Bahston...

Charles River, beautiful day. Now if only one of those yachts had been ours...

In June we had the opportunity to take an early anniversary trip to Boston (or Bahston or Bean town as the locals call it). We had awesome weather and enjoyed lots of historical sights, excellent food, and even better company :) There are way too many pictures to post so these are just a couple of the highlights of our trip.

Duane enjoying some fresh air in Boston Commons

You are supposed to stand across from the donkey if you oppose it but I thought this was a little more appropriate

Duane getting one of his many famous dead people shots (he is a history teacher people!)

In front of a stature of Benjamin Franklin (Boston is his hometown even if Philadephia is what he is known for)

enjoying some conversation with a local...he had deep thoughts

by the garden.. too bad the Celtics couldn't win the finals during game 6 (we would have been there!)

Lovin' the archways filled with ivy by the waterfront

MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  I feel smarter just saying it!

MIT statues were awesome! Duane thought they were ugly.. but he wasn't a humanities major.

sorry more architecture. But I seriously want my house to look like this someday! Every kid would want to play at my house :)

roof garden above a parking garage that we stumbled upon near MIT.

window shopping (I should have bought this. it is cute!..oh well, hindsight, you know)

Oldest restaurant in town (so they claim) but pretty good seafood

See, pretty good :)

You know you are in little Italy when they play handball on this.

We climbed up this for free! (Bunker Hill Monument)Why would you pay to walk up 292 steps?

"No, I didn't just walk up 300 steps. I just got off a yacht and am taking a break from watching polo."

went on a lunch cruise to see the sights around the harbor on our last day.

"Yes, I am the bum that played on Back to the Future and those kids are still CRAZY DRUNK DRIVERS!"

Of course we took in a game! GO RED SOX!

The green monster.. lovin' it!

Splash park time!

Our home away from home during the summer.

Family Visitors

We had a great time with Grandma Edna and "Bumpba" Tony when they visited in May. We had some good eats and enjoyed chatting around the house. They enjoyed a typical work week with us and lots of Taylor time.

Three generations :)

Summer PJs

We don't sleep in much these days. Taylor is no different.

Dip?

It is no secret that Taylor loves to dip his food..from french fries and chicken nuggets to pancakes and waffles into Cool Whip. Who doesn't love Cool Whip though? If I give him any of these items without a dipping pleasure he acts like he is dipping until you give him the sauce. He is like his nana...loves the dip/sauce more than the actual food.

Birthday Wishes

I am now 28. Nothing big. The best thing about turning 28 is the ice cream cake that I got to enjoy. I can still taste it now just thinking about it. Yum

Where is your...?

Videos from Kauai

fire dancers at the luau

Here I am ziplining...if you notice I do a full twist around at the end. My record was 7 spins on one zipline.

Pictures from Kauai!

We tackled taking Taylor with us to Kauai (did you like that alliteration?) and it worked out well for the most part! Thank you Edna for staying in the resort room with him while we could go out sometimes! My in-laws have a great timeshare there and offered us a room to enjoy it with them. We enjoyed lots of days in the sun, ate very well, swam in the enormous pool, went to a Luau, and flew down some ziplines. We can't wait to go back and take a cruise around all of the Hawaiian islands. Our only regret is that we did not take a scooter ride while we were there. 

Duane waving from inside a cave

enjoying some koi feeding time at the resort

the enormous pool at the Marriott. 5 hot tubs and a circular pool

Who could ask for more?

daddy and son heading to the pool

Lydgate Park and Beach

enjoying some pre-luau chill time

the happy couple :)

Grandma Edna and Taylor at Tunnels Beach

Chickens everywhere and Africa looking terrain...KAUAI!

ziplining!

me in the beautiful Kauai green on the ziiiipppppliiinnene

Duane's entrance

Kailua Falls

saving the best for last! Cutie watching some cartoons

Horsey Ride Out, Neck Ninja In!

This is how we roll

Who needs a cat?

A Night on the Town

I'm a little late to the party on this one...but all that matters is that I am documenting it now! We were so excited to have Duane's parents stay with us and go see a strip show (wow that came out wrong...it means a show playing on the strip..dirty minds people....you should be ashamed of yourself). Duane and I don't get down to the strip too often although we live about 20 minutes away. We got to see La Reve at the Wynn (the one with water :). I can honestly say that the show was everything it said it would be. It was over so fast because there was something amazing happening all the time! I wanted to watch it again right then. We topped the night off with some fantastic desserts at a nearby restaurant. Yum!!! The waitress helped us settle the argument about Donny and Marie's show. It sucks! I won. End of story.

 Tony and Edna!

Looking a bit tired...but ready for more :)

Care for an M&M?

We decided that we had lived here too long to not have seen the M&M factory on the strip. So we headed down and saw some art galleries at the new City Center on our way to the M&M excitement. The 3-D video was a bit dated and fuzzy but the colors were bright and Taylor sat and watched without the glasses which makes us think that he may NEED glasses, hmmm? We topped off the night by buying Taylor his own travel backpack. He walked around the whole store wearing it so we thought he was rather attached to it and would keep it on long enough to carry things in the future. Besides, it is adorable.

Duane and Taylor but an awesome glass exhibit at City Center

awesome glass pieces! pictures do not do them justice

inside M & M world

Taylor's backpack and him by the balls..he is definitely ALL BOY