Spring Break 2014

Spring Break wasn't very warm this year.  A lot of our friends headed to beaches down south, but we decided to go north. Since this would *hopefully* be our last year on the East Coast, we decided to head to Niagara Falls. We were going to go all the way to Montreal, but it was just too cold to be walking around all day. 

We drove straight to the falls, and then headed back to our hotel in Rochester. It was such a fun experience,even though we decided not to go to the Canadian side. I know, I know... everyone says the canadian side is better, but the American side is pretty too! I am still not sure why we didn't go to the other side, but we didn't. And I guess I don't know what I am missing. 

Since we moved to NY, buffalo wings have been a favorite dinner for us. I had never even tried any before we moved here, but they are my favorite. I CRAVE them. Weird, I know. 

So while were passing through Buffalo, NY, we thought we should try the restaurant where they first wing was ever made. 

And they were disgusting. Evolution has been kind to this recipe. They were dry, and crispy, and flavorless. 

After dinner, we went to the hotel and played at the pool. Amelia was in pure bliss.

Trekking to Chicago

The end of March, we headed to Chicago. 

Anthony had a Healthcare conference, and I had to go house hunting.

Amelia is starting to be a lot better in the car, so long drives aren't as miserable as they were last summer. We still wanted to break up the 15 hour drive though. We stopped in Toledo, Ohio, and went to their science Center. It was AMAZING. Our science center in Ithaca is pretty fun, but the Toledo one was crazy cool. 

The water area was huge and I am pretty sure Amelia literally (literally) thought she was in heaven.

Trader Joe's made our day

MEXICAN FOOD!! Ithaca has disgusting Mexican food, so we had to find some good eats while we were away.

On the way home, it was not quite as pleasant. We had to stop and give in to the demands of an almost 2 year old. Ice cream and Rice Krispies.

||Easter||

Playing Catch Up::

Easter was so much fun this year. Amelia had a blast finding the eggs, and kept asking us to hide them again. The Easter Bunny left some treats, a movie, and an Easter outfit.

|| And After the candy was taken away ||

That's the problem with 9:00 church.. Candy for Breakfast

We had a bunch of people from Anthony's program over for dinner. We made our first honey baked ham.. I was so nervous, but it turned out to be a lot easier than I thought. 

We had such a fun group of people. We had a Jewish student, a Buddhist, and a Muslim. It might sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but it was so much fun. We had one of Anthony's best friends, Murat, who is Muslim and completely did not understand the point of the Easter Bunny who hides eggs. And now after trying to explain it, I do not understand it at all either.

||Anthony covering it with cloves||

It was a good Easter, and I am glad we had so many friends to share it with.

Cornell Graduation

We are still alive...

We are just getting adjusted to life without school.

All of our friends are heading back to Cornell right now, and for the first time in our lives we are not in school. It is a strange concept and I have to admit that I am feeling a little stagnant. Our whole marriage has revolved around school and now we are in the grown up world. It's a bummer. I told Anthony he should apply to Med school again so we can be in school forever. (... and debt forever too, but I feel like we will be anyways..)

 Truth be told, I think it was a huge blessing that we decided on Cornell instead of medical school. 

Grad school is hard. And I wasn't even in school. Being the wife of a grad student is HARD.

I don't know if I could really survive anymore school. I like having Anthony home and a regular schedule.

On a happier note, Anthony's graduation on May 25 was a really happy day. We made it.

The ceremony was really nice and Andy Bernard from the office gave the commencement speech was awesome. Go on YouTube and watch it. 

I complained about Ithaca a lot, pretty much every day, at least in my head. 

People... I MISS IT. I miss it so much. Cornell is such a beautiful campus and I am sad that I didn't go there EVERY DAY. Ithaca will always hold a very special place in my heart as well as all the wonderful people we met. It is such a unique place and I will miss it forever.

Murat and Andrew

Daly

Julie Carmalt and Will White

Tiffany and Murat