Introducing Christian Lyn

Autumn Time

Our friends from North Carolina, the Footes, were able to come trick or treating with us. Here are Chase and Denzil in their costumes. We are crossing our fingers that the Foote's decide to do their residency at Dartmouth in NH. Chase and I love this lake which is a two minute walk from our house. It's so serene. Chase loves throwing rocks in the lake, and then watching the swans swim over to us. Here we are on Wilson Farm's "spooky hayride." Chase really enjoyed this.

This is us after the "big" hurricane that happened a few months ago. There wasn't a lot in Jersey City. Hoboken, which was just north of us, was completely submerged in about 2 feet of water. They had a mandatory evacuation. The exciting thing about the hurricane for us what that it was happening on the weekend we were packing up to move. We packed and prepared to hunker down for the hurricane at the same time. It was still our most successful move.

Apple Picking

Apple picking is such a fun thing to do in the fall. I love being in the country again. He we are with Mimi and Nicole in the hay wagon headed over to the apple trees. Don't you love the glasses.

Utah for Kayla's Wedding

A week after moving to Massachusetts we went to Utah for Kayla's wedding. She was a beautiful bride, and it was a lovely day. There will be more pictures to come. Here is a sneak peak. Silver Lake was beautiful as always. It's a hard road to get there. We are happy that Devin was "finally" able to join us later in the evening. Chase's favorite animal at the zoo was definitely the giraffe. The elephants were pretty cool too. This is what Chase spent the majority of his time doing. He loved the basketball hoop. Look at that determination. Here he is again with Royce.

Danielle in New York

Love the cityscape--okay, the people are pretty cool too. :) Sorry Chase, but I've seen better pictures of you. The Cake Bosses bakery in Hoboken Steve and Danielle in Central Park We ate some delicious Kung Pao Chicken in China Town. I loved China Town--I felt as though I were in China. We also tried Bubble Tea, which is a soda with tapioca balls in it. Next door to China Town is Little Italy. They have your authentic Italian Food, but you don't feel quite like you are in Italy. It was still fun to go.

Statue of Liberty

Liberty Park has a special place in my heart. It was refreshing to get away from the city life, which can be hard to do when you don't have a car. I loved running on the boardwalk in Liberty Park and hearing Chase say "Statue of Liberty" minus a few consonants. Ellis Island was the gateway into America for millions of immigrants. I found it very humbling to have been born into a country with so many freedoms and privileges. Here are those handsome dudes.

Times Square

Steve and Chase went on a daddy/son date last Friday to Toys R' Us in Times Square. Steve said that Chase had fun, although it's kind of hard to tell in these pictures. :)

NYC with Jeff Sears Family

We met Steve's Uncle Jeff and Aunt Pawn, who live in China, at Central Park and spent the day with them in New York. We had loads of fun. Someone from Jeff's company took us around and paid for everything, which was really awesome. They even bought the premium passes to the American Museum of Natural History so we were able to see all of the exhibits--at a very rapid speed. You could spend all day in there! This Central Park Playground had a network of these concrete things with about 2 inches of water in them. Carousel at Central Park Central Park again Chase and Dad at the American Museum of Natural History Chase as paleontologist at the museum We had to take a picture with Dum Dum, the Eastern Island Head, from the Night at the Museum. Unfortunately, we had no gum gum to give him. Here we are with Jeff, Pawn, Emily, and Sydney at a steakhouse in Times Square.

Phantom on Broadway

Headed to the Phantom of the Opera The talent pool New York has to choose from is incredible. The production was amazing. I just starting reading the book too which I'm looking forward to.

Exciting Announcement

For those of you who don't know we are having another baby. The due date is December 9th. We are going to find out the sex of the baby on the 23rd of July. We love new babies--and December birthdays.

Memorial Day Weekend 2011

Cemetery on Freedom Trail in Boston Old Church on the Freedom Trail: The pews were in boxes with a door that shut (how wonderful would that be). Old North Church: This is the oldest church in Boston. This is where Paul Revere gave Robert Newman the signal to climb the steeple and hold up two lanterns as a signal that the British were coming by sea and not by land. Rhode Island Zoo on Memorial Day