Missionary Moments #41--June 14, 2015

This has been a busy week which has been wonderful.  We met Andy and Angela and the kids in Chelsea, MA last Sunday night and we were on the go the rest of the week.  We spent Monday in Boston, Tuesday in New Hampshire and Vermont, Wednesday in Maine, and Thursday and Friday on Cape Cod.  Hanging out with Andy and Angela always guarantees that you will see everything and eat at interesting places!  I think that I would pick the Boston Tea Party as one of our favorites. The kids loved it and Caleb and Ava had a great time throwing the tea overboard!  Once you go into the program you begin to play the part and we were huzzahing, booing, hissing, and thumbing our noses at the unfair taxes that were being levied. The Joseph Smith Memorial still ranks high for us because it is just so simple and quiet.  It is a wonderful place to just reflect on what we have as a result of such a humble beginning.  Eating when you are out with Andy and Angela is always an adventure and we have eaten at some wonderful places.  The Holy Donut was my favorite and we will definitely be going back there.  I wish we would have known about it when Rachel was here visiting!  Scott and I had been to Cape Cod and enjoyed driving around but this time we stayed in a hotel which was right on the beach.  It was beautiful and one of the nicest hotels we have been to.  I got up early and spent a good hour just watching the waves and enjoying the whole area to myself.  The hotel had two pools (one outdoor and one indoor) as well as the beach and Perry and Ellis tried out all three. On Friday afternoon we said good-bye to everyone and headed back to New Hampshire and they rode off on bikes they had rented to bicycle along the beach.  One thing we are very aware of is the fact that we aren't as young as we used to be.  When we got home we both fell into bed exhausted and slept in on Saturday morning.  Now I am continuing to enjoy their journey as Angela posts pictures on Facebook.  So glad they were here and that we got to spend time with them.  Although we didn't work all week we still had some work to be sent to Salt Lake. We got another set of boxes which when completed will put us close to our completion date of July 31st.  It will be strange to start on a new county and begin again in the 1850s.  Hope you all have a great week.  Wish you all could come and visit us!