My parents Trip to Boston - Day #1

I have been very remiss this last week in posting anything to the blog. But, I have a good excuse! My parents came all the way from WA State to visit us in Boston! We had such a blast and we did so many activities that by the time the evening was here and I would normally blog about the days adventures, I was just too dang tired!!!

So, in my next couple of posts, I am going to post some of the pictures of our week long adventures. We accomplished a lot in 6 short days!

One of the best ways to see Boston is on one of the fun trolley tours! There is a trolley stop about a block from our apartment, so it is a fun and convenient way to get to see all of the sites! Marissa and Brynn joined us as we toured our way around Boston.


We got to see a lot of great sites like Boston Commons Park and Fenway Park.



This is a cool monument in Boston Commons Park.


We visited the Old Statehouse. This building was built before this land was even a country yet! Now it is run as a museum.



Old North Church~


There is a beautiful courtyard behind Old North Church that I like to walk through. It is a very peaceful part of the city.


Our next stop was the New State House. I think it is funny that it is called the New Statehouse since it was built in the 1800's!




Our last stop of the day was to see The Paul Revere House museum. It was interesting to see how small the house was considering that Paul Revere had 11 children that lived past infancy.

An Amazing Sunset

We have a LOT of beautiful sunsets here! From our living room window, we get to watch the spectacular show almost every evening. When they are extra special, one of the kids will always say, "Take a picture!"

This is the sunset from a couple of nights ago...

Geese in the Park

I went to the park with a couple of ladies from my church. As we sat and chatted and watched the sun set, a family of geese floated down the river and then picked the spot right next to us to get out of the water and come catch some bugs! What a cute sight!

Amazing Street Performers!

We live in an area of Boston that is relatively close to an open air market. We have gotten to see some pretty cool performances by various street performers.

I have to say that the drummers are always my favorite. I absolutely love to watch them play their "drums". The music that they are able to make is amazing! The sound quality of the video isn't perfect, but it will give you an idea of how cool he was!

Happy Memorial Day!

David had today off of work for Memorial Day, so after we had a lazy morning hanging around the house, we decided to head out of the apartment and see what we could find to do in the city!

We live in such a technical world and my children are technical children! I had to take a picture of them as we headed out of the apartment. They all had their ipods!


This is the view about 1 block north of our apartment. I love this bridge! It reminds me of the Cable Bridge in Kennewick.


We kept heading along the boardwalk around the bay. We saw a whole bunch of really cool looking jelly fish, but they wouldn't show up on my camera. When Brynn said there were jelly fish in the water, we all thought she was crazy at first - but they were there!

We got to see a really big Norwegian Frigate the Roald Amundsen.


Then we headed over to The Paul Revere House. It was a really neat to see a house set up from this era. We also got to see a lot of items that Paul Revere created while he was a Silver Smith.


The lunch time munchies hit us and we headed over the The Hard Rock Cafe. We got to learn a lot about Rock and Roll history as well as eat a great lunch!

A Fruitful Day at the Farmer's Market

It was a a fruitful day at the Farmer's Market (pun intended!). I have talked about the Farmer's Market in the Hay Market area a couple of time's on here before. We try to go to the market every weekend. The variety and price is amazing!

Here is what we got for just under $15.00.

We got:
4 lbs. of bananas
3 lbs. of baker potatoes
6 granny smith apples
2 lbs. of baby carrots
8 oranges
1 honey dew melon
6 sweet corn
1 container of strawberries
2 containers of raspberries
2 cucumbers
1 basket of cherry tomatoes (was fuller before Brynn started eating them!)
3 lbs. of snap peas

Sometimes we get more creative and get star fruit, papayas and pineapple, but we stuck with the basics this week. I will really miss the Boston Farmer's Market when we move!

A Day at the Beach

Today hit 91 degrees, so the kids and I decided that it was the perfect day to check out one of the beaches near Boston! Revere Beach is located about 4 miles north of Boston. Revere Beach was the first public beach in the US and was founded is 1896.

I love this photo - I think it's pretty cool with the seagull in the background!


The girls spent a lot of time trying to build some sand castles.


The boys even pitched in for awhile.


The boys spent most of their time braving the waves!


Getting some sun~


A perfect day at the beach!