Work, School, PLAY!

Although work and school have been going pretty well, we still prefer the "play," so here is an update on our recent playing...

(Matthew's post-publish inserts will be in blue.)   :) 

Times Square!

We went to New York for Kirsten and Wil's wedding! It was a little rainy at times, but beautiful! (It rained the entire morning of the wedding, and then stopped exactly before we left to go to the Temple.  Rained during the sealing, and then stopped again for pictures.  It was such amazing timing the whole day!) Also, there were 7 girls in one tiny apartment all getting ready for a WEDDING at the same time. The power went out in the middle of blow-drying hair and we almost lost it. Oh, and apparently sleeping on an air mattress that is slowly deflating all night is not comfortable...especially when you wake up and your body is literally in the shape of a "V". Sorry Mary and Gretchen! Good times though!

Super creepy Pooh Bear.  (Agreed.)

Gretchen took this for us and said, "I got Pooh's back side in it for you." Thanks G-Dawg! (Yes, my wife thinks she is gangster. You are not the only one who thinks it's weird.) 

Matthew was overjoyed that he spotted the Montana State flag at Rockefeller Center. ("It was a corner flag. Very important positioning!")  (Like 100 flags and only 4 corners...big deal, right? Montana is the only thing keeping this nation together!)

We stopped for lunch at Pronto Pizza and Beef! I promise it doesn't say 'beer'... Seriously, the best pizza I have ever had! (It was pretty amazing.) And it had the nicest owner- Dad got a free refill of soda which totally made his trip. Not even joking, he was SOOO happy! (PS- the owner said rent for this little place was like $24,000 a month, or something crazy like that! And he said it is double that if you are closer to Times Square! How many pizzas does it take to break even?)

Pronto Pizza!

We found Kitty Paw Paw! Who knew she would make it all the way to stardom as the Poster Kitty for American Girl on 5th Avenue? (If you are not a Dekker, just move along. It would take too long to bring you up to speed!)

Had to stop at the Apple Store! It was super crowded, but we got to play with the new iPhone so it was totally worth it :) Matthew was in heaven. (Giant glass cube with a glass spiral staircase going down to a completely underground cutting-edge electronics cathedral...everyone was in heaven!)

Don't worry, we have like 400 pictures of tall buildings. Matthew really likes tall buildings. (Believe it or not, there are only like five 3+ story buildings in Bozeman, Montana, okay?)

Central Park was gorgeous! Such a beautiful day! Shortly after this we watched some sweet street performers break dance. 

And finally, we made it to the one thing Matthew had been waiting for allllll day...the Empire State Building! It is very tall and very difficult to take pictures of (especially at night). Here is one of our better shots:

The sky looks pretty awesome. We finished the day off with some coffee-free drinks from the Starbucks inside the ginormous Macy's. (PS- I then rode the subway back to upper Manhattan all by myself...I'm pretty cool.) And then we had to fly back to Provo. It was so fun to be in New York with the WHOLE Dekker clan, but it went by way too fast! Let's do it again next summer, ok guys? 

Super fun!!