Summer Lovin

I've been able to enjoy this summer so much more than summers in the past. You see, we have central A/C in our apartment and it's heavenly. No more loud window air conditioners and coming home to a house that's 100 degrees. No more waking up in the middle of the night sweaty and uncomfortable, and no more loud neighbors who you hear all night long because your window has to stay open. It's been GREAT!



We've enjoyed walks in the evenings, fresh fruit salads, our favorite summer shows, Boston street performers, the beach and even a few trips to Kimball Farms.



That being said, Fall is my favorite season and I seriously can't wait! I just need one more beach day and I'll be 100% ready.

Boston Lunch Break

When I'm not chatting it up with my mom and sisters or window shopping on my lunch break I often get to people watch which is one of my favorite things to do in Boston. The kids are particularly fun. They get so excited over the smallest things and I often find myself wishing I had my nieces and nephew with me to share in the fun.

Here's just a little of what I get to enjoy on a nice summer day around noon (ish).

This is just one of the many fountains that you will always find people playing in. I say people because while they all look like children in this picture, I have quite often seen an adult or two (in their work clothes) running in and out. :)

I work right next to the aquarium where you can walk over and watch these super cute seals swimming back and forth, back and forth. I just can't figure out why they only swim upside down though. Crazy!

I live for my Lunch break! Sometimes it's the only thing that gets me through my day.

Side Note: The day I took these pictures was a particularly funny day. I was on the phone with my mom, standing on the grass just out from the water fountain. As soon as I hung up the phone and started to pull out my camera the sprinklers came on and shot me right in the leg. I was so confused for a minute that I just stood there. Then, realizing that yes I was in fact getting wet, I jumped in the air and took off running for the pavement. A business man walking by saw the whole thing and was laughing so hard I thought he was going to fall over. I think it's safe to say I made his day.

Matt and Sarah June 26, 2010

I've been waiting to post any wedding pictures because I wanted to be able to post my favorites for everyone to see. I wanted to post pictures of my family and of the reception and of just how amazing the whole day was.



I wanted you to see all the dancing that went on including Jonathan and Shelly's hilarious moves. I wanted you to see the amazing food that was prepared by some of my favorite people (Rib Shack) as well as the beautiful cake.



I wanted you to see the amazing band that played for us all night long and all of our friends who came to celebrate with us. I wanted to show you everything but I just can't wait any longer. So, here are a few that were posted on our photographers blog and if you're interested in seeing the rest, you can click here. Just type in my maiden name and enjoy. (warning: there are a ton of pictures)


Truly, I cannot say enough about our photographer. He is so good at what he does, literally took pictures all day long and was super easy going. He captured the day perfectly and for that I'll be forever grateful.

Arlington Ward Camp out 2010

Sharon, VT

Matt and I were so excited to participate in our first Arlington ward camp out. We had heard such great things about it and were literally counting down the days until we could take off and set up camp.

We bought all the necessary camp equipment, loaded up the car on Friday night and made our way to Sharon Vermont. We stayed at Camp Joseph which was absolutely beautiful and the perfect location for a camp out. I'm a little bit of a wimp sometimes, so the hot showers, flushing toilets and our air bed made the whole experience so much nicer for me. Seriously, I never want to camp again without an airbed. It truly made a world of difference!

Having never been to any church history sites, I was so excited to be camping literally next door to Joseph Smith's birth place. Matt and I took a small tour and walked the grounds where his home once stood.

It was so cool to hear the Tabernacle Choir singing from the trees (they had hidden speakers that surrounded the place) as we read the prophets testimony and learned more about his life.

After having lunch back at camp and playing a little catch (my new favorite activity) we decided to get ourselves some real desert and check out the Ben & Jerry's factory. We died laughing as we pulled up and saw the huge containers of ingredients. Check out all that SUGAR!

There were about a million people at the factory and it wasn't even running because it was a Saturday, so we opted to forgo the big tour. We did walk through their flavor graveyard however which was just as cool. I seriously couldn't believe some of the flavors they tried out. One of them was seriously peanuts and popcorn. Not a huge surprise that one didn't work out.

Matt and I couldn't leave without getting our hands on some of the flavors that have lasted though, so we made our way to the gift shop to make our purchase. Why the gift shop? Well, there was a massive line to get a scoop of ice cream and it cost the same as getting a whole carton. We laughed to ourselves thinking about how we could have just driven two minutes up the road to the nearest Shaw's Market to get the same thing. Maybe one day we'll have to go back when it's not so busy, like on a weekday when the factory is actually running. :)

Once we returned to camp we took a seriously needed nap, ate some awesome tinfoil dinners prepared by Matt and roasted enough marshmallows to feed an army.

We met so many new people in our ward and really enjoyed sitting around the camp fires listening to them all tell the funniest stories. I think we were all up until around 1:00 a.m. on Saturday and still had to get up the next morning for our 8:45 testimony meeting. It was such a blast. Our bishop even brought up his banjo to play around the fire and to accompany the Sunday hymns which was so cool.

Getting away from the city for the weekend to hang out with awesome people in the great outdoors was just what Matt and I needed. It was the perfect camping trip!