April Showers Bring May visitors

Now with work over and the giant decision of what to do next in process I finally have some time to blog about the wonderful people who visited us in May. We love visitors because it gives us a chance to see things we haven't yet. First my good friend Mackenzie from Joy school visited us. It was so great to have her stop by! Among other things we took the time to visit Plymouth rock which was cool. I actually had a decadent come on the Mayflower which was great. Here's a few pics from the weekend.

I'm lazy so I won't figure out how to rotate this pic but at Plymouth they actually had a statue of the same Indian as on BYU campus, crazy! Apparently there are a lot of famous Mormon sculptors.

This is what's left of the famed Plymouth rock that they supposedly all walked on. Pretty cool!

Of course we had to hit the amazing delicious homemade ice cream in Lexington. One of the many things I love about New England-they definitely do homemade ice cream right!

Isn't my friend Kenzie beautiful! She is so motivated and such a great example of loving life, it was such a joy to have her over and between her and Jason I felt very spoiled and well taken care of. Thanks Kenzie for coming!

Next bring on the Family! Jason's cousin Cole was the first to come out for graduation. He flew in before Memorial Day when we went hiking through the Berkshires on our "strenuous" hike. Cole was such a joy to have around, exploring everything with Jason, helping me out in the kitchen, sharing all these cool things he's learning about the gospel, what an amazing kid and so easy to have around. He leaves on his mission this week.

And finally we got to enjoy the whole family! Jason's mom flew in right before graduation. That day happened to be a rainy New England day so what better thing to do than go to Maine?  

Each of Jason's siblings told his mom to do something while she was in town so one thing was see a lighthouse...check! We also hit a quilting store where she got a quilt, threw a rock in the ocean and enjoyed more homemade ice cream and delicious burgers.

Then it was my family's turn to come and join us. We took everyone on the freedom trail on a very hot and humid Friday. Then on Saturday we just took my parents to the Boston Harbor Islands and Concord. It was awesome!

Us all waiting at the gift stores while moms shop. Typical.

Everyone at the USS Constitution

We had to see the duck statue before we left, I'm so glad we did! Jason's mom also loved it.

Always have to hit the Republican/Democrat sculpture thing. 

Isaac insisted on walking on the red line.  

Dad eating Mike's Pastry. It's a must on the Freedom Trail. 

And this would be us on George's Island with an old civil war fort.

And this would be me looking awesome. There's almost nothing that feels so powerful as standing at the helm of a boat feeling the wind in your face. Definitely owning a yacht one day just to feel powerful.

And we finally made it to Trinity Church. It pales in comparison with Rome Cathedrals but in American, wow!

And finally this would be my mom and I at the site of the battle of Concord and Lexington. Isn't my mom so classy?

And I think that about wraps it up for May!