Our trip to Boston, Massachusetts

On September 18 and 19 Steve and I took a quick trip to Boston. Steve doesn't have 2 days off together very often except Sunday and Monday so when he had Thursday and Friday off we decided to take a quick trip. Our original plans were to go to Anchorage, Alaska, and go to the temple there, but when Steve checked the flight for the trip home it was pretty booked. We didn't want to get stuck there so we brainstormed for an alternative. I still wanted to go somewhere where there was a temple. I asked Steve if there was a temple in Boston as we have a friend living near there who we wanted to go see sometime. I didn't actually talk to Marianne until we were nearly on the plane to finalize the details (although I had talked to her husband) and just hoped it would all work out. The timing was great for her. She picked us up and we went to the temple and the next day she took us around Bostom for a little sightseeing. We are going to have to go back to see it all. It's beautiful. The highlights were visiting the Minute Man Monument and the USS Constitution. That was the coolest ship I've ever seen.

Minuteman Monutment
USS Constitution

We really enjoyed visiting with Marianne. She is the same age as Matthew and her family and our family moved into our first homes at the same time. They're an awesome family. They moved to Logan when Matthew and Marianne were in junior high but see them as much as we can, which isn't as often as I'd like. During our walking around Boston I was walking behind Steve and Marianne (I was spending a lot of time on the phone with Heather--more details on that next week) and I noticed that Steve and Marianne have the same walk. It was hilarious. They could have been father and daughter.

Marianne and Steve walking along

Steve loved seeing Fenway Park

Terri, Steve, and Marianne in front of Fenway Park

Bethany and Isaac had good news this week. They finally got the move-in date for their move to a basement apartment in West Jordan. They're extremely excited. The move will take place on November 1. Yippee!!!!