The thing about vacations...

The thing about vacations is that even though I enjoy my time away from home, I really miss home too.  Home means that I can see Brantley pretty much when I want to -- as long as he's awake, lol.  I so missed my little munchkin last week!!  We got to visit with him Sunday after church and he just giggled when I was playing with him.  To hear him laugh like that is such a blessing!!

Tallan took this picture of all three of my g-babies.  I think they are so beautiful and she did a good job capturing all that grandbaby beauty!!  Just look at those sweet faces!

Boston and Bug Juice

This past week, I was fortunate enough to get to go with David to Boston.  He was going for a conference, I was going for some down time, which I really needed.  While he was attending conference sessions and activities, I had time to relax, read and walk around a bit.  We were able to walk around and see some really interesting places.  The Boston Common is a very pretty park that was just a few blocks from our hotel.  The state capital overlooks the Bostom Common. 

If you walk up that street and turn left on Beacon Street, you will pass the Cheers Bar that was featured in the tv show Cheers.  Inside looks nothing like the tv set but a replica was created and is upstairs.  There is also a replica Cheers Bar at Faneuil Hall.  We had lunch there one day.  Every thing on the menu is named after the characters on the show.  I half expected everyone to yell Norm when we walked in, they didn't, LOL. 

We saw Old North Church, which is where signal lanterns of Paul Revere were placed in the steeple to warn the country of the march of the British troops.   We saw cemeteries from the 1700s.  To me, they looked like something from a horror movie -- not that I watch horror movies. 

We saw the Bunker Hill Monument.  The Battle of Bunker Hill was not actually fought on Bunker Hill, it was fought on Breed's Hill, one hill over because it was already secure and was closer to the water, according to our tour guide. 

We saw Fenway Park.  I really wanted to see a ball game, but the Boston Red Sox didn't play until Friday night and we were already on our way home by then.  But, we did get to tour the park, which was really cool in my book.  Fenway Park is celebrating 100 years this year.  It seats 39,000 people and still has original seats that were grandfathered in and can not be removed.

We saw Longfellow House - Washington's headquarters.  This was home to Henry W. Longfellow, 19th century poet and served as headquarters for General George Washington during the Siege of Boston, July 1775 - April 1776.

We saw Trinity Church in Copley Square.  This church was founded in 1733.  I found it very interesting that a lot of old buildings are now surrounded by skyscrapers.  This is one of my favorite shots of this church -- its reflection in the skyscraper across the street.  I love that the old buildings have been preserved and are not just torn down to make way for "newer and better" buildings.

We drove by the Harvard campus, as well as the MIT campus.  Boston has a ton of colleges and universities!

We had a really good time in Boston, but we were glad to get back home on Friday.  On Saturday morning, we picked up Phoebe and Sophie for our May weekend.  They think it is a rule that they have to get a snack from the gas station where we usually meet them.  They had just had lunch, but they had to have that snack anyway.  Phoebe got "bug juice" and Sophie told her that bug juice wasn't any good.  She said that she didn't like eating bugs and that spiders were gross. 

It was so very hot on Saturday (much different from Boston weather) so we pulled out the water hose and let them run under the spray.  We didn't have a sprinkler and their little pool is still packed up right now.  We need to get another one anyway, probably.  They didn't care whether the water was from the hose, the sprinkler or in a pool, they had the best time running in that water, or the rainforest, as Phoebe was calling it. 

They also had the best time playing with our new kitten, Jack.  Phoebe loves cats and she carried him around as much as he'd let her.  Which was pretty much all weekend.  He really likes to be held or to be near someone. 

If you are ever near Boston, look up bostontours.com and take a tour with those guys.  If you are ever near a gas station, purchase a bottle of bug juice.  I really don't think they have spiders in them.  :)

 

Mini pizzas

Yesterday evening Tallan and Brantley came over and Tallan and I made mini pizzas.  I found this on Pinterest recently and thought they'd be really good.  And they are!  :) 

We made mini pepperoni pizzas but the possibilities are endless with this recipe.  I want to try tomatoes and fresh basil on these next!  Maybe add some bacon??  Oh goodness, I am making myself hungry!

http://cookingoncloverlane.blogspot.com/search/label/Pizza-Easy

Weekend with Brantley

Last weekend Jacob and Tallan went out of town for the first time since Brantley's birth last June.  We kept Brantley from Friday night to Monday afternoon.  Tallan and I were both a tad bit nervous about the weekend. She was nervous because she'd never been away from Brantley without being able to run to our house to see him if she wanted.  I was a tad bit nervous because I don't sleep well when Brantley is at our house and I was afraid I would be super exhausted.  He and I both slept well Friday night but not so much on Saturday or Sunday nights, however, he did sleep, he just kept waking himself (and me) up by pulling the cannula out of his nose.  I must say he slept very well Sunday and Monday mornings though.  Such a precious baby he is!  We all made it through the weekend just fine.  Jacob and Tallan had a great time and David and I enjoyed our time with Brantley.