day after thanksgiving

turns out ben loves the christmas season. the day after thanksgiving we went to a christmas tree lighting in downtown boston. very fun. mainly because santa and the fao schwartz toy soldiers were there. then on the following day we found a christmas tree farm and searched and cut down our first christmas tree. we've named him king richard the 1st. next step - getting a few ornaments and lights. happy holidays (and it's not even december yet...). 

thanksgiving

we wanted a very traditional thanksgiving this year after being out of the country last year. so we invited the cannons and the yins over and had a wonderful feast. we made our first turkey and it was a success. we stuffed ourselves with turkey, stuffing, potatoes, corn, rolls, green beans, squash, cranberry sauce and of course pumpkin and apple pie. then we watched football, played wii and worked on a puzzle. good thing we all ran the gobble gobble gobble turkey trot in davis square that morning. i'd say the first forrest family thanksgiving was perfect.

halloween in salem

with halloween on a friday night and us being only a short train ride away from the historic salem, ma ben thought it would be fun to join in the thousands of others descending upon the city. we arrived early and left early - both smart moves and still saw lots of sights and some amazing costumes. we of course did not dress up and simply people watched.

 

hartford run

after many many miles logged on the charles river over the summer i finally ran my 5th half marathon - this one in hartford, ct. we made a little weekend of it and stayed in town on friday evening followed by a beautiful saturday and 13.1 mile run. ben popped up a few times along the route and was a great motivator to get my personal best of 1 hour 55 minutes. 

acadia

the family came to visit boston for the fall on the one weekend when a hurricane decided to hit the northeast. we headed up to acadia, maine for a few days, never had any sunshine, but luckily didn't have too much rain either on the days we were out and about. here's just a few photos.

apple pie

when the family was in town we went apple picking (my first time). and suddenly i had more apples than i knew what to do with. one adventure in the kitchen with my new load of apples was this beauty. it did indeed taste as good as it looks.