Summering in the East Coast 2014

We began the summer fun season with a trip to the East Coast.  This was the first time we went the distance on an airplane with A.  Oh the dreaded 5 hr flight that every parent of young children fear.  But at the end of the flight, A was still chipper and not screaming up a storm.

At Great-grandma Vicky's house

with grandpa

Of course, if we went to see one set of grandparents/great-grandmother, we had to see the other great-grandmother (my mom's mom).  This of course required a train ride!

train time!

with great grandma AiYi

Once back in NH, we had to do a sightseeing day in Boston.

this is how we sightsee

Orr!

in the NE Aquarium

and Lake Winnipesaukee....

the lake

summer rockin' from vivian peng on Vimeo.

bee club pinic

A little Mt Washington (complete with rally race)....

cog railway

Then back at the lake...doing some boating....

A day at the beach with great-grandma Vicky



Seafood shack....I'd rather eat the lemons....and ketchup

A day at the Cape....

Other end of HWY 6

Cape Cod

That was a great trip!!!  Then ten days later.....We were on the other coast, cruising a little piece of Alaska

Pullman 2014

In April 2014, we took a trip out to Pullman, Wa.  Pullman, you might ask, where is that and why are you going out there?  E got a faculty position offer from Washington State University, Pullman.  As part of the "convincing the spouse" plan, they flew up out to Pullman to visit the school, talk to some potential lab what I may be working with, and to check out the Palouse.  This would be the first plane ride for A and boy was he excited!  With a quick drive and we're in Idaho and close to the Snake River and the Clearwater River.  Pretty country.  Nice visit.  However, in the end, that was not the place we landed at.

First Plane ride!

Yes....it's the windows start screen

butterflies!

on the Clearwater

planes are fun!

1 year old!

A is now one and he's totally living it up....




























and the photos of his first year ain't done yet!  For a Photo Barf Break, I shall move on to some trips we took (with photos of course)!  Don't worry, I'll get back to the kid photos.

Food and Garden.....2014

Yes, you are reading that correctly....that does say 2014.  This would be a contiuntaion of the garden through the summer growing season....

Grapes

Raspberries

only a tiny portion of cherry tomatoes

and of course at the end of the season (which would be almost to thanksgiving)...we have the pumpkin pie.

PIE!!!

And So Time Flies

Yes, Really....It's been over a year since the last post.  you would think nothing really big happened.  Well, things happen, babies grow up to be rambunctious toddlers, folks move, new friends are made, old friends are missed....  So I guess I can do a quickie photo barf of food stuffs.....and A....and then slowly try to catch up on the past year-ish.

A at 10 months:





A at 11 months:



A's First Birthday:



Whew!