Day 5 in Boston

On Saturday we went to Old Sturbridge, which is a old time village that has been recreated complete with working shops and a sawmill. It was very interesting to see what it was like to live back in those days.

Father/Son teaching moment

Mother/Son teaching moment

Is anybody watching? Amelie's about to fall in...

The Blacksmith Shop

I Stand All Amazed - Dallin McAllister

This is Dallin's latest performance for his voice recital. Mom was in tears she was so proud.

Day 4 in Boston

On Friday, we got up and went to breakfast at a well known cafe. The food was great and we had a fun time.

Chase said the funniest thing when he saw this picture. He said, "Hey look, Mom's doing Tai Cheese!" Chase is such a funny kid. I'm actually not sure what Amber is doing here. Maybe it really is Tai Cheese. I may have been about to get a tai cheese chop for taking too many pictures.

Amelie was a bit more interested in the iPhone than the breakfast. Look how she knows just how to use that thing.

Well, looks like Chase has had just about enough.

Chase and Dallin, waiting for food.

Day 3 in Boston

We spent the day in the parks in central Boston. The kids had fun feeding and watching the ducks. We were planning on taking the swan boat tour around the pond but just missed them by a couple of minutes.

Day 2 in Boston

We spent the second day visiting more sites of the revolution. We started at Lexington Green where the "shot heard round the world" was fired and the very first colonists were killed by the king's army. The spot is shown below. Each year on April 19, they re-enact the confrontation.

This is sitting outside the tavern where the minutemen waited for the call to arms against the approaching red coats.

This house was Jonathan Harrington's home which was here in 1775 during the confrontation. Jonathan Harrington was shot that morning by the read coats and crawled to his front porch shown here and died in his wife's arms.

Day 1 in Boston

Dallin and I arrived in Boston last night and Mom was already here. We had a fun day today with the kids. We went to the famous Walden Pond where Henry David Thoreau lived at one with nature for a couple of years and started his famous writings. The weather was over 90 degrees and we enjoyed playing in the water and soaking up the sun.

After that, we went to the Old North Bridge in Concord where the first shots of the revolutionary war were fired.

Heather's Birthday

Heather came home this weekend so we could celebrate her 23rd birthday with her. We've really been enjoying having her home.

Easter Sunday

Just got home from church and couldn't help but capture the family - what's left of us - in our Easter outfits.

Dallin - White Christmas

Dallin, Carly and Molly singing for Dallin's Christmas voice recital December 2008.

Where can I Turn for Peace

Dallin was asked to sing for Relief Society Enrichment meeting.