Our View...

I thought I loved the view from our apartment last year, but it is even better this year! The colors are so vibrant right now. I love seeing this each morning. Before I left Washington I never knew how many colors trees could be! I love autumn in New York!

Sketch...

Here Chels, I thought these might help. These are the ones I was looking at while I was trying to find inspiration. Thanks for giving it a shot!

Time Out for Women

Hilary Weeks performing...and making me cry.

Viriginia Hinckley Pearce...speaking and reminding me to appreciate this time of personal growth

A book by my new favorite speaker, Jane Clayson Johnson. She was able to express so many things that I have been feeling while Skyler and I have both been in school. I will definitely be reading her book when I finish all my assigned texts for school.

I went to "Time Out for Women" with Crystal this weekend and we had a blast. It was very inspirational but more than that it helped me to re-focus on where I am at and being happy about it. Things have been so busy lately that I haven't been able to "enjoy" being in school, it has just been something to do to and get it out of the way so I can move on with my life. After attending this conference, I can remember why I decided to go to grad school and what a blessing it is to continue my education. Hearing these women talk about their experiences living back east emphasized to me how much of a blessing it is for us to be here. Being here in New York has been the best thing Skyler and I have done. We are so close to one another. He is definitely my best friend. We have had opportunities here that we would have never been given elsewhere.

It was great to hear of these amazing women. It was even better to hear these women say that they aren't perfect and have had struggles. It seems like sometimes I look at women that stay home with babies and think that they have it made (not that it is easy, but that it would be so fulfilling). But really, honestly, every women "has it made" if they make what they have great. This is a pretty mushy entry, but it was a pretty mushy activity. I loved it! I want to go to the couples one with Skyler. Plus, now I have been to one more state, because this was in Connecticut!

Spinning in circles...

Skyler now has several offers on the table and it seems that all we ever do is talk about where to live. We have offers in D.C., NYC, and SLC thus far. We are still hoping to hear from Seattle. Everything we talk about relates to what life would be like in the various cities. The crazy thing is, we would love to live in each city for different reasons.

Our good friends Melanie and Gary just took an offer in NYC, so we would love to be near them. My best friend Ashley, lives in D.C. Skyler's family is in Utah. And Seattle is a pipe-dream. For two indecisive people, we sure have a lot of decisions to make. My mom has even jokingly said that she doesn't want another phone call from us until we have an offer from Seattle. It seems like we have a reason to call home with news about offers every day.

Even with all of the decisions, we have been having a great time. We spent last weekend in NYC for interviews and to watch conference with friends in New Jersey. I have fallen in love with the West Village in NYC and love all of the culture of NYC.

We are semi-planning a trip to D.C. to remind us of how much we love it. Every time we go visit any of our prospective cities we love them and think they are the best. The biggest trouble is balancing family life, money, and anticipated work experience for Skyler.

This week is Skyler's fall break, and my week of school and huge projects, but I can't seem to focus. Choosing where to live is just so much more important than writing papers. This weekend I am going to Connecticut with Crystal to the women's conference Time out for Women. It should be a lot of fun.

Here are a few new pictures...

Sailboats in Central Park...(for Dad!)

Our fancy hotel in Manhattan...nicer than our apartment.

Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge.