Dan matched!

Dan matched last week! He is going to Tufts again! He will start his Radiology residency next year in June. We are so excited to be heading back to Boston. We will for sure miss Utah & being so close to our family & friends. But we have a year still to say our goodbyes. And as for you Bostonians, don't you dare try to leave cause were coming back for at least 5 years!

We are not dead!

Hey blogging friends! I felt the urge to post a couple pictures of the boys. I may not get this urge again for another year though. And as a bonus these are pictures of them at Christmas. I took them for my Christmas cards that I never made. Yes, this is totally my style lately. Everything is past due in my life right now...even my period. Just kidding you guys! really.

Enjoy how old my kids look now cause you may not see them again for another year! I hope I'm kidding cause I really want to get better about posting stuff. I cant just keep my awesome life all to myself, thats just selfish. For all I know you all may have already given up on our little blog.

Jack was in a weird face mood that day. As you can see. Merry Christmas everyone!

Jack's 2nd Birthday

Surely there are many people out there faithfully checking our blog everyday wondering if we are still alive. Well, we are I guess. We just aren't very good at keeping this thing up to date. We'll start with Jack's birthday and then maybe post about some other stuff before he turns three.

Anyway, Jack turned 2 a week or so ago. We had just a little family party for him on his birthday and then invited some friends over for a party on the weekend. As you will see, Jack can draw quite a crowd. Luckily, we had enough food, cake, and ice cream for everyone.

Jack opening his present in front of Ma-Mah and Bum-Pa via Skype.

His first Tonka truck. It took him a minute to realize that this wasn't just for him to sit in while his parents pushed him around the house.

Birthday cake #1

Testing the capacity of our house.

These were pretty good.

Birthday cake #2. I guess Jack either didn't change his clothes for five days, or he just happened to wear the same shirt to both parties.

Some of the kids enjoying cupcakes while sitting on the floor.

The final tally. We are counting 41 in this picture plus a baby in the other room. Just after this picture the floor caved in and we continued the party in the basement.

This is what people do when you say you are going to do a "funny" picture.

George's Island

For Columbus day we took a last minute trip with our friends to George's Island, one of the many islands in the Boston harbor. It is a historical landmark that you can read about here. One of it's many purposes was to fire cannon balls at incoming enemy ships.


This was the ferry ride over.


Charlie enjoying himself.


This is an old prison cell or something where you can take your picture and pretend that you are locked up inside.


Here is a view of Fort Warren on the island. The people below are listening to some boring lecture about the island.

pictures of Charlie by Saydi

4th of July

Since this is probably our last year in Boston, we decided to go down to the Charles River Esplanade for Independence Day. The crowds were pretty big and we didn't get there early enough to secure a prime spot, but we did find a pretty big spot that was partially obstructed by trees. A bunch of friends also came and we had plenty of room. The Boston Pops played and so did some country band called Rascal Flats.

It was impossible to get a picture of Jack's face and the fireworks in the background because he was totally fixed on them the whole time.

He did start to get tired towards the end of the show and he would dose off occasionally. We were too cheap to buy him one of those glow in the dark things, but the guy thought he deserved one for being so cute, so he just gave him one.

The fireworks lasted for a really long time. I think the finale was longer than most cities' entire shows.

Charlie seemed to like the fireworks too.

Charlie's First Month

Charlie's first month has been pretty exhausting but also very fun. He still likes to party all night and sleep all day. Here are some of the things we have done since he was born.


First bath at home.

Good Harbor Beach (pronounced Good Hahbah). This is in Gloucester where all of the teenagers are pregnant.

We dug a sweet hole.

The Old North Bridge, site of the shot heard 'round the world.

Walden Pond.

Scooper Bowl.

Salamanders at Camp Joseph in Sharon, VT. Birthplace of Joseph Smith.

Our cabin at the campsite.

Back to the beach.

An even sweeter hole.