Weekend in Boston

Alan was at a training for work in Boston the month of July.  I went to visit him the weekend of July 20th (Friday - Monday).  The kids stayed with some friends from church (the Daniels and Johnsons).  I was feeling pretty punk with morning sickness, but all-in-all it was a wonderful trip and so good to see Alan.  Boston really was a beautiful place - I would love to live near the bay (just not in Boston).  Friday night we went to dinner at a seafood restaurant called Legal Seafood, so YUM!  Our friends, the Cannons, have an apartment in Boston (Hingham Shipyard) that they let us stay at.  It was really relaxing that night, but the next day all the walking began....

This was a big bridge we walked over while following the Freedom trail.  Our First stop was the USS Constitution.

 

I thought it was amazing all the ropes they use on the ship - I'd get pretty darn confused!

 

Why is it that I try to think of a fun pose but it never quite turns out how I imagine?!!

 

 

Next stop was Bunker Hill
 

 

This is the Old North Church

 

These are dog tags for Americans who have lost their lives in the war.  I thought it was so artistic and touching I had to take a picture of it!

 

 

Riding out to Spectacle Island

We found out there wasn't much to do on the island so we just sat here in these two chairs and waited for our next boat back to Boston.  But we did find a funny surprise on our camera.  The kids were taking pictures again and this one was of Porter showing us the bird finger with a little smirk!  We laughed so hard I almost cried! 

Ate at Cheers for dinner Saturday night.  I loved this tv show as a kid - and this actually ended up being my favorite place to get a burger!

 

 

For lunch the next day we ate at a place called Dicks.  Its kinda fun because they are sarcastic and act rude.  Making some people wear hats that say something embarrasing and funny.
 

Sunday we finished the Freedom Trail

 

 

 

 

 

Our very first canoles from Mikes Bakery! 

 

Porter is FIVE!!!

Porter turned 5 July 26th!  We went swimming with our friends and had cupcakes.  When daddy got back two days later we celebrated with cake and icecream.  I must have not taken any pictures, but hopefully we used the video camera!  Totally missed that one - can I blame it on being pregnant too?

Porter with his new pajamas - he just had to have his picture taken!

Kid FUN...

A crazy cut Porter got when he fell out on the front steps.  Alan was gone, of course, so I called my friend Sharon Kime to get some advice.  She even came over with some butterfly bandages and meds!  I just couldn't decide if it needed stitches or not - I guess I can't make decisions on my own sometimes (can I blame it on being pregnant?).  We just butterflied it and everything turned out fine.  He does have quite the scar now.

 

A friend from church, Eric Daniel.

Ok - This picture gave Alan and I the biggest laugh while on my trip to visit him in Boston.  We were just lounging around on one of the islands while waiting for our boat and Alan was looking at pictures on the camera.  Kalin and Porter must have been taking pictures - but who knows why Porter was using this gesture!  He doesn't even know what it means!  Unless Alan has been teaching him something behind my back! :)  We just couldn't stop laughing!

Oh, don't tell me your going to put that bone in your mouth Porter!

Fun 4th of July!

Alan was in Boston this year for the 4th.  He went there for a leadership training for work and was gone the entire month.  I had been feeling pretty sick with morning sickness and all, but knew that we needed to plan something to do that day.  We have lived in Georgia for almost 5 years and had not been to a parade, so I knew that was going to be the plan.  Marietta was the closest parade I could find and we met our friends Cami Cannon and Ali Mendenhall.  The Mendenhalls also brought some friends and I went to high school with one of the guys.  His name is Paul Pratt who is a couple years younger, but his older brother Trent was in the same year.  I luckily picked one of the only spots with shade - it was pretty hot out but with the shade it was perfect!

 

 

 

After the parade we went to the carnival and played a bit!

"Everybody's doing it"!  It really was so hot the kids couldn't help themselves in following the crowd to put their feet in the fountain.

 

 

Kalin was so excited to see Belle and Snow White!  Who needs Disney World now??

Train ride

I felt pretty sick that night and wasn't up for lighting fireworks, so we did them the next day!  I just thought their faces looked so mesmerized!!