He has done it again folks! . . .

My amazingly talented husband (toot toot :) has done it again! We were really privileged to visit New York in the fall, on his company's dime, and now we get to go to this amazing city in a couple weeks!

Am I excited?! YOU BETCHA!!!

I have only driven through Seattle and never gotten a chance to experience it! So this will be something new and exciting!

I am also really thankful that he works for a company that rewards hardworking employees like they do! It is really nice to hear him say how much he loves his job!

I will post all about it when we return!

Also, have any of you been there? What are the best and "funnest" things to do!?!

LOVES!!!!

Lindsay

2 years. . . and counting!

May is a crazy month for us with lots of birthdays and traditions so I am a tad behind on posting. But one tradition that is still fairly new is my wedding anniversary!

Brian and I hit 2 years (and counting!) on May 10th! Sometimes I can hardly believe it! It has gone by so quickly!

We celebrated by going eyeglass shopping and going to cheesecake factory ( YUM!!!) and watching our wedding video!

It was an amazing night and one where we got to talk and reminisce about meeting and starting off together. I think that was my favorite part!


He is so amazing for so many reasons and I am glad he is all mine and that he picked me! :)

I love you Bunky! Thanks for two great years!

XOXOXO!!!!!

Linds

The Phantom of New York. . .

When I heard that we were going to New York, the first thing I said was, "We need to see a broadway show, oooooh! Can we please see Phantom of the Opera! Its my favorite!!!"

I have never seen a "real" show on Broadway before, and I was super stoked!!! So we called around to a MILLION places and finally got the number for the theatre.

There are some things you will need to know when booking a broadway show in New York.

1. Tickets sell out fast!!! I mean fast!!! If you want tickets to anything buy them in ADVANCE. Especially a famous one like phantom.

2. Tickets will cost you more than you have ever spent on any kind of entertainment. Be prepared for the shock.

3. Tickets are totally worth it, and you should try to get the best possible seats you can, for the best price.

The lady on the phone and her huge accent, told me there were two tickets left in price range two. There are four price ranges she says. $300 and Up for a seat for the purple section front half. 250-200 a seat for the purple back half. 150 a seat for the green section, and 100 for the yellow section.


But she says, I only have two tickets left for the yellow section, and two tickets left for the purple back half section.

I couldn't allow myself to spend over $400 on broadway tickets but I really wanted THOSE SEATS!!! I knew from past experiance that we wouldn't be able to see the show THAT well from all the way back there in the yellow seats!!!

I talked to her for a little bit and told her it was our first time at a show, and to New York and that I have waited my whole adult life to see THIS show :) and that we really wanted to have the better seats and asked if she would give us any kind of a discount.

She paused for a minute and said she would knock $90 bucks off each seat for us making our total $250 instead of $400. ALOT BETTER RIGHT!?!?!

So we were happy with our purchase and even happier to see the show in a few days!!!

If you think that is cool, just read on!!!

So we arrived at the theatre which looks like it could be in a strip mall or something. I expected this big establishment like the capitol theatre, or kingsbury hall downtown in utah.

But it is a huge theatre inside that doesn't look huge on the outside!!!

Anyways, we walk inside to get our tickets and the ticket guy looks them up then looks at me, and looks at the computer and back at me for about 1 minute.

By now, I am paranoid that there is some problem and we are not going to get to see the show of my dreams. Why else would he be taking so long!!!

He then asks me if we would like better seats, and that they are available. I think that I don't want to spend more on them so I didn't say anything for a second.

"Do you not want them then?" he says.

"Well I do, I REALLY do, I just can't spend more on them, and it is our first time here, and. . .

He cut me off with a smile and says, " No additional charge, I am just going to upgrade you ok?"

He hands me the tickets, we thank him, and run into the theatre. Our usher took us to the seats and my jaw dropped. We were in the fourth row from the stage DEAD CENTER!!!

If I could have died from a delirium of joy I think I would have!!! He had upgraded us to 700 dollar seats!!!!

Just to give you an idea of our seat travel, here is the Before and After pics!!!

