fourth of july in boston

we spent an awesome fourth of july with my family in boston (one of our very favorite places)!
we got to tour fenway park and watch the red sox beat the baltimore orioles and sang sweet caroline.
we were sore and sweaty after climbing to the top of the bunker hill monument.
we enjoyed waking up the other room with our fancy-shmancy doorbells.
we rubbed john harvard's shoe for good luck.
we had a hard time finding any dr. pepper, much to the dismay of many of my family members.
we ate many, many cookies and canolies from mike's pastry.
we watched the fireworks from the grass along the river near harvard.
we squished onto the T with too many people.
we walked the freedom trail.
we attempted to go to church. (didn't work out. apparently they got a new building.)
we saw the old harvard stadium.
we walked down acorn street.
we shopped on newbury street.
we survived the heat and "no" humidity and lots and lots of people.
we really enjoyed our trip to boston!

i think i'm going to boston

just thought i'd write a quick update -- seeing the last time i wrote a post was approximately two months ago.

brian and i have just been working at our wonderful alma mater, utah state.
we have also been prepping (one of us a little more than the other) for the grueling wasatch back, which will take place not this weekend, but the next (june 18-19). we will be running with the wilkins wonders -- a team made up mostly of my mom's side of the family, plus a few. we all think we're crazy. please pray for us!
we are also looking forward to a family trip to boston the first part of july. we'll be celebrating an all-american fourth of july by eating hot dogs at fenway and watching fireworks over the harbor! we are really excited -- to say the least!

besides that, our summer will be filled with softball games, eating food from our first garden, family get-togethers, friend's weddings and hopefully some sunshine.

Vacay to Paris: Part XII

at this point in the trip, it's almost time for brian and me to go home.
this is one of the last things we did while in paris.
read here.

Vacay to Paris: Part XI

on our last day in Paris we visited Sacre Coure and walked around Montmarte.
you may read about it here.
i saw real gypsies and where Picasso and Monet lived and hung out.
i saw nuns preparing to take Communion and walked down some of the cutest, Parisian streets i'd seen.

Vacay to Paris: Part X

You can now read about our journey down Champs-Elysees, the ritziest part of Paris (and world, i guess), featuring our delicious, most expensive pastries.
Click here.

Vacay to Paris: Part IX

Here's another one of my favorite parts of our trip to Paris.
What can I say, all favorites!

Vacay to Paris: Part VIII

And now we visit Notre Dame. This was probably one of my favorites!
Read more here.

Vacay to Paris: Part VII

And now we visit the Pompidou.
Read about it here.

Vacay to Paris: Part VI

Chris has written about another great part of our trip.
You can go here to read about church in Paris.

Vacay to Paris: Parts IV and V

and, here are two more installments on our wonderful trip to Paris:
part IV and part V.

Vacay to Paris: Part III

The third installment of our trip to Paris (words from Chris) can be found here.

what you'd expect to see in Paree

here are just a few of the many photos we took while joyously scampering about Paris:Tour Eiffel

Hall of MirrorsThe beautiful (snowy) gardens at VersaillesI.M Pei's pyramid at the LouvreNotre DameArc de Triomphe

all of the most famous things you expect to see while in Paris.

Vacay to Paris (Parts I and II)

I'm guessing some of you (the few who read this blog every once in a blue moon -- which we just had one of these on New Year's!) are wondering how our trip to Paris went.
I do hope to post some of my own pictures soon, but in the meantime, you can get a lot of the story here and here.
Thanks, Chris, for writing the details!