The Tip of the Island

We decided to drive to the furthest tip of long island to see the first lighthouse built in NY state. It was commissioned by George Washington himself and is called the Montauk Point Lighthouse. We got to go inside of it and climb to the top. The house you see in front of the lighthouse was built for the lighthouse keepers and is now the home of the museum for the of the lighthouse. Way freakin cool. These pics are from the hike up inside. (notice Scott's hot lighthouse sweatshirt! It was so freezing we bought the cheapest one at the gift shop...I'll doubt you'll see him wearing it again =) )

Good Times

Happy Birthday to Scott! The day before Scott's Bday we had BBQ on Sunday at our house with lots of friends. It was his first birthday party. This is supposed to be Scott blowing out his candles...I (Kaylee) am not the best photographer. On his real Birthday I went and picked him up from work and got there after about an hour of being lost. We had an awesome night which included outback steakhouse...yumm. Thank goodness Scott got a GPS is all I have to say, the roads out here are awful!
I am famous! (sorta). All the wives of the working husbands got together and went to Good Morning America. I had to wake up at 3:15 am, bleh. It was worth it though. We made signs so we would get noticed and had a blast. One of the guys talking to us said we would be having a whole different experience if we were all single =). We got to see Prince Caspian and Susan (sorry, no pics.) and stand in the same spot for two whole hours.
Me and the two famous hosts that I forgot their names (even though I went to GMA I still have yet to watch it).
Ok, we're a little silly but we still like to think we are cool.

Story Time!

This is Scott...Ok, so this Tuesday, I was moved to a new area closer to the big city. Maybe you've heard of it, it's called Queens! I have to admit, I was pretty nervous for safety reasons. When I got out there I was not surprised. It was just as ghetto as I imagined, but none the less, it was very "moist" (as my coworker Kevin would call it) meaning good to knock in. I was definitely the only white boy for miles. I stuck out like Rob Zombie at an Enrique Inglesias concert. At about 6:30, I was noticing a big black guy following me from street to street. I tried to lose him but could not. I also noticed a black car following me as well. It would park while I knocked a door and then follow me down the street afterwards. Finally, it pulled up behind me and I grabbed my pen tightly, ready to stab the first person to try anything. They asked me what I was doing. I looked in the car and realized they were NYPD. They told me to hurry up and get in with them. I did so, knowing that the other guy that was following me was waiting for them to leave. We sped off. They asked me if I was stupid or something and if I had any idea where I was. I honestly did not know. They told me that the they were following me because they had seen that guy tailing me around the neighborhood. They then told me that there had already been two shootings in that same area that afternoon and there was a verdict out for white people to be shot because of a shooting the cops had a little while ago where the cops killed a black boy. They told me never to come back to that area. By that time I was pretty shaken up. They took me over to where my car group was and we left. I asked to be relocated the next day. Sorry this was so long. It is very juicy though, eh?

A story by Kaylee: So we were sitting in church, which is an interesting experience in itself because there is like a whole 30 of us or something total.   One of the bishopric members is giving a talk, and right in the middle when he's bearing his testimony and every eye is on him we hear a loud piercing ringing sound.  It was the fire alarm.  We all had to evacuate outside, brrrr.   Then came the fire engineS, the ambulance, and the policeman.   It took a while.  Come to find out it was just a faulty fire alarm in the kitchen.  Church is a whole new experience out here.  

The City That Never Sleeps!

      Time Square Baby!
   Night at the Museum
  Hard core at the Hard Rock
  I know he wanted to kiss me back
     Kaylee's wonderland...M&M world!
  The Museum of Natural History... Baby!!!!
      That weird building from Spiderman (and 1 hottie
 

Let's just say the train ride home is long

Flight TWA 800

We decided to take a little trip to Smith Beach and check out the memorial that was built for those lost in flight TWA 800 right off the beach where we were standing. To the right are the flags of all the nationalities that were on the flight.

                  

It was really random but very cool. The memorial talks about the flight just taking off and heading for its course over the ocean to France when it exploded and fell to the water. It was the first plane accident where every single person on board was recovered from the wreckage. There were no survivors.

Any good books?

I was just wondering if anyone knows any good non-LDS (you can't find those out here) books. My job doesn't start for a while and I finally have time to read something besides boring text books. Since I'm an eled major I only know the latest kids books. And yes I have read the Twilight series :)

The Backyard... (not the restaurant)

This is us meeting our new neighbors! These New York geese are a little too friendly for Kaylee's taste. The bigger picture was taken from our back door step. They are the only friends we have now; sniffle. 

Our Little Salesman

Isn't he cute? Scott works long days and already has a sweet New York accent to show for it. He likes the job...it's just a little draining. He has gotten right out and put in numbers right along with the experienced reps. So if any of you are feeling a little scared, call Scott and he'll help you out with a brand new security system;) !

We love NY!

So here are a few more pics. from the beach. It is warming up and about 70 degrees today...so nice. So far NY is great although we have yet to visit the main city. Scott is working hard and doing amazing so far. Kaylee is just...hanging out... until her nanny job starts next week . Bellport is beautiful, our apartment complex is surrounded by the woods. We're having a blast and want everyone to come visit us!




Here is a video of the waves to make my dad jelous, he thought there was no surfing in New York. I think we're going to have to go to Costco to get us some body boards.

Day at the Beach!

For those of you who did not know, we are official New Yorkers! We are about an hour by train away from Manhattan.  We moved to Bellport Long Island last Friday for summer work. So far it has been paradise. This is for all of you out there who don't think that there are beautiful beaches on the Atlantic!