Boston and the Cape

Grandma and Grandpa came out to visit us again this year on their days off from working at the Temple and Family History Center.
While they were here, Paul and the boys took them to see the space shuttle and the other interesting planes at the Dulles Air and Space Museum.

On the Fourth of July, we tried to take them to see the Capital fireworks in D.C. Paul had access to the roof of his office building and it would have been a spectacular view, but sadly it was so foggy we couldn't see a thing.
The next morning Grandma, Grandpa, our family, and Uncle Brent's loaded up our cars and headed up to Boston. It was a lot of driving, but the bag of twizzlers Daddy packed made it more enjoyable.

 On our first day, we started the morning by visiting Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower II, a replica of the original Mayflower. It is hard to believe that many people came across on such a small boat.

After Plymouth, we headed out to Chatham Lighthouse on Cape Cod. Most lighthouses on the Cape are private residences these days, but Chatham is an active U.S. Coast Guard Station so we were able to climb all the way to the top.








Mommy had wanted to spend the rest of the day clamming, but we weren't able to make it to the the city office in time to get a shellfishing licence so we played on the beach instead. At low tide, we walked out into the cape for about a mile and probably could have gone farther. The farther we walked out, the more marine life we saw. We saw hermit crabs, razor clams, quahog clams. fish, and seabirds. Evan even got pinched by two crabs, but he didn't think that was very fun.

Day two was spent at the Boston aquarium. Mommy liked the giant sea turtles that are over 100 years old.


We broke for lunch at the famous Boston public garden, where we ate lunch while watching the swan boats travel around the pond. We stopped to say hi to the ducklings before taking the T back to the aquarium to see the rest.

One if by land two if by sea

Day three started off with a Boston Harbor cruise.

Private pew at the Old North Church

We finished the afternoon with Freedom Trail stops at the old north church (made famous by Paul Revere), Paul Revere's house, and the Old State House (site of the Boston Massacre).






We ate dinner at the Faneuil hall Marketplace, where mommy had some delicious Boston clam chowder. After eating our fill, we capped our vacation off with a visit to the Boston Children's museum.

On our way home, we stopped at Uncle Brent's house to see cousin Matthew being blessed and to celebrate Grandma Kraczek's birthday. Mommy made her a Lemon Raspberry cake. It was delicious even though it fell apart when we cut into it.

Beach Day

When it's too hot to think, you just have to go to the beach. Not the ocean exactly, that is too far. Our go-to is Sandy Point State Park on the Chesapeake Bay.


Evan probably had the most fun. He was in the water and covered in sand within seconds of our arrival.





Bennet and James weren't that into it at first.

Once they got over the shock of hot sand on their feet and cold waves chasing them, they had a great time too. 

Mother's day 2016

I am a very proud mom of these three beautiful boys. We had a wonderful Mother's day dinner together out on our patio. Daddy made grilled salmon on mommy's new grill and we all enjoyed spending time together in the wonderful spring weather.

Happy Birthday Bennet

Bennet is 3 years old! To celebrate, this year we took the boys to Jumping Joey's, a warehouse filled with enormous bounce houses, bouncy obstacle courses, and slides.We had a great time, especially Bennet who would have stayed all day.

After Jumping Joey's, we headed home for a party. We invited some friends over to help us celebrate with hotdogs and cupcakes.  After dinner, we set up Bennet's present, a new green slide. All the kids had fun taking turns going down the slide.

The Egg Hunt continues

Our new yard isn't big enough to host our annual egg hunt, but we didn't want to give it up so we had it at our friend Jessica's house this year. It was a beautiful spring morning full of friends, a delicious brunch, and, of course, candy!

Sandbox

This spring, after looking around our new backyard, Mommy decided that what we really needed was a sandbox. So she got some plans from the internet, modified them to fit the space in our yard, and got to work. She had to buy some new tools to get the job done, but that was half the fun. Daddy dug the hole and helped mommy get in in place before he filled it with over 700lbs of sand. Evan and Bennet love inviting their neighborhood friends to come play in there big blue sandbox.

Happy 36th Birthday Daddy

We love our daddy and hope he has a wonderful 37th year