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We have been working on this dance all week for you guys. Merry Christmas to all!

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Thanksgiving in New York.

It is no secret that November and December are busy months. I bet that anyone reading this would probably prefer a concise summary of our Thanksgiving so I will skip all the boring parts and go straight to the highlights:

1) The parade. Got there at 6 AM, beat the crowds, made posters, awesome.


2) Thanksgiving dinner! At a friend of a friend's apartment, awesome meal while we made new NYC friends. Yo, Scott and Peter.

3) Wicked. A true thanksgiving miracle, we won the ticket lottery at the theater so it made it even more special. Now we know why college girls everywhere (and me too) love it.



4) Saw my ol' BYU buddy Mike Barnes in front of the Plaza Hotel. Wild. Another Thanksgiving miracle. For other long lost frineds who I don't randomly meet in Manhattan, there's always Facebook.

5) OMG you will not believe this coincidence: accidently walked right past PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION on Grand St. in Soho! Sound familiar? Oh, it's only the company owned by Kelly Cutrone (in LA) where Lauren Conrad and Whitney work on the MTV #1 soft-reality show THE HILLS!!!! Yes, the very location that LC and Whit flew to on business in episode #58.


6) just kidding about #5. Ashley made me put that in.
7) In summary, we had a great time with the Manns, Harts, and Nielsens.

Here some other random pics from the trip:

Juilliard...heard of it?

Sadie goes against NY pigeons for food. Of course we intervened on her behalf.

some tight quarters at the hotel

If you know us, then you know that the real reason we go to NYC (or anywhere) is the possibility of Celeb sightings:a) Miley Cyrus, who distinctly said "awwwww, cute" when she saw Sadie and her friends.
b) Barry Manilow, who's feathered hair and distinct profile we caught at The Today Show.
c) James Taylor, who looked over when we yelled "Sweet baby James"
d) Miss USA. 'nuff said
e) Disney sensation Melissa Cosgrove from iCarly or School of Rock
f) Does anyone know this rising young hip-pop star?
g) David Archuletta, sweetheart of murray, UT.
h) Trace Adkins, country's original Bad Boy
i and j) Elpheba and Galinda from the original Wicked cast. This was more meaningful after we saw the show...

And there were other random celebrities that we saw and didn't know or care about. But seriously it was so amazing to be in their presence. The stars are just like us, but awesome. We love you, Celebrities!


....What? ....huh? Who wrote that? Did I say that out loud?

Showing off her new primary mandibular lateral incisors

Chopped

I went and got me self a bob and a pair of bangs to go with it.

not the best pics but you get the gist.Yeah it be short.

Jamaican me crazy

As you may have heard I did get to go to Jamaica on a week-long service project through the dental school. It was a lot of fun, and kind of nuts. Here are a few facts:

Fact #1) No other dental school has an international annual service project (but if Oprah started a dental school, I bet it would).

I discovered that this is not a real fact.

Fact #2) If you haven't seen as many pigs and goats as you want, try going to Jamaica.

Fact #3) Cavities can be caused by lack of dental education, failure to brush teeth, and sitting around a sugar cane field your whole life gnawing on cane.

Fact #4) I have never had so much quality time with shirtless dudes on the beach.

Seriously, though, it was a great time and we were able to do some good. Some tourism highlights include Dunn's River Falls, a bioluminescent bay, and a 7-man (literally) train down a waterslide at Margaritaville. It was nice to come home to my lovely wife and little beast.

If you are interested in pics:

CA in a nut shell....

I have been neglecting my duty as a fellow contributor to the blog world, which I am very ashamed of and I am now about to redeem myself with this lovely post. In October Mark went to Jamaica to help save the teeth of the people there. I will let him explain that in the next post. Since he has been gone a lot on externships and in Jamaica I was getting lonely and tired if taking care of Sadie all by myself so Sadie and I decided to go see what the fam was up to in sunny California. (I would not recommend flying alone with a 10 month old.) A splendid time was had by all. Sadie made her first trip to Disneyland and Knotts berry farm, 2 of my favorite hot spots in Cali. It was so fun to take her. I love introducing her to new things and sharing first experiences with her. I think she liked it. She even got to ride a few rides.

Disneyland/CA Adventure

Doesn't she look great in her Disney get up?

We were partners on this ride.

The sisters back together at last.

Knotts Berry Farm

One thing I learned is that Sadie loves huge, dill pickles just like me. She sucked that thing dry. Once when I was a teenager I was on the Oceanside Pier and I wanted a pickle so bad but I had no money I asked a lady if I sang for her if she would give me a dollar so I could buy a pickle. So I sang "Earl had to die" by the Dixie Chicks and I got my self a pickle.

Mother doing the whole grandma thing really well. Thanks for watching her while we went on all the rides.

The rest of the trip
I was also fortunate enough to go out just in time for Hayley's bridal shower. She is getting married next month in Hawaii. The shower was a luau theme. How appropriate huh? She even got to wear a real lei.
Me and my little sisters. I rule the roost. jk.

With my dad out of town for work and Jay on a mission poor Nick was stuck with all of girls. We felt bad for the kid so we decided to show up at his last H2O polo game with all matching pink shirts with Go NICK type paraphernalia on it. We wanted to embarrass him but I think he really liked it.

Oh and I also became a huge fan of the High School Musicals.

Sadie meets fowl and a Sunday stroll

Sunday afternoon we headed over to University of Richmond which is a beautiful campus to introduce Sadie to the art of feeding ducks. I have fond memories of feeding ducks when I was little and I have always thought it would be fun to take my kids.  Love at first sight.

What magnificent beasts.

                              Oh I love my little lovers. 

Okay... geese can pretty scary. These guys were a little aggressive. I didn't get a picture of there aggressiveness because I was too busy running away from the beasts.

                             Fall and all of its glory