The show was amazing!!! From where we were sitting, I felt like we were in the play. And when the chandelier fell, I felt like it was going to land on my head!!! I loved everything!

The acting was superb,

their voices top notch,

costumes colorful and detailed,

and the scenery changes out of this world!

The whole show I kept hearing gasps from people around us. I guess they were as flabbergasted as us!!!

If you ever go to new york, please see phantom for me, and I guess for yourself! You will enjoy the heck out of it!

I have NO idea why we were so lucky to see the things we were in New York, and to get those tickets and seats, but all I can say is that I will never forget it! I must have gotten butterflies at least a million times that night!

Needless to say, all my cd player has played for the last three weeks is that music. I guess you could say I am on a mild phantom kick...

Love and Opera!

Linds

Wedding Surprise!!!

What is better than finding something. . . You didn't know you even had!!?!?!

Absolutely Nothing my friends!!!

My lovely friend lori and her cute hubby josh attended our wedding, and they are really awesome at photography!

She emailed me yesterday with all these pictures and I was DELIGHTED!!! To see some fun and memorable pictures from the best day of my life that I never knew I even had was such a TREAT!!!!

I guess they took an entire cd of pictures and they are wonderful! See, I knew they had taken a couple bc they took the one at the top of our blog, but I had no idea of the wonderfulness of the candid pictures!

So for your viewing enjoyment here are a couple of my favorites!!!

Here are my girly shoes and nails. Men have NO IDEA what we go through to get ready for this day. I love that since lori is a girl, she noticed the details!

I am telling brian how hungry I am in this one then he leans in and plants a kiss on my tummy. The photographer then says how cute it is and makes us pose! Hilarious!

I love this picture because when you see a great picture, lots of times you don't think of all the hard work that went into making it so great! That other guy in the picture is our videographer john who also did an incredible job!

I loved my wedding dress. It was the perfect one for me and after I tried it on, I didn't try on any others. This is such a cute profile picture with the lovely tulips.

Not only is my mother beautiful but she is an incredible person. She worked so hard for me and made my entire wedding come together as the perfect day for me. I couldn't have done any of it without her! Even though people never say we look alike, I am really glad that we are very similar in personality!!!!

This is the same setting, just from another angle. I love this picture so much. It is a favorite!

The Photographer loved the green here so he said this would be a good place to take a "serious" picture.

The next thing I knew I was being dipped and kissed! Brian always makes me laugh so hard!

My family in front of the temple after the ceremony. I loved the pink accents. It seems really weird to me that ty wasn't here for this and that he was on his mission in Brazil.

This was right when I had walked out of the temple with brian! I was so happy, and glowing and my cousin Elisha was one of the first people I hugged! I love this picture. . . it captures my personality so perfectly. . .

I was smelling my boquet the whole day because I love roses. I must have been laughing when she took this!

My uncle had this brilliant idea to stand on the fountain at the temple. The only problem is that it wasn't turned on! He made a phone call to a friend and they turned it on for us! The fountain made the prettiest pictures and I love this black and white one by lori, because we are looking away from the camera. I also love how my veil was blowing!

This picture was when my funny uncle asked me if I loved my "new" husband! I put my arm around brian and said you bet I do!

Your wedding seems like the shortest day of your life but we were really tired. We sat down to take a rest here and in the meantime got some cute pics out of it!

I had to get up on this wall for some cute pictures and boy was it tough with my million pound dress!

This picture and the one at the top of our blog have to be the cutest pictures on the face of the planet! I love how it looks like blowing wind and how happy we are!

Trying to get "into position" for the picture above!

I don't remember where I was or what I was doing, but I like it!

I love this picture too. It is so beautiful.

My incredible friends. I don't think you will find a prettier bunch of ladies anywhere! I am so lucky to have them, and for their support on my wedding day. I also just noticed that I am the only blondie too! random i know . . .

Thank you Lori and Josh for your Friendship, Talents, Love, and for taking part in our special day! We sure do love you!!!

Thanks for the Surprise!!!!

Love The Bunkers . . .