Nathan's Surprise Party

I didn't think Nicki had it in her. I knew she would want to throw a surprise party for my cumpleanos since she loved being surprised, and I kept on catching her in her lies...it wasn't hard...leading up to my birthday. But I starting doubting as the day rolled on because we went into Manhattan in the morning and we filled our day with little "surprise errands." Then, when the night came she tried to blindfold me on the subway so she could walk me to our final destination; however, I was not about to let her walk me through Manhattan blindfolded - I knew it would have been filled with, "oops, I forgot to tell you about that step/hole/taxi..." Anyway, we arrived at Rockefeller Center where they had ice skating and I gave her props for the good idea. I also figured at that point that there is no way we were meeting anyone there because it would be hard to try and coordinate people meeting there. Then, when I was waiting to skate I saw Jovin (one of the little boys that Nicki teaches in our ward) and still didn't think that they had come for birthday. I thought, "wow that is crazy that they came ice skating, too!" Then I realized when someone else we know showed up right after them, that Nicki had pulled off the impossible...actually throwing me a surprise party in the city. We had "Serendipity Night," consisting of ice skating and getting dessert at Serendipity afterward. I was impressed with the people she was able to get in contact with to come...it was serendipitous.
--Nathan

Whitney Compete's in New Hampshire!

Last weekend was our very first road trip! We went to watch Whitney at her very first BYU gymnastics meet in New Hampshire. She looked great!!! It was such a fun surprise to see the twin Canadians Marie-Helene and Genevieve that I did gymnastics with at BYU. After the meet we went out to dinner at Olive Garden with the team and from there drove through the night to be back in time for Sunday morning meetings – we got home a little after 5 am. We took a picture as we drove into each state...Yay for our first road trip (other than the one across the country)!

Nathan Starts His New Job!!!

When we first moved to New York Nathan was still finishing up some general classes through BYU independent study so I could start class in June. Just a couple weeks before he officially graduated from BYU he was offered a job at AllianceBernstein in the Private Client Services department. This picture was taken on his first day of work. His Mom used to take a picture like this before each school year. The boys would hold up as many fingers as the grade they were starting that year. Now it stands for his 1st job!