Wedding and NYC

Hi All,

Just thought I would write a little update. It has been a few weeks and a couple exciting things have happened.

#1: On July 25th one of my former roommates, Sarah, got married. We were able to spread out the celebration over a few days, which was fun. On Thursday her Maid of Honor flew in, and a group of us went out for a Bachelorette dinner. After dinner we went on a little Scavenger Hunt that we had prepared for Sarah. We hid "wedding" things at different memorable spots around campus and created different clues to help her find these items. Friday morning/ afternoon brought about a lot of setting up and organizing the church for the wedding and reception and then friday night was the rehearsal dinner. Saturday was the Big day and we were able to spend time in the morning getting ready with Sarah which fun. The ceremony was very nice and the reception was fun. After the send off, a group of us cleaned up and then went out to dinner in town.

Not only was this weekend a fun weekend to celebrate with Sarah but it was fun to reconnect with friends to came to the area for the wedding!

Here is a picture of a group of us and Sarah and Jordan and Sarah's parents from the wedding

#2: Last weekend two of my friends, Katy and Lauren, and I traveled to NYC! This was my first time in the Big Apple and it was a lot of fun. We spent a full day there on Saturday and half a day in the city on Sunday. We saw almost everything one would want to see in NYC. On Saturday we took our train into Grand Central Station and then made our way to 5th Avenue and saw the Empire State Building. We then made our to Times Square, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Saint Patrick's Cathedral, FAO Schwarz, Central Park, The Met and the Guggenheim. Saturday was spent visiting Battery Park, Ground Zero, and visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Overall it was a great trip. It was definitely a whirlwind, and we saw a lot and came home exhausted. I would say my favorite part of it was seeing the Statue of Liberty. She was a pretty amazing site!

Here are a few pictures of us. The first one is us in Times Square and the second one is us in front of the Statue of Liberty.

Besides those two exciting events, I found out that I will start student teaching on August 27th and that Orientation is August 20th and 21st. Also as of today I have one more week of work and then I am done. I am pretty excited about this!!

I will be sure to write an update as soon as my student teaching starts!

Hope you are all doing well!