Sunday, October 4, 2009

New York '09

Walking to the Lake on Sunday afternoon. Beautiful, but the mosquitos were a killer. We let Braxton walk, too, and that was a mistake. Poor kid was exhausted, though it wasn't that far from my mother-in-laws house.

We took a family trip up the mountain that my mother-in-law lives on and went up to the rim. It was gorgeous, and the weather was just perfect and the air nice and fresh and crisp. It got me excited for Autumn, whenever it decides to show up here in AZ! Braxton of course HAD to push the stroller rather than ride in it. He is obsessed with anything that has wheels and INSISTS on pushing or pulling it himself. Try to help him, and all you-know-what breaks loose! (This makes it extremely difficult to go grocery shopping, as if it wasn't hard enough with two kids!)

Standing on top of the mountain overlooking the river...





Baby Bella, chillin' in her car seat. One of the few times she was semi-happy while being forced to sit in it during the car rides!


The Thursday and Friday we were there we took a trip down to Boston to spend some time with one of Justin's old mission buddies and good friend, Brad. We ate at good restaurants, rode some fun trains, played at the park, went to the huge Aquarium, and just hung out with Brad for awhile. It was fun being back where Justin served his mission and seeing some of the places he served. THanks again Brad for letting us bombard your bachelor pad and putting up with our two kids. Your awesome!
The weather, again, was gorgeous but a bit chilly. Had to actually break out the sweater some of the time we were there. Loved it!

B-rax's first time riding a carousel! This was probably one of the highlights of the whole trip for him. He loved it and screamed when we had to leave. Poor kid. With $3 a ride, though, we couldn't endulge him as much as he would have liked. It was fun watching him enjoy it for awhile though.

At the Aquarium!



This Sea Turtle was H-U-G-E!!! She was the biggest animal in the tank...even bigger than the sharks in there! That is one giant mamma!

He loves his fishies!!


Me and my boy! (Sorry Bella, your head got cut off! )
Daddy and Son

5 comments:

Rachel Smith said...

Your family looks so fun! Brax seems like he's into the same things as Bridger...HAS to push his stroller WITHOUT any help...joy! Baby bella is beautiful! We need to catch up!

Jessica Rodgers said...

looks like a good time. I have always wanted to go to NY.

Shari said...

Love the turtle!

Moss Family said...

So I had NO idea that you moved...I was just thinking this week that I haven't seen you in several weeks and I know that we have both been on vacation, but still thought we would have ran into each other recently. So then I thought....gotta go find her blog and see if she has sick kids or has been on more vacations and then I found you moved!?!? How sad, but how exciting....your home looks GORGEOUS!!! I can't wait to see more pix of it! Hope you are loving it! Your little Bella is adorable! She has sure changed since I saw you last! Talk to you soon and enjoy that beautiful home!

Kaylan said...

You have a beautiful family and wonderful children. God bless!