the BIG apple

This last week, my mother-in-law took my sister-in-laws and I to NYC! We spent 5 days in the city and saw SO much, and had such an amazing time!

It was seriously a trip of a lifetime!

I'll do a "best of" tribute with photos from our trip.

Below are pictures of us in Times Square, our view out of our hotel, and some randoms of us on the streets after we arrived. The first night we walked down the street and saw the Late Show building. We stopped in for dinner at a great little italian place right next to the Late Show studio. That first night I was still in AWE. I fell in LoVe with the city, and already can't wait to go back :)

Dear Mom, With Love

Dear Mom,
I know i'm a day late, but my feelings are still the same! Thank you for all your unconditional love, support, and guidance. Thank you for raising me to be an independent person. You have not only been a wonderful example in the gospel, in your faithfullness and strength, but a good friend I can share my life, joys and struggles with.
I love you.
More than any blog post can express!
XoXo
Sarah

Greetings from NYC

I totally forgot I can blog from my phone! So here's a little taste of our trip so far. It's been fantastic! I can't wait to come back, and I haven't even left yet!

This is our view from our hotel room. A nice close up view of times square!

THE statue (& an older man on the ferry).


And pickles from the carnegie deli! They serve them as appetizers, and they were pretty delish. Just wait till you see the sandwich, huge!


Well, we're off to do some shopping, but I can't wait to share all the awesomeness that we've experienced!!

NYC bound

I am heading out tomorrow for an all girls week in New York City with my mother in law and two SILS!
I promise to have things to blog about once we get back!!

"Hey Sarah, look what I found!"

As Dave was taking out the trash, he yells "Sarah, come check this out!" I made my way outside, to find Dave with a flashlight and really eager to show me his "find".
He flashes the light on this bad mamma.

SERIOUSLY?! I did a spider dance, let out a little scream and told him "get rid of it! Kill it!"
Dave got what any man on a mission to kill a huge black widow would.
A can of WD-40 and a lighter. haha.
But when I got back from getting the camera and Dave got back from gathering his tools to kill, it was gone! It must have known it's fate, and crawled back into the cable and phone box. Well, we're smarter than any spider, so Dave unscrewed the covers, and there she was. Dave flicked it out, and hit it to the ground.

The rest of the story went up in flames. Don't mess with the Andersons!

window update...

Update: The windows are still bare. After multiple trips to Target, a visit to Ikea, looking on Bed Bath & Beyond, Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware's websites, and SO many others, i have yet to find "them". The ones that I did find (and had my eye on for a long time) went on sale at West Elm.com and are now sold out! *sob sob*

So the search continues.....

feeling the need for privacy

No, i'm not going private. But my large sliding glass door and kitchen window are in need of some privacy. We've lived here over a year, and all but these two windows have been properly dressed. I guess it's because
A. I wanted to do the living room right the first time and i've been putting it together little by little, but it's been a slow process.
and B. I don't go into that room too much at night. It's not seen from my main living area.
Which really, seems so weird to me. Growing up I had a fear of windows without coverings. Case in point, Katie's house. Her family room was a wall of large sliding glass doors, with a hide-a-bed looking right out it where we would sleep when i stayed over, and a HUGE DARK backyard looming outside. I was so scared to sleep in there!
SO, i need something to cover it up! I'm stuck on the kitchen window most of all.
Exhibit 1.

And also, the living room window needs help, but that will be an easier task...
Exhibit 2.

I want something to make it pop, give it some personality, and add color. I want a fun fabric, patterned, but that can work with other things, like dishtowels, and the adjoining living room... but nothing that will go out of style too fast... i need some help! Any links? photo ideas? Show me your ideas my creative blogging friends!

Many thanks!
:)