Boston, Boating, and Butterflies

So over the last two weeks we have been busy. Lane especially with about 9 tests over the last two weeks. We were able to sneak him away for a few fun outings. I don't know if I have mentioned it but we have the the best neighbor. Well she took us boating a couple of weeks ago and it was so much fun. She took us to a drive/boat up restaurant, then over to pirate island to eat our dinner and then back to the river(we were in long island sound) for some crabbing.









The day after boating we headed up to Deerfield Massachusetts with some friends. We went to the butterfly conservatory and the Yankee Candle Flagship store. Both were really neat places and we would never have known about it if our friends didn't invite us to come along. I need to tell you a little about the Yankee Candle Flagship store. It is huge and Santa resides there all year round. They have built this store around the themes of the their candle scents. The sweet candy scented candles are in a candy shop. The Christmas cookie smell is located where you go meet santa. We only spent a few hours here, but you could easily spend the whole day.





Last Sunday I had the opportunity to go up to Boston for the afternoon/evening. My brother Matt flew in for a business trip so I took the chance to see him while I could. We are exactly two hour from there and I had never been. So I didn't want to pass up the opportunity. We walked the Freedom trail until the girls got tired and then we ate Lobster at the Purple Shamrock. It was fun and nice to see my brother.
The freedom trail is paved with red brick or painted red. Makes it easy to find everything.

This is Paul Rever's tombstone.

That is the balcony where the deceleration of independence was first read to the public.


My first lobster since living in new england. It was yummy.

What have we been up to?

Who the heck knows. Yeah so long time no Post. I have been very busy since moving to CT. And have just not found the time or will to blog.Key word is WILL. I hope this is the start of a new blogging beginning. I got a new cell phone and that has taken over my real camera and so getting the pictures from that to the computer was foreign to me. This phone can do everything I need it to do except blog. So if you know of an app for blogging let me know. So Connecticut, it has been great here. I have meet some new friends who are awesome. I can already count on them for anything. We have a great neighbor next door whom the girls go and bother everyday( this neighbor is older with no kids, but loves mine). Lane's class mates are great and we all go the beach friday afternoons together which I love doing and so do the girls. The only thing I can't stand about CT is the hot steamy weather. That is the actually lines of the weather man on NBC here. So what have we been doing well here are some pictures of that.

Here is the kitchen that Lane remodeled. I love it. Its just so pretty and fun to work in.

On the fourth of July. I got a flag just for the that. I have always wanted an American flag flying out in front of my house. Later we had some friends over for some fireworks. which the girls loved lighting and watching.

We bought season passes to six flag new england. And the girls have loved that. This time we brought some friends with us. My friend Elaine has two daughters just like me. One is 6 and the other one is a baby, but our girls get along so well. We really enjoy them.

This is the beach that we go to every friday night. Lane plays volleyball while the girls work on their model shots and tans.

This next shot is of the girls with Landon at 6 flags. Landon's dad is at school with Lane. This family is awesome. They are from Arizona and Utah too. We get along well. And we have an understanding with Lane and Sam being gone all day long. Its nice to know someone sharing the same experiences as well.


I will post more photos of the house as it becomes more put together. I still have unpacking and decorating and remodeling to do. The kitchen is the only thing that is done. I still need to varnish the family/living room floors, but waiting on other stuff to do that. Its a work in progress, but it is coming along.