Shipping up to Boston

Lewis ran the Boston marathon again! He did an amazing job. As late as a week before the marathon he wasn't sure he would be able to run. He was having some significant pain in his foot and was nervous it was possibly a stress fracture in his fifth metatarsal. After a trip to the foot doc and an X-ray to make sure it was ok, he was cleared to go and we were on our way!

We drove to New Jersey on Thursday and got there just in time to meet Lindsi and Rich for dinner

We spent the night there in New Brunswick and swam Friday morning while Lewis had a surgical virtual planning meeting. 

When he was done we drove into NYC and spent the day (quickly) seeing some sights and exporing the city.

The craziest part was right as we arrived in the city, we pulled into our awesome, cheap parking lot and saw that a friend of ours from our Connecticut days had pulled in right in front of us! It was the weirdest coincidence! 

After a few hours of walking in the dreary, cold weather we were ready to head up to West Hartford. We got there in time to climb into bed.

Saturday we got up and saw some of our favorite places. We drove by our apartments and got a good laugh remembering our awful first place. The best part of the day was eating delicious Harry's pizza and hanging out with our friends the Miettinens.

They had three cats and my kids were loving them so much:

As we drove out of town we stopped by Hartford hospital so Brooks could see where he was oven and snapped a few pics of the Capitol building.

We have so many great memories of our four  years in Connecticut, it was great to think back on them. It's always a little strange going back to visit places I've lived in the past, but it always feels like going home.

Soon we were on our way to Boston, with a quick stop at Costco along the way. We dropped Lewis off at the marathon expo and drove over to Cambridge to meet kip at his house.

After the expo, we met up with Lewis and set out to find a record store (it was record day) and some dinner. We found several record stores bu none were participating in record day! Bummer! But we did find some yummy pho for dinner. Then mochi and bubble tea for dessert.

Sunday we had a little bit of trouble finding church, but we did eventually. We actually ended up at Kip's ward and it was stake conference which we enjoyed from the foyer. It was a lovely Easter service. After church we went back to Kip's for an egg hunt and feast.

After eating we headed over to check out the Boston Tea Party Museum and ships. The kids really enjoyed learning more about early US history and Boston's role in the revolutionary war.

After the museum (and kips meeting) we met up worth kip again for dinner at our hotel.