My sister was recently asked to be featured on BYU Magazine's instagram. Want to see the creation that caught their attention?
Follow christinacrochets on instagram!
I'm an embarrassingly proud older sister...she is creating her own designs and can make just about anything.
All of a sudden this weird business woman in me has come out that I didn't know existed. My dad would be proud. I've sent my sister like 700 texts this morning with all my advice about how she can promote her biz. As though I know ANYTHING about that. Seriously. I was getting so obnoxious that I started to bother myself. Big time. But, I figure the more followers she can get on instagram, the more random people will be interested in following and the more exposure her work will get. Right? That can't hurt.
So follow! Follow, follow, follow, follow, foooolloooow....(anyone who can name that song and where it comes from gets a million pretend dollars. I know at least 2 of you who should get it without blinking an eye!).
Monday, July 29, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
Road Trip!
Michelle, Jessame, Julyn and I took a delightful trip down south, first to the Tuacahn theater in St. George, then to the Grand Canyon in Arizona, then back up to Cedar City for a show at the Shakespeare festival. We saw Mulan (a little silly), Thoroughly Modern Millie (my favorite! Stupendous!) and Peter and the Star Catcher (I was a little more partial to the NY performance, but it was still great). We had some fabulous food, a lot of memorable quotes, and many good talks. It was such a fun summer trip!
We had to pause in an auto shop when my car started over-heating and my check engine light came on. They charged me $52 to tell me everything was fine. |
Nowhere quite like Cafe Rio! |
My brother in law affectionately calls this "crack queso" because it's so addicting! He got me hooked on it. |
Nitro Freeze |
Jess and I took a quick dip in the hotel pool before the evening show! |
Love Brick Oven. |
I wanted a picture of the restaurant lodge at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and our host wanted to be in the picture too. How could we argue with that? |
Summer toes! |
When we asked to take a picture with him, he said, "Here, my wife can do it! Let's make her jealous." She was also a waiter. We were pretty shocked. |
And this is only a small fraction of it! |
Beautiful colors. |
Back in St. George, I took an early morning walk (it was still like 7,000 degrees but better than the middle of the day) and was able to see some beautiful things! Like this gorgeous view... |
...and this one. |
Brigham Young's winter home (love the wrap around porch and balcony!)... |
...and the historic Chamber of Commerce building |
We did a session in the beautiful St. George temple! |
Michelle's toes matched her shirt! |
On to Cedar City! Michelle went to SUU, so this was particularly fun for her! |
We saw Peter and the Star Catcher in this theater! |
We all had a crush on the same guy... |
...until Tyson from the gift shop came along. |
He proposed in his knickers and I said, "William who?" |
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
New York City, Take Three!
Day 1:
The beautiful Grand Central Station! It immediately reminded me of Step Up 3. |
On instagram, I quoted Miley Cyrus beneath this picture (with some liberties): "Who are those kids that are rockin' kicks? They've gotta be from out of town!" |
A visit to this restaurant was the most breathtaking moments of the trip for me. |
Welcome to Keste's pizza! |
My darling mother researched GF pizza for me and found this jewel. This has to be the cutest eating picture ever...how does she do it? |
Their gluten free pizza can only be described as a dream come true. |
We thought these painted construction barriers were funny! |
We grabbed a taxi to get back to the hotel so we could get ready for our musical! |
My favorite street in the US of A! |
Does this or does this not look like a balloon animal? Anna also thought it resembled a heart. |
Notice the NY buildings in the reflection! (Photo by ALH) |
We got gussied up for the show. Phaidra bought me the same necklace she let me borrow on my last NY trip for purposes just like this! |
Our hotel lobby was just beautiful. We lucked out with some stored up vacation points and got an incredible deal. |
Love my mama! |
There is water falling in front of this picture...an amazing artistic concept. It makes it look like a rainy day in the city. |
I thought this girl was the best. She performed, "The Wizard and I" from Wicked. |
We were up on the balcony and this was our view looking down. These two were performing, "Suddenly Seymour." |
This waiter performed, "Forget You" |
This was our waitress! |
DAY 2:
After the show, we ate cheesecake at the famous Juniors. Wow. That's all I can say. |
Photo by DSH |
Photo by DSH |
That evening, we saw the Fantasticks. It really paled in comparison to the other two shows, with the exception of the female lead. Her voice was literally too big for that little theater where they performed. Her singing was effortless. I was not surprised to see on her mini bio that she played Cosette in the Broadway revival of Les Mis and also played Maria both nationally and internationally. She's only 23! It was worth it to hear her sing. |
DAY 3:
Here is the beautiful temple/chapel where we attended church on Sunday! It felt just like home inside. |
After church we walked in Central Park. In this picture, Anna and I are rehearsing for our 20 second video reenacting a scene from Enchanted that takes place in Central Park. |
LOVE this picture. |
After heading to the hotel for a little nap, we headed back out to explore. |
I am showing off my new bracelet and sunglasses from the market the day before. |
So this art in Madison Square Park is all made out of rope...there are red, blue, and yellow rope sculptures throughout the park! |
For dinner, we waited in an enormous line for Shake Shack, a well loved burger joint |
Anna took a lot of photography in high school and has a good eye for cool shots. Ignore my complexion as you gaze at the NY buildings in the reflection of my sunglasses! |
This sculpture... |
...is an artistic rendering of this building! I love this picture of my dad taking pictures. |
Photo by DSH |
Seriously, how cool is this building? |
There is just so much to see in NY. It blows my mind. |
Photo by DSH |
The empire state building (photo by DSH) |
DAY 4:
We read about this GF bakery and tried their mini cupcakes and coffee cake. SO DELICIOUS! Just like the real deal. |
My dad loved the name of this frozen yogurt shop. It took me a second to get it. It's one of those places where you serve yourself your own yogurt and add the toppings. |
One of my favorite parts of this day was seeing where the skating rink and Christmas tree go during the holidays in Rockefeller Plaza. During the summer, it's an open air cafe. |
We visited the big Lego store, where you can buy Legos of every size and color and all the displays are made out of Legos! |
Those are all little Lego men. |
...is this! |
We walked by the Saks store on 5th Avenue! Anna was on her way to drop in and take a dance class at the Broadway Dance Studio. You can just do that! The dance world is pretty cool. |
We also visited the American girl doll store for old time's sake. The dolls are getting all trendy though (notice the purple streak). All the dolls from my childhood have been "retired." |
I kind of loved this little grand piano set, complete with beginning piano books. |
This is me...being a real girl. |
I about died when I saw this. Apparently these aren't as uncommon as I realized because Crocs are dangerous on escalators. Who knew? |
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