Back to Nebraska

Ashley's wedding flew by. One second we were in Nebraska, another second we're home and back to reality. The wedding was really nice. It was held at a Methodist Church and the reception was at Fontanelle Forest, which is a nature center. They have nice banquet facilities. Here are a few pics:

Southern Trip

We got back from our trip late Monday. It was a relaxing weekend, but I would've liked nicer weather, being in the South and all. We started off in Dallas and were able to meet up with Krista, Milas, and soon to be Max. The next day we drove to Shreveport (about a 3 hour drive), Louisiana to see Mona and Sujith. Their house was really nice and I got some decorating ideas for our house! We got a tour of the city, including Mona's workplace and the casino riverboats. I always forget how nice everyone is. The waitresses and even Gap workers were so excited to help us. I liked when they said "y'all come back and see us sometime." I almost started saying y'all, but it never really happened. My favorite part of the trip was eating crawfish. It's a dirty job to peel and eat them, but a fun experience.


The Milas' and Hersteins


Our crawfish platters


More crawfish

This weekend we have our final walkthrough of the house and then we close on Tuesday!! I think Steph might be having a going-away party before she leaves for Thailand so that may happen this weekend as well.

If I can make it here, then I can make it anywhere...

Our trip to New York was wonderful. We were able to do everything on our list. We went to the Met, ate at Au Bon Pain and 'Wichcraft, went to Chinatown (while they happened to be celebrating their New Year so it was way crazier than it usually is), hung out with Matt's family, including watching Diana's amazing recital, met up with my Uncle, and stayed in a beautiful hotel. If you want to see all our pics, I can e-mail you the kodak gallery album. Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure:

While shopping around on 5th, I found one of my favorite Disney villains, Cruella!



We LOVED eating at Morimoto (The Iron Chef). He had amazing seafood and sushi dishes. By far our favorite restaurant in NYC. Thanks to my Uncle and his girlfriend Maria for taking us to this fab restaurant. This is the famous "water bottle" wall in the restaurant:



And Matt in front of our impressive entrance at the Grand Hyatt:



We also celebrated our first anniversary. Thanks to family and friends for the cards, calls, etc. We can't believe it's already been a year! It's weird not celebrating our "dating anniversaries" but I think it's better that we can celebrate wedding anniversaries because it seems more important.

This whole next week I'll be proctoring the ACTs and Michigan's version of the MEAPs. I've never proctored before, but I intend to add it to my resume! I hope everyone has a nice weekend. It's supposed to be in the 50's here so that will be a nice change!

New York Trip

Reena and I just got back from our New York trip. We went to see Diana sing at her senior recital and, as expected, she performed exceedingly well.

New York was very cold, since it was February, but we braved the weather and walked around a bit. But the best part of New York had to be the food!!! On our first night Uncle R.K. took us out to eat. We had no idea where he was going to take us, but he ended up taking us to the best place! We went to Morimoto, which is the restaurant owned by Japanese chef Morimoto of Iron Chef Fame. The Iron chef did not disappoint. The appetizers were the best part of the meal. We had shrimp tempura and steamed scallops. The shrimp tempura was crispy and came in two flavors, one which was spicy and the other had a tangy flare...together it was sweet and spicy and was probably the best shrimp I've ever had. I don't particularly care for scallops, i think they have a weird texture and are not that tasty, but these were no ordinary scallop. These scallops were cooked with scallions in a spicy chinese sauce and were quite possibly the world's finest scallops! Morimoto lived up to his billing as an Iron Chef and his cuisine reigns supreme in New York!