I created a blog?

How ambitious is it to start a blog? In my mind...very! I know it can appear silly to create a blog and be super enthusiastic about writing on it for a week or two and then totally abandon ship. Well, if you thought that blogger was going to be me...think again! Life happens. The last week before the end of the grading period happens. Friends come and visit you and distract you and you get nothing done and it doesn't matter because you're spending time with amazing friends...and a week of playing catch-up happens. I'm just going to go ahead and apologize in advance to those of you who like to read a fresh blog post every other day. Hopefully we haven't already been deleted from your Google Reader.

As for life recently, it's been full! Full of family and friends. In the last six weeks we've had four weekends of visitors. First was our dear friend, Gennie. Gennie came on a whim and I couldn't have been more happy that she chose to spend her birthday weekend with us here in Boston. We had a blast indulging in good conversation and made-from-scratch cupcakes. We also had our first exceptional culinary experience in Boston with her at Toro.

Best friends...

Next came the Stantons, Sprinkles, and McDougalds. We were merely a stop on their trip throughout New England. They made it to Nantucket, the Vineyard, and Kennebunkport, Maine. For more about their time in Boston with us you can click here.

The Charles

Rest stop in Harvard Square

My parents came the following weekend. We got them from a Thursday night to a Monday afternoon and it was such a treat. We went to the Vineyard, walked along the Charles, and of course my mom and I did a little, maybe more than a little, shopping.

Ferry to Vine Haven

Martha's Vineyard

We then had a couple weekends to regroup, relax, and explore a bit. We made it to the White Mountains in New Hampshire to see the leaves and the following weekend went to Portsmouth, followed by a drive down the coast.

Last weekend Jenny and Tanner Fritz and Will Henderson lived with us in our little world for a while. We enjoyed our first tour of the Sam Adams Brewery (Bryan's second...he went alone on his birthday in October), toured the city, walked part of the Freedom Trail, and had a delicious meal together at Coppa in the Southend. With all five us us plus Berkeley staying in our teeny apartment, coupled with some bitter* cold temperatures, I think they might have gotten the most all-naturale Boston experience.

Sam Adams, Boston Lager

Such a trooper...

Harvard Square

Coppa, Southend

Sadly we don't have anyone on the books for the next several months. I wouldn't want to visit Boston in the winter if I were my friends either!

*and by bitter I mean upper 30's low 40's...I'm a little unsure of how I'm going to survive come January.