Family Vacations

This summer we went on two fabulous trips in August—first to Boston for a Psychology conference and then to Colorado for my cousin’s wedding. Boston was a lot of fun and we got to do a lot of neat sightseeing, but it was pretty exhausting running around and using public transportation with the kids. We especially enjoyed eating a cannoli in the Italian quarter of the city and had a lot of fun making our way through the Freedom Trail and seeing historic sights. Another plus: the farmer’s market in Boston is amazing!! I wish we had access to a market like that here, instead of Wal-Mart. Major downside: our hotel was far from downtown, and the commute was pretty difficult just to traverse the bus and subway systems, let alone with two kids. Joshua also attended an awards ceremony where he received a special national research award—we are so proud of him!

Our Colorado trip was a lot of fun too, but unfortunately I forgot to load the camera with batteries. But you can imagine the fun it was for the kids to see grandparents and for me to spend some time with my immediate and extended family. We really enjoyed swimming, playing tennis, and attending the wedding luau party and catching up with everyone. Julia got sick on the last day of the trip and threw up a few times, including in the car on the way home, but by the next day at home she had recovered.




Joshua and Julia were just sitting on the bench when this strange guy came and sat next to them.

We spent a couple days walking the Freedom Trail, a path through the city that takes you to all of the historic sites.

Our week long bus passes were also good for the fairy, so we decided to take a break from walking and travel around the bay.

We had to stop by Chinatown for Joshua

This is the oldest restaurant in America. Their clam chowder was great!

Paul Revere's house

Taking a break on our way up to bunker hill

This monument was built on top of bunker hill, a site of a famous battle in the American revolution

We all climbed up the monument. I think there was over 400 stairs. Julia actually got to ride all the way up so that is why she is not trying to catch her breath like the rest of us were.

In the background you can barely see the white steeple of an old church. It was the church were the lanterns were hung "one if by land, two if by sea."