part 2

Quite the back yard my sis has! so beautiful and love how open it is!

                  Spent the day in Boston! Love visiting big cities but could never live there.

               These two...just HAD to have their shoes and socks off, no matter how many times
            I put them back on she'd yank them right off little stinker.

                              MJ just dieing to get out and walk around

               Took a moment to see the Boston Temple before our horrible ride back home. ALL
                little kids/babes were screaming bawling their eyes out, Zooey threw up and Mary
                   just wouldn't give up and wanted out, I wanted to cry with her.

Cute antique mall we visited

                cheese tasting oh my! I may have gone around twice, it was THAT good

                           MJ loved feeding the horses, goats, and seeing all of the animals before we
                            did some cheese and maple syrup taste testing.

                               Zooey and MJ became such cute little friends on this trip

                         LOVE this adorable library, this cute place make me kind of want to live there..

 

                                                   Not even two and knows how to work a smart phone..
                                    Poor girl got a bit sick on our plane trip home and was such a champ

Back east trip photo bomb part 1

We planned a girls trip only to visit my sister in Vermont as it is their last year living there. So with my two older sisters, mom, aunt, and MJ (who made the cut off flying free by a month.) I was sooo impressed with how well Mary did on the flights!

                      We went to a darling town named Grafton, pretty much the adorable
                         quiet place any low key retired couple would love to hang out at.
                                                 Aren't these kiddos adorable

                 delicious cheese and jam tasting, MJ found some VT maple syrup
                                   in cute maple leaf glass jars

                           The colors are unreal and absolutely beautiful there.

                           cute little Graffton public library.

                                        These two cute girls became such good friends,
                                   it was so fun to watch them interact with each other.

                                      At the farmers market where we at delicious crepes, I bought
                        only a couple of jars of canned goods, wish I could have bought more!

                            Spent an afternoon at the infamous King Arthur. Wish we had one here
                        one day when I have a home of our own, I'm totally buying some sweet pans, and
                            more delicious frosting, bread mixes and pretty much anything you could ever want
                                  or need to use in the kitchen.

                               Smart store for having a kid area to color

I'm definitely going to miss our summer that we had but so excited for the change of season. I'm loving this new feeling of the crisp cool air and pulling out MJ's and my fall wardrobe although hers is so much cuter than mine. 

                 
              I am in love with her two itty bitty piggies. She does pretty well with me putting them in
                   but has taken them out several times in car rides. little stinker.

           During our little hike she loved stopping constantly to touch the dirt, the plants, and flowers.
               I love how inquisitive she is and soaks everything in. She reminds me to enjoy
           the small things that I have taken for granted.

     
            This water was FREEZING! and she loved it, she didn't want Ryan to stop swishing her
                 back and forth in it. Needless to say she was not happy when it was time to leave.

 
            This picture just doesn't do it justice. The drive home was absolutely gorgeous
              unlike anything else I've ever seen. Utah has some of the prettiest sun sets I think.

Summer is just about over and with all of the grapes in their backyard I figured I'd make for the first time some fresh grape juice to bottle and hopefully I can make enough to last till winter to make some apple grape cider (yum!) I looked behind me while cutting the grapes and Mary was having her own fun in the dirt. Head to toes in dirt!

   
                                                cutest little cheeser ever haha!

                                  So naturally I brought out the hose to clean her off and have some more fun

 
                                           Not sure if I'm quite ready for Summer to end

Ryan's b day

August 23rd was Ryan's 28th birthday! He had just barely gotten a new job days earlier so he had to go to work. Gotta love being a grown up! So while he was busy working, MJ and I were busy making him a poster. 

               He was in need of a new watch so I found a killer deal on this sweet watch for him.
    When Ryan got home our plans changed and we had a nice evening alone watching the newest James Bond movie while Mary had a ball with her grandparents and cousins at my nephews football game.

It's September! I spent yesterday evening going to the mall and purchasing fall scent candles and oils. yum! now to break out the pumpkin bread and scarfs! Unfortunately Mary wasn't as excited as me to go to the mall... She went from being whiny, pouting, crying to full on screaming while everyone around us was staring at me looking as though I had pinched the poor girl.
And might I say she is so her mother.. As she was pushing her stroller she suddenly stopped and ran in to a store...and which store was that? A jewelry store non the less! haha.

She is slowly getting used to living here and going to out new ward, summer was pretty busy so we weren't able to attend our new ward hardly. She loves singing and this past week has been constantly singing Jesus want me for a sun beam and the Popcorn Popping song actions and all. If I stray away from the song she wants me to sing with her she quickly says ''Mom, Mom!" until I sing which one she wants. She loves to count, and play with her new puzzles her Granny bought her. She is talking so much and copies what we say all the time. She constantly amazes me each day.