Goodbye to Connecticut & Dive Training III

We thought this was an odd combo (clams and ice cream), but we soon realized, it's very common at the Clam Shacks in New England.

TAPS

Okay, if you don't know where I am, don't worry about this. But if you do, oh yeah, Warwick is only 20 mins. away!

Opa & Oma & Uncle Josh come to CT for a visit!

Opa playing with the kids in our yard, they loved it! They spoiled the kids with gifts....Dane got a Dodger jersey (Dodgers & Red Sox are in different leagues, so Uncle Josh says it's okay).
Lily loves her new crib for her baby....she's a very good mommy, she even tests out the crib herself!

Lexi got this whole tea party set for her dolls, and loves it. Dane is seeing if Woody is tall enough for Kit...
Lady's Man!

The Little Mermaid/Dodger game

For Lexi and Omas' birthdays we went to The Little Mermaid on Broadway, it was amazing!! Lexi absorbed every minute of it, my mom and I had a great time watching her and the show!




While we were in the show, the guys and Lily took a 30 min subway ride to Queens for the Mets/Dodger game. Go Dodgers! (Yes, we're still fans....our address can't change our loyalty to the Dodgers and Lakers~Go Lakers!) They had a fun time!

New York, we make it happen

Bremen's shot (or mine...we're still debating about it:) of the Empire State Building, from the top of The Rock, at sunset...

A really cool view, better I think, than from the top of the Empire State Building, because it's in your skyline and there's a great view of Central Park! We were hoping to see Conan there at Rockefeller Center, but couldn't find his big red hair, bummer.

Opa with Dane and Lex under the Brooklyn Bridge, on their way to our favorite NY pizza place.....and many others' favorite too, apparently! Oh, and this was only 1/2 the line to get in, and there was a whole other long line for take-out, but after a couple hours of grumbling and waiting, we finally satisfied our appetites!

The guys (my dad, Josh, and Bremen) in Central Park

Congratulations Ben & Crystal Schultz!

Don't they look happy? The sealing was beautiful, Elder John Madsen of the 70 sealed them. We're so excited to have Crystal in our family. One good thing about not growing up with sisters, is that I get to enjoy my awesome sisters-in-law that much more, I'm so lucky!
After the sealing, Crystal whispered to Bremen, "now I'm one of you", she's so funny.



They're such a good example to our kids, look how closely they're all watching them

My in-laws Bryll & Lois, with the newlyweds. Lois looked amazing!

The siblings, minus Joe, who's serving his mission in Iowa. Crystal's dress was gorgeous, she actually designed it herself and had it made! They were absolutely stunning!

Rebecca was so sweet to watch our kids while we were in the temple. Now do you you see where Lily gets her straight hair?

Spring in Utah

My boy...

My girls...

Good kids...

A beautiful day...
We had such a great trip to Utah. It was quick (36 hours), but wonderful and memorable. We got to stay with the Callaways, which was so fun!! They have such sweet kids and we were so comfortable! The kids had so much fun, they asked if we could live in Utah, I had to inform them that submarines can't get to Utah, so we won't live there any time soon. At this point, they think we get to live anywhere, a few months at a time!

Lilacs are out!

Some lilacs that grew in my garden...gotta love Spring!

Charleston, South Carolina, y'all!

So we're about 95% sure we'll be in Charleston for the next couple years. We were bummed that nothing was available on the west coast or Texas by Jake & Rach or in Bethesda, where we loved living for a year and a half. But we feel at peace when we think of living there, so it'll be fun to explore the South and the Eastern Coastline. And as always, we'll love having visitors if you want to see this area too!
It'll be fun to hear Dane say "yes ma'am" and Bremen told Lexi she's gonna be wearing a lot of big dresses from now on, and maybe our crazy little Lily will become a little lady learning from the other debutante toddlers in Nursery! We're so stereotyping SC, but we are joking!
Now I'm gonna watch one of my favorites, The Notebook, which was all filmed in Charleston! So beautiful!

Tagged!

I was tagged a few days ago by my friend Elaine. Sorry it took me so long to do it, I've had a crazy week, but now I get to tag 5 people!


How To Play This Game of Tag:
Post these rules on your blog.
Answer these 15 questions about yourself on your blog.
List:3 joys3 fears3 goals3 current obsessions/collections3 random/surprising facts
Tag five people at the end of your post by leaving their names.
Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.


My 3 joys: spending time with Bremen & my kids in fun places; trips to my parents & brothers & their awesome families; scrapbooking


My 3 fears: something really bad happening to one of my kids; Bremen being deployed; the ocean's power (and now my husband is a diver, great!)


My 3 goals: patience; bringing up my kids in a healthy, happy, spiritual environment; really studying the scriptures

My 3 current obsessions/collections: catching up spending time with Bremen; researching local family history sites to find (Bremen's pre-Revolutionary war family members lived here in CT, we just found out!); researching Charleston, SC where we just found out we most likely will be the next couple of years!

3 random/surprising facts: I don't know how to drive a stick-shift (I know, it's wierd coming from my family where they all prefer them, I've just never HAD to learn); I took dance lessons from Patrick Swayze's mom, Patsy, for 6 years when I was a kid; I'm not as old as people think I am (I'm 29 this summer), I haven't decided if this is a complement or not ;)


Okay, I tag my sweet sis-in-laws Mandy & Rach, Brittany, Michelle, DeAnn, and Tara C. (that's six--can I do that? oh well, I did!) Can't wait to hear you guys & your 3's!