Our Great News!!! (we're not pregnant...)

Our great news of the week is that Kenneth got funding! The specifics are still being worked on, but basically BU offered him a graduate assistantship - which means that he will spend five hours per week with two different professors, doing whatever it is they want him to do... In exchange, they are paying for some of the bills. Whatever they want to pay is fine with us.

TIme she's a flying

It's crazy how time flies! Just two more weeks with my sweet little Sam, since he is moving to Duxbury with the fam. In case you weren't aware, that is the bad part of being a nanny: saying goodbye. So, we have decided to make the most of our time together by engaging in non-stop-merry-making! We began at the Rainforest Cafe. If you haven't been there, and you have a little one who likes animals, I highly recommend it! Sam was squealing with delight! Alas, how will we top the excitement? sky diving? Bobsledding? It's too bad we missed Pamplona... there's always next year, with Amelia and Penny (my new little friends in Brookline!)
Peace

Our 1st anniversary - kind of...

Wow! I can't believe we've been in Boston for a whole year! It seems like just yesterday that we were packing our little car and saying goodbye to our family and friends. At the time it felt like we were going so much farther than just across the country. However, we have been here a full year now and we both agree that coming to Boston was the best thing we've ever done. Living here has truly blessed our lives. Kenneth loves his program and I love being a nanny. We have made so many great friends and our ward is awesome. Kenneth has even been persuaded to go camping - which I think proves that east coast living = magic. We have had so much fun discovering New England. Hooray for Boston! Here are a few pictures of our first days here....

Isn't Kenneth cute sitting in our sad empty apartment? Actually I think this is how things looked when the Elders Quorum came to visit and suddenly decided to bring us dinner and offer us furniture.. I guess the simple life pays off.. :)

Here are my cute parents on our first love seat. Doesn't it look comfy?

This is how everyone should spend their first night in Boston - Go Red Sox!

And finally, here is my dad - obviously broken up about leaving us in Boston. Luckily everything turned out ok :)

Candlepin Bowling, Yay!

Kenneth and I were recently introduced to the incredible of sport of candlepin bowling by our great friends Chris and Robyn. It was invented in 1880 by a man here in Massachusetts and people in the area get really excited by it. In fact, I have yet to find a regular bowling alley anywhere in Boston. You play with smaller balls - about the size of a shotput. And you knock down pins that are really tall and skinny. I have included photos to illustrate:


I submit this as further evidence that for a good time all you need to do is come to Boston :)