NY and apartment

So Dave and I have been in New York for almost 2 months. It has gone by so fast. We are living in New Rochelle which is right by the Bronx. We have a train station right outside of our apartment so it is so nice when we want to go into the city. It is only about 30 minutes to get to the city when we take the train. My mom wants to see some pictures of our apartment so these are for her! :) This is our living room. It is pretty clean cause Dave surprised me and cleaned the apartment yesterday! He is so good to me. I love things clean but I don't love to clean...it causes problems. This week has been a little stressful because we have been trying to buy our car since Monday and it seems like there is one thing after another that needs to be done. I just wish they give you a list at the beginning so when you get things done and excited to pick up the car your not disappointed when you have something new to do. Hopefully tomorrow morning we can FINALLY pick it up!!! I will post some pictures soon!

This is the view to the east out of our living room window. We live on the 22nd floor. Yes, I have to ride the elevator. I am doing pretty good. During the year since our elevator accident (click here for blog post)....I have had a lot of anxiety. I am still selective about elevator I take but I have come a far way. Ha Ha. You can see the Long Island Sound(that's the water). It was a little foggy the day I took this picture. It is so pretty when it is clear. On Saturday's and Sunday's the ocean is filled with sailboats. It is so pretty to see.

Our kitchen. Looks pretty similar to the one from Miami (click here for Miami pics. The apartments are similar but Miami is a lot prettier!). This year though there is an opening above the sink into the dinning/living room. I love it mainly cause when I cook dinner I can watch my shows!!!ha ha :) I need to stop watching TV so much!

This is also a view from out living room window.

This is our pool.

Time Square with the girls and work BBQ

Lexie, Maranea. Ashley, Lucky, and I went downtown to meet the guys for dinner at Dave and Busters on night. I drove down there and didn't die!! I am was excited. New York drivers are out of control!! Drivers make 2 lane road 3 lanes somehow.
Us at Time Square

Maranea, me, Eliese, Ashley, and Lucky. We would get together and watch American Idol at nights. We try to do stuff together because it gets pretty boring out here!! They are so nice to put up with me when my phone rings all night. This was Eliese's last day. She was being the OA on weekends. Now I work Monday-Saturday. Fun Fun summer. At least I am making money so I can't complain

Work BBQ. The guys earned money towards a BBQ for their memorial day incentive. Last year they got extra money on each sell....APX is getting cheaper but oh well. It turned out so yummy. We had hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken kabobs, steak kabobs, salads, chips, and drinks!

Dave being a nerd!

Most of the techs.

This year has been soooooo nice. Last year was a nightmare. I hated every second of it but this year has been very nice. The techs are awesome. They actually want to work, crazy concept I know. I am not going crazy this year, I think Dave loves me more now :)

Graduation

So my computer has a virus and so I was not able to pull my pictures off it. Here is an update FINALLY!! I graduated May 2nd in Elementary and Special Educations!! It was a happy day! I will miss all my friends from the program. We had classes together for the last 2 years EVERYDAY. I am sad we are all going different ways.

My mom and I

My parents took us to Le Nonne for lunch before graduation!! We love this Italian Place. If you live in Logan you should check it out. I am glad we were able to go before leaving for New York. Thanks mom and dad for dinner!

I am finally a teacher!!

Jamie, Me, Heidi

The SPED gang!

Jeremy, Jamie, Me, Kjerstin, Sarah, Crista, Alli, Heidi, Ashley

Thanks Mom, Dad, and Dave for coming to graduation! It meant a lot! Everyone seemed to have a lot of family and friends cheering for them. I was a little scared that nobody would clap when they said my name but luckily the Wade's also cheered for me, thanks!

Not the greatest picture of me...My mom threw me a graduation party. She even had a cute cake make for me, THANKS!!! It was such a fun BBQ.
You can always count on the Smith's for a good time! We stayed up late singing and having a good time around the fire.

Thanks to all my relatives who came, it meant a lot.

I am so excited to have my own classroom but a little nervous! It will be a great, challenging experience. Thanks for everyone who has helped me get through school!

Dave's band concerts

I had to put this light on our blog because Dave is so sad. Dave took this light to his concert on campus Thursday night (yes it is the same sign Danny and Cory put in my living room window...) and it broke after the concert. He has been sad since then so I am putting it on here to make him happy!

Dave had 2 concerts this past week. He played on campus Thursday night and at a bar on Friday night. He is having a lot of fun being able to play his guitar since he isn't able to play it is way loud and we don't want the neighbors to hate us! Here are some pictures and videos. The video quality is not the greatest but you can see Dave playing the guitar behind his back and lighting his guitar on fire at the end of the show. He is a very good entertainer and everyone that hears him is amazed at how well he plays. I am proud of him! Thanks Danny and Candace for coming to his show!

The band playing

Dave playing the guitar behind his back.

Dave lighting his guitar on fire

1 year anniversary

We had our 1 year anniversary on Saturday. We went to Salt Lake for the day. We went shopping and then ate at Tacanos Brazilian Grill! We stayed the night at a cute bed and breakfast in Salt Lake. It was fun to get away even if it was just a night. It has been a crazy few weeks with getting my portfolio done and Dave's school work. I can't believe it has been a year. It seems like it hasn't been that long but at the same time seems like it has been forever:) I am so happy that I met Dave and he decided to marry me!! I love him so much even though he is so weird most of the time! :) Dave is heading out to New York today and I am going to miss him so much. It is sad the summer is already starting. The summers are not always the funnest for us anymore. It is good to live in new places but we both work so much so we don't get to do a lot of fun things. Hopefully this summer we will get some more fun in.

The beautiful roses Dave gave me!!

I have a job!

I officially have a job for next year!! I am so excited to have my own classroom! I will be teaching at an elementary school in Tremonton. I am not a big fan of Tremonton so this will be interesting! :) Don't be mad Randi Jo!! We are now trying to figure out where to live... I am trying to find a way that make sense to Dave for us to live in Perry. I am not sure it is working to well!

Dave's concert and Cory's visit

Dave's band had their first concert in Ogden a few weekends ago. Dave is so talented, it was fun to watch him! Dave enjoys playing but wishes they played a little softer stuff.

We had Dave's brother Cory stay with us for a week or so. He is going to be graduating from high school this year and we are trying to get him to come to Utah State!! I am not sure if we convinced him or not... We had a lot of fun while he was here as well as some adventures. We loved having Cory here and hope that he comes out to Utah. Poor Cory was probably bored while he was here since Dave and I were always at school. Cory did come to school with me one day and helped in the 3rd grade class. He did so well and the kids loved him! Danny, Dave's brother that is going to BYU also came up on the weekend. I can't believe I didn't get any pictures while they were here.

We went to Lava Hot Springs in Idaho and it turned into an adventure. One of Dave and my friends came with us. He forgot his swim suit in the car and went back to get it. The key broke in the lock and we were stranded in good ole' Idaho! My parent luckily were able to bring a spare key to Logan and his wife brought the key to us. The worst part of all of this was what Danny and Cory put in the window at my apartment that my parents saw....a blinking neon "Live Nudes" sign! My parents didn't think it was so funny and I am not sure what all of my neighbors think....I figured something to that nature would happen with all these boys together!