Trip to Boston

We had such a great trip to Boston in October! Daniel and Jenny were so gracious to let us stay in their apartment...it was cozy and the price was right! :)

We got to see so many things, of course we did the Freedom Trail, I was moved to see the places where events I had learned about in US history took place.

We got to see the replica of the Mayflower, Plymouth Rock, Harvard and Cape Cod.

Jenny and Daniel also took us to the North Shore where we visited Gloucester, Rockport and other super cute towns. We visited Salem too...it had one of the most perfectly quaint downtowns I have ever seen.

We of course tried fried clams...I did not like them :( but David did! :)
We went to an apple orchard and went apple picking and had apple cider donuts..yummm....
I have so many awesome pictures, but it is such a pain to load them one at a time (well 5 at a time) into blogger...(if anyone knows a better way I would love to hear it!!) so I am posting the link in shutterfly to all of them. http://bostoninthefall.shutterfly.com/

Be warned there are alot!! It is really for me to have back up photos, so all my kids photos are in there too!! Which means there are lots of pix of houses taken out car windows, lots of squirrels and lots of waves! ;)

We also got the chance to go to Chappaqua NY for the day to visit my Grandma for her 90th birthday. The timing was really perfect as she was up from Florida. I was thankful to see her again, and my aunt, uncle and cousin.

Gas lanterns in Beacon Hill


The Mayflower II....how did these people do it???







The Salem Witch House

Downtown Salem

yeah!! Fall Leaves!!

One of the many beautiful allys in Boston

The Freedon Trail

Beacon Hill

Inside the church where the famous laterns were hung (1if by land 2 if by sea)

The girls are standing in front of the building below...

One of the tour guides...that we didn't use, just used him for a pix

apple picking

our lovely hosts and tour guides!

Gloucester

Taking Daniel and Jenny to the airport for their trip back to WA

Grandma Ethel and her best friend Bert...they have been best friends since they were 18

My grandma Ethel :)

my cousin Lacey and my uncle Bruce

one of many card games my girls begged Jenny to play!

Cape Cod

" out of the movies" perfect beaches

The Nauset Light House

The sunRISE as we waited to board our plane heading home