We're Back and There's So Much to Share With You

Our flight to Pennsylvania was good. We helped Diana with some packing and got to spend some time with Peter's parents. We went to their house for dinner and played Mexican Train. The more we're around them the more we love them. Such good people, so warm and inviting.

We all drove up from Philadelphia to Boston. Stayed at the same hotel; the girls and the guys went to breakfast separately. Another chance to get to know one another.

Back to the hotel to get ready for the wedding and by the time we left the hotel to walk to the park for the ceremony, it was raining! Thankfully the hotel handed out umbrellas as we left.

Boston Common was just one block from the hotel but the area where they got married was at the other end of the park. It rained the whole way. But thankfully, by the time Diana, Chuck and Sharaya got out of the cab, it had stopped. Chuck walked her to where we were waiting and after a few minutes the sun came out.

The girls breakfast before the ceremony

 

In Boston Common, waiting for Chuck and Diana to arrive. Since it was a small ceremony, we were all just taking pictures with our phones.

Peter's mom took this one!

The first look

Beth was crying in this picture. When we asked her what was wrong she said, I'm losing my sister!!" We told her she was actually gaining a brother! That made her feel better and now she has two nicknames for him!

Peter's family...

 

 And ours.

 

We walked back through the park and went to Tresca's for dinner. It's an Italian restaurant, complete with canoli's for dessert! Everything was delicious. The whole day was so great, I can't express enough how much we adore Peter's family! 

And this was just the beginning of a 4 day celebration!

Blinding Colors, Yummy Pastries and Bridge Designs

We flew in late Tuesday night and it felt so good to be home! What is it about that feeling you get when you've been away from home for a while and then you walk through that front door?? There really is no place like home!

This will be short as I'm still on east coast time and my body thinks it's 11:15pm but I wanted to share a few pictures with you.

Vermont was spectacular! The colors were so vivid that sometimes when the sun hit the reds or yellows, it was almost blinding!

Look at all that color! Almost every tree is a different shade of red or yellow or orange...! Here in Seattle we have so many evergreens and there are some deciduous trees mixed in but it looks nothing like this!

We went to church in Queens, New York; bought dessert at Mikes Pastries in Boston, Mass; and drove through the beautiful state of Connecticut! The line at Mikes was out the door and down the street, but oh so worth it! I had a Cannoli for the first time, we bought some cookies, everything was SO good!  

That's Diana on the far right. 

(I don't know those other three, but they were headed to church too!)

Driving by Manhattan

 

Connecticut was so beautiful! Even their bridges, every bridge, every overpass had a different design. It was so pretty there.

Have you ever been to New England in the fall?