a trip to Idaho in November

since I wasn't able to go home for Thanksgiving this year, I took a quick little trip home in early November.

there were many reasons for this trip.

I missed my family.

I wanted to visit my grandparents.

I wanted to kayak in the canyon with my daddy.

I needed to see my darling Angela and her new baby Colten. (who auntie erica loves by the way)

I missed my girls.

and BSU was playing TCU. (I hate TCU)

I love New York....but I really LOVE going home.

(below are a few pictures from the trip home)

Point Pleasant, New Jersey

last summer we ventured to Point Pleasant, New Jersey with some dear friends for a birthday weekend extravaganza!

we stayed at a teenie little motel

we ate yummy food

we explored the boardwalk

Mr. Larsen and Mr. Doxford made the best purchase of their lives, and then they went on to use said purchases in the ocean.

it was such a great trip to celebrate with some wonderful people!

Giving Thanks.

we spent Thanksgiving in the Bahamas this year with Mr. Larsen's Aunt and Uncle.

they were so great to involve us in their family Thanksgiving festivities.

we played at Atlantis.

laid on the beach.

snorkled.

spear fished.

and ate AMAZING food.

Mr. Larsen even caught a Harvard/Utah basketball game as they were playing in the Atlantis Tournament while we were there.

we have so much to be grateful for and feel very blessed.

Happy Valentine's Day!

this is such a wonderful holiday and I am so thankful for the love of my life, Mr. Larsen.

let today be the day that you share the love.

 & let your heart love fiercely. 

New York visitors. {the best kind}

my parents came out to New York last October for a week with their friends Rob and Sheri Greenwood!.

we had so much fun while they were here.

we explored the city, ate amazing food 

(when is the food in NYC not amazing? you're right...it's ALWAYS amazing)

we went to Phantom of the Opera

and visited the Ground Zero memorial fountains.

 my dreams came true when it started snowing the day  my parents were supposed to fly home.

we were all shocked because it was October, but I couldn't have been happier.

their flight was canceled and they were able to stay one more night.

lucky us!

I love when my parents come to visit New York.

they are so amazing and I miss them everyday!

Batman takes over Wall Street

a few months ago Mr. Larsen decided that we should go to the at&t store to buy covers for our phones.

i was pretty reluctant to go because it was a Saturday afternoon and I wanted to clean the apartment.

boy was I glad we went!

as we were walking to the store which is at the east end of Wall Street we happened upon a movie set.

a big one.

it covered all of Wall Street.

everything was blocked off and we had to take an alternate route.

the Mr. saw some production people and started quizzing them on what the filming was.

BATMAN - The Dark Knight Rises!

so cool.

my life-long dream of running into Christian Bale didn't happen, but I did get to see his Batmobile.

that will do for now.

here are some photo's we snapped.

after we left the at&t store, they had finished filming for the day and we were able to walk up Wall Street and it looked like a total war zone. they had replaced the flags across from the NYSE with tattered American flags and covered all of the news stands with propaganda related to the movie. we may or may not have saved some of the fake snow we were traipsing through too.

Halloween 2011

{I am attempting to do some catch up with our blog. Please excuse the posts that are a bit outdated.}

this was my first Halloween in the city.

as you may remember, I ventured home for my first Halloween after moving to New York.

this past year we had a fun party with friends at the Matheny's.

it was so fun to chat, play games, and see everyone's silly costumes.

as usual, the food was delicious, and I brought mini mummies!

the Mr. and I were running around like crazy that week...so we showed up as Black Eyed Peas.

get it. thats right. HILARIOUS. 

after the party a few of us ventured up to the West Village to check out the infamous Halloween Parade that goes on every year.  let me tell you, New York's craziest people make an appearance that night.

Halloween is such a special day for me.  My sweet Granny Brown was born that day!

I can't wait for this years festivities!