Yay for Christmas!

So since our Thanksgiving consisted of Chinese food and Wii playing we were anxious to move on to Christmas. So I instigated a Christmas Extravaganza the day after and we got everything all ready for the season to begin. So Friday we drove out to Marlborough, MA and went to "The Tree Farm" and we actually got to walk around their little grove of trees and find our favorite and then we got to saw it down. Which, considering Tyler only has one arm and I am not much of a woodsman was quite the event. :) We also got some ornaments and lights and then took it home to decorate. Once we were done putting up decorations we had gingerbread cookies and watched Elf, hurray for Christmas. :) The other picture here is of the wreath I made at our ward's Wreathmaking Enrichment night. Now let me tell you, this is serious business. This activity has been going on in New England wards for the last 50 years and actually started in our ward so it is a very cherished tradition and has all the characteristics of an event that has had that long to grow. I was part of the committe that planned it and it was a bit nuts getting everything ready. But I must admit that it was a really wonderful night and I think my wreath even turned out pretty well too. :)

I think this picture doesn't quite show how big the wreath actually is, but it is bigger than you might think.

Here is a picture of pretty much all our Christmas decorations.

This is the nativity set I got last year for Christmas that I have been looking forward to putting up all year. I love the WillowTree statues and I especially loved the nativity. It always puts the right spirit in my heart when I see it. Tyler thought to put the tree pieces around it so that it didn't completely blend into the white blinds and window sill.

This is just a picture of our tree that we chopped down. Hurray for Christmas!

Head of the Charles, Halloween Pumpkins and Finally Pictures of Our Apartment

Sorry our posts are always so big. Hopefully they're not too big of a pain to load. The first pictures in this one are from an event we went to here in Cambridge called the Head of the Charles. It's a whole weekend-long rowing competition that apparently is really big. There were teams from all over the country that came to compete and race down the Charles River. I have never been into rowing much but it was pretty fun to watch,especially when you can hear the yellers in the front of boats when they are trying to pass each other. :) The other pictures are of our Halloween pumpkins and we finally put up pictures of our apartment for those who were interested. :)

In case it wasn't obvious Tyler's is the one of Gollum on the left and mine is the cutesy one on the right. :)



We love our stools-thanks mom and dad

Hurray for New England Fall!

So Tyler and I had the fun opportunity to go apple picking this weekend (apparently its way bigger here than in Washington, who knew? :)) Anyway, we had a blast. We took about a 45 minute drive into Central Massachusetts to get to the Apple Farm and the drive there was beautiful! The fall colors here are amazing, they made me really glad we are getting to spend some time here. The apple picking was also great fun: I got a carameled apple, Tyler got to climb trees and we both got lost in the hedge maze, what more could you ask of life?

Tyler at the center of the maze

This is actually a tree that is right across the street from our building.

This one is along Tyler's walk to school

Dream Dinners, Boat Tour and our Crazy Church Ceiling

So Tyler and I tried this thing called Dream Dinners where you sign up for online for a menu of different meals and then you go to a Dream Dinners location where they have all the ingredients prepared and set up so you can just put them all together and go home with 8-9 meals all ready to cook. We've had a few so far and they are great. They have these all over the country so if anyone else is thinking this sounds like a good idea let me know. :)


These next two pictures are from a boat tour of the Charles River that we took with our Ward. Our Bishop has actually written a book about the River and so he was our guide. It was really fun and we got to see some parts of Boston we hadn't seen yet.

This is the bridge that goes from Boston into Somerville where we live.

This is a picture of the Old North Church from the River. This is the church were the lantern was hung to let the American Revolutionary forces know whether the British would come by land or by sea.

So this is a picture (as is the one below) of the ceiling in our church building. It used to be a boiler factory before the church began renting it for Sunday services. Every Sunday when we get to Church Tyler and I can't help feeling like we are getting ready to get on Thunder Mountain railroad at Disneyland or something, it is pretty great. :)

Pizza and goggles

So Tyler and I decided to bust out our pizza stone for the first time the other day. Apparently it is a little like a dutch oven in that you have to rub it with cooking oil and then it seasons while it is in the oven before you can put pizza dough on it. So by the time it was ready to put the dough on the smoke was pretty strong and our apartment is pretty small so there was no real way to get away from it. But being near the oven was almost impossible. So in order to get the pizza on the stone without our eyes burning out of our heads we decided to put on our swimming goggles. :) It actually was mostly better once we had them on so we just kept them on for most of the night while the smoke was still in the apartment. It was great. Here is a picture of us with our pizza and goggles.

Just an added note. We also did not have any blinds yet for the windows behind us which go out into the parking lot so we were able to show off our fashion statement for all to see. Also great. :)

Trip to Boston

Well, we finally made it here to Boston. Other than the fact that we get hopelessly lost when trying to drive anywhere we really like it here so far. Tyler is enjoying school and I am about to be employed (hurray! :). Here are some pictures from our trip from Mesa, AZ to Boston. We will post pictures of our new place soon. :)

My brother Cameron and his wife Hillary were so kind as to come with us and actually drive the Penske truck. This is all of us in front of the temple in Nauvoo.

The trees in Nauvoo were actually hollow so Tyler decided to climb inside. It was hilarious.

We stayed with our friends Ryan and Sarah who live in Washington DC now. They were kind enough to let us stay with them and even bought us the most amazing cupcakes. :)

The toll roads along the way up the east coast were killer especially with the truck, yuck!

Boston, finally within sight!

We actually unloaded most of our things through the window. It was great.

After we got unpacked we went to NYC for a day with Cam and Hillary. These pictures are from Times Square and Central Park.

Finally, before Cam and Hillary left we got to go to a Patriots game where they got creamed. It was fun. :)

Hurray for Graduating!

On April 24 Tyler and I both graduated from BYU. Tyler graduated with degrees in both Political Science and Economics and I graduated with a degree in History. We are excited to move on to the next stage but we will miss the good ole days in Provo.