Visitors!

My parent's came to visit last week and we had so much fun! It was great to see them and to show them our life here and explore the city with them! Matt had to work, so he missed out on our day adventures, but we had great dinners and met him for lunch one day!!!

The pictures are in backwards order, sorry!

This is dad eating his lobster at Ye Ole Union Oyster House. It is the oldest restaurant still in operation in the entire U.S.!!!

Matt and I while waiting for our table.

Dad and I climbed to the top of the bunker hill monument (below) and this (above) is the view of the city from the top!

We went for a drive and came across Nut Island. It's a little park that is part of the Boston Harbor Islands.

We ate lunch at a restaurant right on the fish pier. After lunch a fish boat came in and we watched them unload some fish while seagulls were hoping for a little lunch themselves! It was amazing, the seagulls are able to open their beaks wide enough to swallow the fish whole!!

We had a great time with my parents and can't wait for more visitors!! We walked around the city and enjoyed eating seafood, italian, and even a homemade dinner!

My Apartment

As several of you have asked, here are pictures of our apartment! It's small but surprisingly spacious! And we love visitors!!!!!

The Bedroom

The Kitchen

Living/Dining Room

The Bathroom

Our Awesome view!!!!!

2 weeks down

We've officially been here two weeks today! By the looks of the apartment, you might think we just got here an hour ago! (I'm kidding, it's come a long way, but still has a ways to go). So far we really like it here. The apartment is feeling like home, although the town and the city is still foreign and "vacation like". We have been to this church called Christ the King Dorchester the past 2 Sundays and even went to a community group last week and a service day on Saturday. We are really liking it and beginning to get to know some people! Last week, I took the afternoon to go over to a couple's house to help the wife with the kids. They have two young children, and Sarah (mom) just needed an extra hand to hold a sleeping baby! And I signed up for the job! It was a great time to spend with her and get to know her. We are already feeling connected to this community and forming what I hope to be lasting relationships.

More PICTURES

This is the State House, also known as the state capitol. Paul Revere and his sons put the gold roof on top many many years ago! What history!!!!

Here we remember John Hancock.

And Paul Revere was buried here too! This cemetary is behind one of the oldest churches called Park Street. Benjamin Franklin grew up in this church.

This is the North End, home of many Italian restaurants and bakeries. It is all authentic as this is the Italian neighborhood of Boston.

The next 2 pictures are from a drive out to the coast from our apartment, these are all on Quincy Shore and Wollaston Beach

On Sunday, Matt and I got up early and decided to take a drive out to western Massachusetts and then up through New Hampshire and circle back around near the New Hampshire coast. It was beautiful!!!

This is the small diner we stopped at for breakfast.

Just a pretty scene in New Hampshire. There were beautiful lakes and rivers everywhere!

This is the State Capitol building of New Hampshire in Concord.

The last three pictures are the coast near Portsmouth, NH. It was so pretty and we hope to make the trip back up there when the weather is warmer and we can actually enjoy the water!

The Road Trip North

This is Matt driving our HUGE Penske truck, pulling my car behind! He did a great job driving.

This is somewhere in North Carolina, as you can see the trees are just beginning to change colors.

Welcome to Virginia! This is state number four in 2 days!!

More trees, still early fall!

Welcome to Delaware! Another state down!

Welcome to Pennsylvania! We were so excited to hit this state because that meant we were very close to seeing our great friends Brian and Gail Frey, Chris and Bonnie Currie, and Carson Pittman!

Now it looks like the heart of fall! This is when the drive really got beautiful!!!

Welcome to New York!

We saw lots of rolling hills and miles of trees. It really was beautiful!

Welcome to Connecticut!

You can't see it real well but this is Welcome to Massachusetts sign. We are so close and so ready to be out of the truck!!

My first view of the city! Too bad it was a nasty day.

This is more of the city on our way to find our apartment. It was a great adventure and I hope you enjoyed the pictures! There will be more to come of places near where we live and inside the city, so stay tuned!

We have Arrived!

Welcome to my new blog! I have set this up to keep people informed on our adventures in Boston, MA. We loaded up the truck 8 days ago, and left Atlanta a week ago today. It still seems very surreal. We had a great trip up here sitting in a 16' moving truck, towing my Pathfinder behind! We visited the Rives in Raleigh, NC and it was such a blessing to spend time with them and their three sweet daughters!! Then on Tuesday we drove up to Philadelphia and stayed with Freys! They live on an awesome farm west of Philly in a town called Bluebell. The Currie's came over and so did our friend Carson. It was so wonderful to hang out with them and just be with friends. Then we arrived in Boston on Wednesday at about 3:30pm. A pastor up here, Dan Rogers, met us at our apartment along with another guy and they helped us unload the truck, I don't know how we would have done it without them. We are so thankful for their gift of time and energy!!! On Thursday, Dan took us around the city and then his wife Michelle cooked us dinner and also invited a few other couples from their church. So on the second night we were there, we already felt connected to people! Friday and Saturday we really tried to get things cleaned up at the house, and we still have a little ways to go, but the kitchen is put together at least! Friday night we met my friend Abby and her husband Tim in the North End (which is Boston's italian district) for some awesome pizza and we stopped in at Mike's Pastries for Cannoli's and Lobster Tail (not an actual lobster tail, but a large crispy pastry with a filling of goodness). I hadn't seen Abby in 4 years so it was great to reconnect with her! I'm excited to be in the same city as her again! And then yesterday, we went for a drive down the Quincy shore (this is close to where we live, south of Boston) and it was absolutely beautiful. The trees are gorgeous and the water is so blue! There are sailboats everywhere too. It really feels that we are on vacation getting to look at the views that we see everyday. We also went to church last night and met some more really nice people. Matt started work today so I'm busy getting the house in order. I will try to load pictures sometime this afternoon.