washington dc wedding

cousin ryan from virginia got married over the summer so mom and grandma hayden made the trip east for the celebration. since it's a rare occasion that our west coast family makes it east i decided to go to washington dc to see them.

the wedding took place at the washington dc temple - my first time visiting and only mom's second time back since she got married there.it was a quick trip but i had a great time with family. here's the first 4 generation photo, baby forrest is growing in my tummy, but he's present.

twins wedding

twin sister cory got married to lucky eric at the end of august in salt lake city. the ceremony took place at the county clerks office so we got to take pictures of the ceremony,

the new mr. & mrs. davis.

the whole shafer family was in town for the event

the day following we all headed up to beautiful park city for zip-lining and the alpine slide. no pregnant ladies allowed so kristen and i took photos.

congratulations to cory and eric!

summer 2010

we've had a lovely summer. some highlights were a day trip up the maine coast,

a red sox game at fenway,

sailing in boston harbor,

and comparing baby bumps with christina on her visit to boston.

we moved

we recently relocated within cambridge to the harvard square area.

we love our new place, it's residential while still being an easy commute, it's next to the charles river, and we have a back patio so we finally got a grill! ben's made many a delicious burger for us this summer.

graduations

early this summer we traveled to both arizona and california to attend brothers high school graduations. first up was class president aaron.

in addition to graduation we went to the lake and shared our baby news with the forrest family.

then christian, who they let walk, but didn't give him a diploma due to a fee. yes we mocked him for it.

congrats to aaron and christian - good luck both of you at byu!

ragnar relay

in may ben gathered 11 friends, 2 vans and ran 198 miles relay style from connecticut to boston as part of the ragnar race. it took them 27 hours in total, no stopping at night, and they came in 50th place out of 200 teams. they all got to cross the finish line together.

i got to volunteer and bring teams into and out of a checkpoint.

go cambridge crawlers.

spring

it's been a lovely spring in boston. highlights include the blossoms in the public gardens,

an easter egg hunt with josh and ny'eshma,

a big temple visit with the leroy family,

and a visit to the john adam's home.

europe: last barcelona highlights

the trip finally and sadly had to come to an end. a few other barcelona highlights included the market off las ramblas where we tasted many delicious fresh fruit drink. i loved all the colors and so much food.

on our way to church we found lots of great graffiti.
good-bye europe. we hope to visit again soon.

europe: gaudi in barcelona

ben loves everything gaudi and after visiting barcelona i'm now a fan as well. highlights were park guell,

the apartment building with it's wavy exterior and roof,

and of course the outrageous sagrada familia which has been under construction for over a 100 years and should be finished around 2030.

gaudi & ben.

europe: paris churches

our final full day in paris together we visited some famous churches. first stop was notre dame.

we climbed to the top for the view of paris and made friends with the gargoyles.

jon also made some friends with the birds.

next was sainte-chapelle and its beautiful stained glass.

paris was a delight in every way. i can't get enough of that eiffel tower.

now on to barcelona!

europe: versailles & more museums

day two in paris we headed out to versailles to check out the luxury of king louis the xiv - xvi and marie-antoinette. the palace and gardens did not disappoint. was all very over the top.

the gardens were so huge with some encouragement from jon we decided to see them via golf cart.

there were also lots of fun statues to imitate.

that afternoon we visited some additional sights in paris including some lovely flower shops,

napoleon's tomb (big tomb for little man),

rodin scuplture garden where we saw the thinker,

and the musee du lourve to see the mona lisa.

and of course, more eiffel tower.