had a blast-I would LOVE to go to New York someday! Hope your birthday was fantastic and I LOVE LOVE LOOOOOVE Gracie's haircut it is so stinkin cute!

Coree Adams said...

Oh my goodness looks like so much fun!! I would LOVE to go to NYC.

Erin said...

You cut your hair! It's so cute!!

spice2116 said...

weddings are so fun!!! beautiful colors and all. fun that you even had shirts lol

Patterson Family said...

How fun! I loved your flowers-so pretty! Your little bump is cute to!

the Gardners said...

Where's the pic of you in your dress?

Lauren and Jason said...

Emali Can I get your address so I can send you something? you can email me at laurenjpatty@hotmail.com Thank You!

Kristen said...

hey this is Kristen Solomon from the old 56th ward, i just ran across your blog and it's so cool to see how you're doing! I saw pics on heather's blog from your trip and i'm so jealous! You look like you are doing fantastic and you are so beautiful, i'm so excited to see if you're having a boy or girl!

Adam and Nicole said...

So so so cute! I am glad you had fun!
I tagged you but I was in such a hurry when I was doing it that I spelled your name wrong on my blog. sorry. just check my blog and go from there. thanks chicky!

Wilson Family said...

Hey Lance and Em!
Sure miss you guys! Hope all is well! Em, I really was hoping you were going to post pictures of what you got from NY. I really want to see!! So someday when I go I can see what I have to look for :) Give Gracie a hug from us!

Emily Moffat said...

How fun! Congrats to your friend. There's no place like New York!

Anonymous said...

Om my gosh what a nice post! Thanks so much, Em! You're such a doll!