Let it be known that Dilly Dawg has the power to cause all, who allow her to snuggle with them, to become immediately smitten in love with her. Dilly was all over my mom like a leach, and I think they both loved every minute of it. The view from a window at the top of the memorial at Bunker Hill. We couldn't figure out how that Penny got on the ledge.

Cobblestone in front of Paul Revere's house

The Maude came for a visit this week, and we decided to give her the ten cent (something like that) tour of New England in 2 days. She had never been to Boston, so we went on the Freedom Trail, but this time we started at the opposite end of the trail at Bunker Hill. Last time we were too tired to finish it off, so it was fun to just drive right up to it and park our car. We did decide to climb up the memorial tower however...big mistake...our legs were burning and we were huffing and puffing before lunchtime. 294 steps up to the top and I was ready for a jelly doughnut and some oxygen...in that order.

We stayed in Plymouth on Friday night, and saw the Mayflower II and Plymouth Rock on Saturday. After that we took a drive into Cape Cod and ate at a random pizza place off the side of the road. The beaches were overcrowded and expensive in the Cape, so we decided to take a drive to Newport, Rhode Island and hang out at the beach there. It really is a beautiful place, but for some reason every time we go to Newport Beach there is an eerie fog that rolls across the water even though it was sunny. On Sunday we went exploring in Connecticut and found one of the last original covered bridges, built in 1791. We definately need to spend a Saturday afternoon around there again because there is a 10 mile biking trail that goes along the Salmon River, and lots of places to have a fun little picnic.Joni is doing great, her belly is getting bigger and bigger. I actually felt the baby kick the other day, she moves a lot (the baby not Joni)...not sure what that will mean but it's so wierd. We now have two of our close friends here that are pregnant, kind of sad we won't be around to share that experience with everyone but we are excited anyways. We found out we will be moving around the beginning of September. We will either go to Louisville or North Carolina. We'll keep you posted on that one. Happy early Independence day!

Maine

On June 5th we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary in Kennebunkport, Maine. We had never been there and its not necessarily one of those states you just happen to drive through, so we decided to take the 3 hour drive and see what all the fuss was about. We just had a really fun and relaxing time together, and stayed in a B&B called the Beach House Inn right on the shoreline. We took some beach cruisers for a ride, played football on the beach, played games, tried Maine lobster, and walked around the little town shops. Turns out the Bush family owns a huge compound up there, its like their own little private peninsula. It still amazes me how much there is to see out here within a relatively short drive. Enjoy the pictures.
I tried sending the picture (below) into Martha Stewart Living Magazine...I'm a little embarrassed by it but the shot of the beach was nice.
Friday night was the Father's & Son's campout, and some friends of mine decided to go together...son...less. Well, a couple of us had sons, and I have a daughter on the way, so we justified our presence. It was really fun to hang out with just the guys, and to see the look on my friend's little boy's face when he tried s'mores for the first time. I love camping, we have to go again soon.



So now that the NBA Finals are over, we are starting Wipeout Wednesdays (totally my new favorite tv show). Nothing better than sharing a good belly laugh with friends while stuffing our faces with goodies. Some of our friends also had the great idea to start an alternating potluck every Sunday at a different family's house, so we are staying busy having fun. We love it here and aside from the steep rent, we already know we will really miss Connecticut. So that's it for now, talk to you soon.

It's a girl!!

I was going to post one of the ultrasound pictures, but I'm not exaggerating when I say that you can't make out a single thing in the picture. But from the video in person we could see the iris' of her eyes, her face, her spine, her beating heart and little hands and feet. It was truly an amazing experience. Right now she weighs about 10 ounzes and her head is about 1 1/2 inches wide. She is due November 1st, and the doctor hasn't been wrong about the sex in over 20 years.

Joni and I were a bit surprised to be honest as we both thought it would be a boy, but this past week we've both had dreams about having a girl so it kind of threw us for a loop. So there you have it, I've always wanted a little girl that looks just like Joni, so as long as she doesn't come out with a giant dome and a receding hairline we'll keep her.

This past Friday and Saturday we met Joel and Erin up at Lake Placid. It was only four hours away so we kind of invited ourselves when they told us they would be there, so thanks for letting us crash your party guys. Lake Placid is a cool place, it reminds me a lot of the typical mountain resort town with old buildings and big expensive houses. It was also the host city to the 1932 and 1980 winter Olympics. We walked around and saw the sights, and one of the highlights was sneaking into the hockey arena where the "Miracle on Ice" occurred. I say sneaked in because everything to see costs money there, but for some reason the arena didn't cost us anything.

This was where we stayed, the Golden Arrow resort on Mirror Lake.

We took a row boat out on the lake...

And took some good naps...overall it was just a fun, relaxing weekend. We wanted so bad to cross Vermont off our our list of states to vistit since it was only 30 min away, but we never got there. We still have a few months left here so we'll see.