We Heart Central Park

We had to get out of the house to enjoy the city. We had a busy study weekend for our BYU classes and escaped to Central Park. We discovered Belvedere Castle today. It is AWESOME. I felt like a princess in the castle towers waiting for my prince to come- and well... take my picture. The 3rd picture is for Esther to prove how long my hair is. So there.

Nursery

What is nursery?- The purpose of the nursery class is to help children learn the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and live it. The nursery class should help the children increase their understanding of and love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, have positive experiences in a Church setting, and grow in feelings of self-worth.

We LOVE our calling. We want to be there forever. This week our sunbeams left nursery and we were heartbroken. I thought Will was going to cry. We have a lot of new sweet little nursery kids coming in the next few weeks that we are very excited about.

Our favorite part- When we read or tell a story and literally 10 children try to sit in your lap at once. Fulfilling a request to make a Jaguar our of play dough. Hearing the children beg to say the opening and closing prayers for the lesson (We usually say about 4 because none of us can turn them down when they ask to pray). We just plain LOVE getting to know the sweet children of our ward and their families. Does it make us a little baby hungry? Yes. But we are not letting it get to us yet.

Moral of this post. Send the word- The Egans do not want to be released. Ever. :)

(Note: Obviously we would never argue over this point and would accept any calling or release as it came- My feelings are dramatize for the effect of this post.)

A new Decade started off Right

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Risk:The Game of World Domination

This game gets pretty heated between Christian, Mr. Bill, William, and Me.

Looks like Will is ready to conquer France and Christian somewhere in Russia by the looks of their attire. Christian won, but I was second. Bill and Will get too greedy to fast and I just play safe. This is not a game for the weak.

The new year was brought in with family and friends and homemade eclairs. Perfect way to start the new decade. Thanks Christian for always hanging out with us on New Years Eve. I hope everyone is ready for the new year.

I can't wait to get going. Its going to be the best year yet for us.

Welcome to DC

Laura, my boss, gave us two train tickets to DC for Christmas. It was so much fun to leave Penn Station and arrive at Union Station DC. It was Christmas Eve and we both worked then hopped on the train to make it for Christmas Eve activities before the sun was even down! Christian picked us up and we were pretty excited to spend time with our friend and family.

Smallest Apt in New York City- Ha

Check this out before reading my post.

So after reading this I just think you should know that our apartment is smaller than this one. We are getting a little prideful about our place and I keep thinking I should take pictures and send it in to the New York Post. We LOVE our apt. Could not make me move. Will looks all the time at other apartments, but I always get upset and say that he is cheating on our apt by looking at other ones. Its so cozy and sweet. This week we added curtains. Love this place.

New Tradition

Hot coco on Cannons roof. William has decided this is our new thing. We liked it while it lasted. It was cold. They have an AMAZING view! Thanks Tay for getting the cute mugs and coco for us. Tay was cold and ran ahead before our photo shoot.

Wicked

My Uncles Stephen and Michael came to NYC this week- We took them to a few of our favorite places and they took us to theres! They are NYC pros. I love these guys- They took us to our first NYC Broadway play- Wicked. Words do not express my passion for this show. It was moving. I want to defy gravity for it. I recommend, no I insist, you come to NYC or catch the traveling show to see it in your life. It is a MUST. I almost cried at intermission thinking it was almost over. It was amazing. Spectacular. I could keep going, but just call me. I have so much more to say. Will loved it even more than I thought. I was witty and clever and just inspiring. Then we hung out at the Plaza with them. Michael let me show him around my stomping grounds-downtown Manhattan- He is an excellent photographer so there will be more pics when I can get them from him.

When I was a little girl my Uncle Stephen told me the story of Phantom of the Opera and how one day he would take me there- Well he kept his promise. Phantom was darker, but spoke a deeper message of knowing who you are and why you are how you are. It was really powerful.

I am so happy I got to spend time with Michael and Stephen. Thank you both for coming!!