Pre-Graduation

It's been a while, so there's a lot to catch up with. We'll start with my mom and dad's visit to Boston.
On the May 11th, we blessed Travis, unfortunately, we don't have a picture to commemorate the occasion, oops, but we had some good friends help, including: Peter, Mat, Nick, Dave, Jason, and my dad. Thanks to everyone.
Sunday was also Mothers' Day. It was special, because we got to celebrate with Megan and my mom. We even made them a special breakfast.With my parents in town, we decided to do all the stuff we've been putting off for 4 years. We started with the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, MA. It was a really cool museum with lots of scrimshaw and history of whaling.
We could hardly tear Ezra away from the wheel of the whaling boat mock up.
The John Adams house was another highlight of the trip. I think Ezra's favorite part was the trolley ride around Quincy, but the houses are nicely restored/replicated. The house in which he was born is a replica, but is on the same property. A second home, the one where John and Abigail lived out their retirement, was still in the family through the mid seventies, when it was donated to the parks service. Everything in there is original, including portraits and 250 year old china.

This is the library built for John Quincy Adams to house his and his father's library. It's very impressive.












At the end of the day, we all knew what was the highlight for Ezra, as he made a bee line for the
trolley.

Travis enjoyed the tours too, he showed his appreciation for them by sleeping throughout.













We also went to Salem together. this time, instead of doing witch stuff, we visited the Peabody Essex Museum (which, by the way, is a very cool museum) and learned about maritime history.

This picture pretty much summarizes life with Ezra. He constantly goes at full speed, with others trying (or not trying, as in the picture) to keep up.




We took a tour of a replica of the merchant ship Friendship. She was originally built in 1796 and served as a merchant vessel to the East Indies. The original was captured by the British in the war of 1812.





The saturday before graduation was spent in Newport, RI. We met my uncle Steve, aunt Stacey, and their kids Christian and Haley. Haley has always been Ezra's favorite and they were able to re-kindle the romance on this trip.





We all had fun:



Rolling down hills,



Doing somersaults,









Playing: "1,2,3 Jump!!!"








And just relaxing.

We had a great time, we're sorry to leave the east coast, where Steve, Stacey, and Haley have been a significant part of our lives.