.: July 2009

So I know it has been a little while since I last posted and I have so much to post so be prepared for a major overload of pictures. These past few weeks have been pretty busy and we have done some really fun things. I want to make sure were making the most of our time here in Boston cause who knows when we will come back!

NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND- MANSIONS

So about one hour away from where we live is Newport, RI. There are a ton of mansions along the coast, so one day after church we, along with a few of our friends, decided to go check them out. They are huge and I couldn't believe people actually live in some of these. It was neat to see though and very pretty walking along the coast!

One of the many HUGE mansions!

Adam & I with the coast!

Adam and I with one of the mansions!

"Uncle" Adam giving Ben a ride on his shoulders.

Sweet little Chloe being an angel in her stroller as usual.

Fun picture of Ben and Matt

Vanessa and Chole

COOKIE DECORATING CONTEST
Our friends Shawna and Nate were nice enough to invite us over to their house for a cookie decorating contest a few weeks ago. It was super fun and everybody was very creative. I forgot to take our camera but here are our lovely cookies. I couldn't resist and had to take a couple bites of my cookie, they were delicious!

WASHINGTON,DC: National Dental Hygiene Meeting

Althought I graduated in May, I was able to go present some research that me and a few other classmates worked on our last year of school. We presented the first day and then attended a few Dental Hygiene events, but mostly played! There is so much to see in DC and it was fun being able to stay there for a week, but by the end I was ready to get home and see my hubby.

Our research poster!

This is me and Esther Wilkins! Unless you are a dental hygeinist, you probably have no idea who she is. She is basically the queen of dental hygiene and has written books that students use all over the country! She is pretty old, but still manages to come to dental hygiene meetings.

The Museum of Natural History!

Me and a giraffe. (sorry some of my pics are sideways they wouldn't flip)

This is a snapping turtle! There are some of these in a pond next to our house. Some of the girls were thinking of swimming in the pond until we found out our toes might get snapped off! So that is why I took this random picture.

This is the Harry Winston "Hope Diamond" it was huge! I think it was 70 something karats! I told Adam he better get me something similar to this for our next anniversary ha ha!

While we were in DC we rode the metro everywhere. These are some of the girls who were there with me for the week!

The Library of Congress (very exciting right?)

Inside the Library of Congress was very pretty!

Our nations Capitol!

Me and the girls in front of the Capitol

Arlington cemetary! I couldn't believe how many headstones there were!

The guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Iwojima

The White House

Me right after dining with the Obamas! Good thing I dressed up and did my hair huh!

The Washington Monument

The Capitol at night!

PALMYRA & NEW YORK CITY

A few weeks ago my family was able to come and visit us here in Boston! We had a lot of fun and were able to go to New York for a few days. We did some church history stuff and then went into the city for soome site seeing! We were also able to go around Boston and see some fun stuff too!

This is an original copy of the Book of Mormon

View from the Hill Cumorah

The Hill Cumorah Monument

Joseph Smith childhood home

A later home of Joseph Smith

Smith Family Farm

Me & my Dad

The Sacred Grove

My mom and dad

where the first Books of Mormon were printed and sold

The Manhattan Temple

Me by the temple

Central Park

Time Square

The city at night

Me and my parents in Newport, RI

My mom and dad in front of the Boston temple

On Sunday we were able to go to the beach after church and Adam was finally able to come with us. We saw quite a few jelly fish that washed up on the shore, and even a live clam that my little brother dropped a rock on and it splattered all over us. I wanted him to break it open to see if there was a pearl inside. Just my luck there was not one :(. I also forgot to take pictures of this so you'll just have to use your imagination.

Me and Adam

Cute Family Picture

My brother Michael trying to act cool!

4th of July Festivities

For the fourth of July Adam got of work early at 6:00. We went to the beach with all our APX friends and ate chipotle burritos and just relaxed. It was fun and nice to spend the evening together!

Us on the beach

Although we did not see any fireworks that night, we made some of our own ha ha! Actually we did this to embarrass Chad, for some reason he is opposed to PDA!

Finally a normal picture of my husband. Every time I take a picture of him he thinks he has to pull a face or something. I did however have to tell him to look noraml for this picture.

The boys playing ultimate frisbee!

This is ben and his gorgeous eyelashes! I would kill for lashes like that!

Cute Vanessa and Chloe, they were both very patriotic that day if you can't tell!

CAPE COD

After church we decided to head up to Cape Cod. We packed a picinic lunch to eat on the beach, but ended up eating it on the lawn of an elementary school, cause all the beaches were making you pay 20.00 just to park-Lame I know. After eating our lunch, we found a place to park for free and walked to a nice little beach.

My cute hubby!

Me with the cape in the background

Both of us!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN... IN JULY?

That is right! One of the sales guys out here has a halloween party for his birthday every year in July. It was so fun and everybody had really creative costumes. We played some fun games, had some yummy snacks and just hung out. I think we confused a few people in our apartment complex. Seeing people walking down the streets dressed up in july could be quite shocking.

Aloha! We dressed up as hawiann people cause we already had the lava lavas. Adam worked out every day that week just so he could show everyone how hot he looked in coconut shells and a skirt j/k.