So....

...if you read my last post, you know why it has taken me a over a month to put up a new post. The good news is, mine and Matt's hard work has paid off! Matt doesn't like to brag about himself, but you all know that I have no problem bragging ;) Drum roll please........

• Matt got promoted :) YAY! He is now a Senior Director.
• I have successfully completed my Psych clinical and am starting my Medical-Surgical clinical. AND, I have had 3 exams and made As on them all :) YAY!

We have been doing some stuff to de-stress over the last month, mainly seeing family and taking some vacation time.

For Matt's mom's 60th birthday, we made a surprise trip to Dallas to spend the weekend with his family. I think Matt's mom was definitely surprised and very happy to have Matt home for her birthday :) We hit up a lot of our favorite places, including the Pharr-family-endorsed diner, Poor Richards Cafe (very solid breakfast!) For Matt's mom's birthday dinner, we went to Ferrari's Italian Villa. It was delightful - the atmosphere was perfect and the food was delicious. We had to leave Dallas way too soon, but it was so good to see family and surprise Matt's mom for her birthday :)

Just two weeks later, my parents came to NYC for Easter weekend. Of course, we took the opportunity of having visitors to do all (or most) of the touristy things we hadn't done yet. I am pretty sure I wore everyone out with the very full weekend I planned, but we had lots of fun :) I will let the pics below do most of the talking...

Friday

First stop... Wafels & Dinges!! :)

Empire State Building

Boat cruise around Manhattan

On Friday,we also swung by The Highline, Chelsea Market, Times Square and Rockefeller Center. I have plenty more pics of all our Friday activities, but I actually trying to limit the pictures on this post ;)

Saturday

World Trade Center Memorial

Wall Street

And of course, no trip to NYC is complete without... The Meatball Shop :)

The Intrepid

Mine and Matt's Confirmation (the main reason my parent's were in NYC for a visit)
At our church's Easter Vigil Service

Sunday
Liberty Island and Ellis Island

Jersey Boys - great show!!
(couldn't take any pics, so you get the playbill ;))

Dinner/Dessert
After the show, we strolled through Central Park and then we went to dinner at Ted's Montana Grill.

But, more importantly we then went to Capital Grille for the yummiest desserts :)
 Cheesecake (the best!)

Coconut Cream Pie (pretty good, too :))

Flourless Chocolate Cake (also delicious :))

My parents' last day was Monday. We did have time to hit the Guggenheim before they needed to head towards the airport. We did so much in 3.5 days - WHEW!

After that Matt and I needed a break, so we went to Jamaica :) Actually, we had this trip planned for a while as the week following Easter was my Spring Break, and we knew we would both need a vacation after the very busy lives we lead. We didn't do much but sit around and soak in the relaxation and sun. Here are some pictures to hopefully leave you feeling warm and peaceful :)

Our Resort

Beach - ahhh :)

Bye :)