New York City

Ellis Island where all the immigrants arrived hoping to be let into the U.S.

Statue of Liberty - A gift from France

The Met Museum -Vincent Van Gogh up close and Oh how Chad loved the medieval section!

A rack of lamb at Gordon Ramsay's Maze Restaurant (Hell's Kitchen guy)

The four of us enjoying dessert and wishing our 9$ got us a little more. Best carrot cake ever! We also went to The Lion King and Wicked, which both rocked.

Boston

We loved Boston. If only we would of booked tickets way ahead of time to see the Sox take on the Yankees!
We stayed at this cute bed and breakfast

This photo is for David. The first REI?

We drove up the coast of Maine to eat some lobster and see the oceanside cottages/mansions. This is a cute litte store in Ogunquit, Maine.

We had to order the clam bake - I still couldn't eat the oysters.

We stopped in Salem, MA where the witch trials happend. Cute town... but sad history and creepy museum. We got monumented out at this point. When we saw Paul Revere's house we snapped a picture and said "moving on."

Warning, Spider Picture!

Under our tramp is disgusting.

We've offered to pay our nephews to clean up under there, but no takers. I wonder why...

Kate's on the move

I'm so behind on posts I have to start somewhere. Kate has grown up so much in the past month. At 7 months she starting getting up on all 4's and rocking, then 2 weeks later she was crawling. At 8 months she mastered the crawling, and now she is pulling herself up on everything.

April Fools, I'm Pregnant!

I am going a little nuts. I forgot to post that I found out I was pregnant on April Fools Day. That fact made telling Chad really fun. Along with the other blaring fact that baby Kate was not quite 5 months old at the time. I'm starting my 15th week and feeling less sick, less tired... I'm still sick and tired!...just not as bad. I'm due on Nov. 9th. I was due with Kate Nov. 11th and had her on Nov. 2nd, so there is a chance for Irish Twins (Is that what they call it?) Luckily I live in Utah and nearly everyone I tell says, "ya, mine are 13 months apart, or my sisters are that close together." I still get some fun looks as I'm out with the girls and wearing maternity clothes. The poor onlookers don't know what to think, but I can tell their mind is churning. I'm so excited about this baby and the fact that I could be done having kids when I'm 31. I don't know if we are done, but I can say we will be using some form of birth control next time around. We had not used birth control in our marriage for 10 years, and both girls were conceived with clomed, so this was a big surprise and a BIG blessing. I shouldn't care, but I really want a boy this time. Can you imagine the drama of 3 girls so close together?

Having Fun

Our main floor is all hardwood so we got out the pack n play so Kate could roll around and practice sitting up without getting injured.

Sleeping on Dad's lap is one of her favorite pastimes.


Grace loves dogs and this little visitor just made her day. I also like this video because she refers to herself as the blue genie. She has the best imagination. Her latest characters include Susan of "Monsters verses Aliens", baby Ironman and the 3 Amigo's from the 1986 movie "Three Amigo's" which she saw at a friends house.

Feeding Kate

I can't believe she's sitting up in a high chair already. She's always happy before the taste testing begins.

This picture doesn't really do justice how messy she is from eating rice cereal. In this feeding she was more interested in her feet than the spoon.

Take 1, 1st try of baby food. Unfortunately the Dr.'s say to start with green beans.

Take 2