Parents: Round 2

Once again I am making a post about a month late. One day I will get better at this whole blogging thing.  Well the day after my parents left Ben's parents came to visit us.  We drove down to D.C. to pick them up.  We spent about 5 days in D.C. It was so much fun to spend so much time there.  There are so many things to see D.C. and I thought we could see them all in 5 days but sadly no. After spending so many days there it made me want to go back even more.

  

Ben at the Air and Space Museum. We went on a guided tour here and I have to say it was the best tour guide I have ever seen. I left feeling like I could ask this guy anything and he would know.

We stopped by the Washington D.C. temple

Arlington

Mount Vernon.

 

After we left D.C. we drove back to Connecticut but stopped at Gettysburg on our way.

Our next stop was the city.  Us with Ben's parents on the Brooklyn Bridge.

And of course the trip would not be complete unless we stopped by Stew Leonards.  This World's largest pumpkin that they had there.

So I know it looks like we went on the trip mostly by ourselves but I promise Ben's parents were with us the whole time. We are not the greatest at taking group shots.

The Parents Came

This is quite a bit late (about a month) but I thought I might as well still make a post about it.  So my parents came out here in the beginning of October to see the New England Fall.  We drove up through Connecticut and up to New Hampshire and Massuchusetts. It was the perfect time and the leaves were gourgeous.  Then to finish off the trip we met Erin and Warren in NYC for a couple of days. It was so much to see almost my whole fam and spend so much time with them.

This is Lake Winnipesaukee, which we thought is where "What About Bob" was filmed but later found out it was filmed in Canada. Ben was quite upset about his revelation.

The parentols by the covered bridge

Mom and I apple picking. So much fun.

Plymouth

Ben, me, Erin, and Warren on the Brooklyn Bridge

The girls on the subway

Blue Man group was amazing. Seriously loved it even though I was so nervous they were going to try to bring me up on stage.

Me and padre in CT

I wish they all could be California girls

On the east coast it seems like you have to pay a toll anytime you drive. With that in mind, a couple of months ago I was driving to pick up Erin from JFK and I passed through the toll booth and when I handed the man my money he started singing "I wish they all could be California girls" by the Beach Boys. (We still have California plates on Gus Gus.) Usually these tooth booth people are not the nicest and won't even look at you when they take your money. So I started laughing and for a second didn’t even care I had to pay my $5.50 toll. (Also an annoying thing because it use to be only $5.00.) Then on Sunday I drove to pick Ben up at LaGuardia airport. On my way there I passed the same toll booth and I had the same tooth booth worker and don't worry he sang that song to me one more time. What are the odds?? 

AMERICAN IDOL

This was quite a while ago but I thought why not just put it up anyway.


My friend Lindsey and her little girl and I went to the Good Morning America concert with David Cook, Adam Lambert, and Kris Allen in Central Park. It was seriously so much fun. What I could not understand was everyone's obsesion with Adam Lambert.  Seriously every girl went crazy over him.  Apparently they don't care he doesn't like girls. 

We had to take the 5 am train to get there in time for the concert. Such an early morning but well worth it. After the concert we just walked around Central Park, had a delish lunch at a diner with Lindsey’s husband, and then took the train home.

Captain's Cove

I have received many requests to update my blog. So here we go. It is going to be short but maybe I can add some more in the next couple of days. No promises though.


A couple of weekends ago we went with some friends to a (for a lack of a better word) seaport village called Captain's Cove. We went up to get some lunch which of course consisted of fish and chips and to try to win a lobster (see pic below).

If you catch one of the lobsters they will cook it up for you. Sadly, we did not win. But the boys think they now know the strategy so next time they will win for sure.

VEGAS

So a couple of weeks ago I made a little trip to Vegas to see my family. It started when my brother picked me up at the airport late Tuesday night. The next morning I woke up and borrowed his car and drove to Richfield, Utah, to see my grandparents. I spent a couple of days there and then headed back down to Vegas to meet my parents, Erin, and Warren. When I got there my parents and I took Bella and Sophie to the park. So can I just say Bella and Sophie had gotten so big since the last time I saw them. Sophie is the happiest baby ever and just so cute. So for the weekend the whole fam was there and it was so much fun. It was sad to say goodbye to my parents and Erin on Sunday but I was happy I was staying a couple more days to hang out with Nate, Stacie, and the girls. It was so much fun going to Bella's swimming lessons, going to the library, and playing scrabble with Stacie (we tend to do this every time we are together, I don't really know why).

Walking up hill holding a 2 year old.....very exhausting.

In love with Bella's head tilt.

All the girls minus Stacie.

At the park with Sophie and Bella

Bella and my mom playing on the slide.

The Fam plus Warren minus Ben

Typewriters

First of all I am just wondering why libraries still have typewriters. Does anyone really use them anymore?
Secondly I would like this experience with you. So I am sitting in the library today studying for school when these 2 ten-year-old girls come and sit next to me where typewriters are sitting. Then they decide it would be fun to play on the typewriters. Now you may not know this but typewriters are really loud. Like annoyingly loud. They type on these typewriters and giggle for like 30 min. It is taking every ounce of me not to say anything. Finally they leave and I can focus on my hw. But then a study group sits right behind me. Then the ten-year-olds come back. Lets just say I lasted about another 10 min and left.

SUMMER

As I think of summer the words of HSM entered my mind "summer....sUmMeR.....SUMMER." (Ben just informed me that I needed to put the last summer in all capital letters because they get louder as they go on.) I just love the summer mostly because it finally gets warm and you can go to the beach. Last weekend summer weather hit so we went to the beach. The beaches are so different than the ones in California but I love them. You have the normal sand on the beach but then next to the sandy beach is a park with big trees and grass. So you can have a bbq on the grill in the park and then walk to the beach once you are done. All in all it was an amazing weekend that we did not want to end.

All the guys playing bocci

BBQ

Sabbeth Day Picnic

Some of the girls

Our HSM Jump