Trip to the East Coast - NY city

I LOVED NY City!! I now understand why my dad always thought I would live there. It was so much fun. Don't get me wrong. I want to live my days in the clean Oregon open airs, but I wouldn't mind spending a few years in the hustle and bustle of a city like New York.

When Kate and Kez came out to visit me last summer in Oregon I introduced them to the Orange Dream at Jamba Juice and there are not Jamba Juices in sight in Mass. So of course we had to go when we were in NYC!

Times square at night. So cool.

We ate at an amazing place in Little Italy that had the most authentic Italian food. It was exactly what I have been craving since I left Rome :)

The Subways were a fun time!

Times square with my dad during the day.

The most amazing thing is just how tall the buildings are. And running in between them in some places is like eight lanes of traffic. It is craziness.

We went to ground zero and I have to say that was tough. It was hard to see that and remember what a horrible day that was.

I know that it means a lot to my dad. Especially since he served his mission here.

And what a cute dad he is! This is on the Staton Island Ferry

If you look reeeaallly carefully you can see the statue of Liberty to the left.

Me and Kez on the ferry.

The statue

Cute Kez. She is getting so big!!

Me and dad in Grand Central Station

Trip to the East Coast - Boston

Yay for School being out for the summer!! I get to actually update my blog. Although I should be cleaning... Oh well!! :)
Over spring break I went to visit my parents and siblings who recently moved to Mass. (I'm not going to spell it our cause I would totally ruin it)
It was a ton of fun!!!! I had a blast and would love to spend much more time over there. The first posting is going to be of our trip to Boston. I didn't know how much I would like it with their team being the Patriots and all... but I didn't see too much of that stuff so it was ok. It was actually a lot of fun. I got to see the "Bawstan Haba" and had some "clam chowda" and walked around "Havad Yahd". By the end of the day I couldn't say Havard correctly. It kept coming out Havad. Their accent catches rather quickly!!

Here is me and Mom in from of the new old north church

A huge statue that Kez got attached to

This one is a good one. I caught them right at the right moment. We were eating gelato and it was sunny but windy. We were in the shade and I think we just got a cold gust of wind cause their faces are awesome. Whats even better is the statue is looking at Kezi all weird too :)

Kate's new Boyfriend :) I like him better.

This was what people would pay for and sit in for church. This is in the old north church where the whole "one by land, two by sea" story happened with the lanterns. It is pretty cool. A spot like this one would have been like $200,000 to rent for the year. So they were high rollers :) They could decorate it however they wanted too.

When they would purchase or rent a box they would get their name on the outside and some people shared. We found one with the name Brown! Even though it's spelled wrong :/

Here is me. mom and Kez in the Brown box :)

This was outside the Old North Church and it was pretty cool. I was a memorial for the soldiers who have given their lives. These were blank dog tags that were like chimes in the wind.

This was kate and kez having fun in the fountain.