NYC

I'm always singing that line (in my head) from Annie since we moved here. You know the one... "N.Y.C.... Just got here this morning! 3 bucks, 2 bags, one me!" Although the amount of people that came with us is significantly more and we have well over two bags... it still just seems so fitting. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that we live here! In the middle of it all no less. Living in the big apple was always a dream of mine... I think it is for a lot of people. But once we started having kids I NEVER thought it would be a possibility. Four kids in a big city was never my idea of a good time. I do have to say my children having be doing exceptionally well with the move and all that has come with it. For instance... The large closet we call home.

When we first walked in I wanted to cry! We have a 30ft hallway that you have to walk down... It's about 2ft wide. That was the first indication that we were in trouble! I looked in the boys room and it is literally a walk in closet (hence my post on FB about bunk beds). The girls room is actually a good size and so is ours but the bathroom... Oh my... The bathroom! It's long and narrow and you have to back in because you can't turn around once your in! The only way two people can be in at one time is for one to be in the shower. It's way different than what we have been used to. We are making it our own and finding ways to make everything fit. I can't tell you how glad I am that we sold so much!! There is NO way we could have fit our furniture in. Everything is so small and narrow seeing as how our building was built 100 years ago... Pictures will be posted once we finish buying the few things we still have left to get.

Now having a car here... More specifically a van is not the best of ideas. It takes about a year to find parking but you have to make sure once you've found a spot that it's good for that day because some sides of the street are only good certain days but if it's during the school year that is void... It's a complicated thing... Parking. Oh and there are usually about 3 spots we have to pass because we won't fit in them. Then there is shopping. You pay to shop. You have to pay to park and you have to pay AT LEAST $6 but that just gives you two hours. Let me tell you shopping that the kids and need to find multiply things in multiply stores two hours is more like five minutes. And coming home from shopping is the only time I'm glad we have a van until we have to unload it... That's another story all in itself. So we are learning all about parking and how it's just better to walk and in the almost 3 weeks we've lived here we've only have two parking tickets. Haha...

New York is amazing! I love that we live a block away from Central Park and that we live in a decent area. Our ward (church) is awesome and filled with talented people! (Models, famous artists, insanely talented singers). Sunday we had a quartet sing patriotic songs and it was the best I've ever heard! Not just in church but like ever! Life is so amazing!! Yes the kids and I don't get out near as much as we did in Utah and it's an adjustment but I wouldn't change it for anything.  This is an exciting time in our life and I'm excited to share it with y'all!