Boston

The Old North Bridge.

The Minute Man Statue.

This statue was modeled after my ancestor Isaac Davis.  A Minuteman and the first Colonial officer to loose his life in the Revolutionary War.

Orchard House: The home of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women."

 

The Boston Temple

 Riding the T into Boston.

We found one of John's ancestors, Nathaniel Heaton, buried in the Old Granary Burial Ground.  We looked and looked for his headstone and found him buried amongst the crowds at John Hancock's grave.

 Swordfish and Clam Chowder for lunch at Quincy Market. 

The boys at the Old North Church.

 Aboard the USS Constitution.

Boys ONLY Fishing Trip

Road Signs

While driving through the Adirondacks last week the kids were reading the road signs.  Here are some of the signs we saw & the kids interpretations.

Naturally, if this sign means 

DEER CROSSING

 and this sign means 

MOOSE CROSSING

so this sign must mean  . . . 

SNAKE CROSSING!

Fort Ticonderoga

For today's adventure, we headed North to Lake Champlain where we explored Fort Ticonderoga!

The kids made their own French knit hats.  Porter also got an authentic Fort Ticonderoga battle wound on his knee, blood and everything : )

Leaving we took our car across the Fort Ti Ferry : )

Patio Demolition & Reconstruction : )

This project has taken all spring/summer.  I'm so happy to finally have it finished!  (The stairs still need to be stained, but I can live with that.)

BEFORE

AFTER

And everything in between : )

We had Casale Landscaping take out the old patio and pour a new one.

Then John and I added the brick wall to finish it off.

We love our new patio!