Dairy Fest, VT style

 

Wanted to go do something fun a few weekends ago (cus my life is clearly so boring normally!), and felt like VT was the place to be. 

{When daddy and I were driving cross country, we stopped at every state sign (risking our lives in about 3 states) and took a photo. I mentioned this first thing after getting on the road; that I'd love to get VT's sign. So when hours later, on our way home after a whole day, we passed this VT sign, I immediately hit the brakes while K simultaneously whipped out his phone. Had to smile at the brilliant synchrony of thought ;) }

For one day, we hit up a lot:

-Prophet's birthplace

-Cheese factory

-Ice Cream factory 

-Bridges

 Sharon, VT

Prophet's Birthplace 

Grounds of Prophet's home where he was born.

Quick stop for lunch at the Prohibition Pig.

Anything with a flying pig hanging over the entrance HAS to be amazing.

Dairy Stop #1

Cabot

                                       

Think our group circled this 'tasting table' about 3x each.

   

Dairy Stop #2

Coming home... life-fulfillment... amazement... delight...

all emotions I felt as I rolled up to my personal Mecca

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory.

Are you kidding me?!

 As you can tell, I was clearly too busy looking at and eating ice cream to take any photos. 

But the memory is forever imprinted on the section of my heart that is never, never too full for more B&J, B&R, or JP.

Perpetual Party

 Just another post that makes my life look like a perpetual party.

~~~Guess that's a Boston summer for ya~~~

Movie nights & photo booth attempts

 Sent daddy a photo of my milk duds that I HAVE to have during a movie...

and got back a photo of his milk duds like 30 min later.

Guess I inspired a movie night!

Miss Mel's Birthday

 

First we went to a 'fight night' cus Mel's super into boxing and fitness lately. Odd b-day idea, but whateves. So far... no injuries.

There was a slight catastrophe once we got home. An innocent idea of arm wrestling... and a few rounds later what do you have??? A nasty broken arm (not mine). 

 So Ty and Emily sent me this photo of them arm wrestling just to hear my forever-more paranoid response around this sport of "don't do it!!!"

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More BBQ's @ the boys

 Jake at the grill

 Brent (with his cookie-brownie-cookie 'sandwich') 

 A little summer evenin' folk band

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Marilyn invited us down for Sunday dinner

 Gorgeous pie with berries from her yard

WITH a layer of chocolate JUST because she  -- quote --

'knew she couldn't serve me a dessert w/o chocolate'

Bless you Marilyn

 Then he took me to an animal wetlands-ish reserve on the way home

 bc he's good to me and is learning that

this time of evening is my absolute favorite. 

It was so beautiful and peaceful

Fourth of July Festivities

Big group went to listen to the Boston Pops rehearsal on the 3rd

The actual 4th...

Spiderman 3D imax

Tri-ward BBQ

Walked down to the river, with I'm pretty sure all the rest of Boston, and waited for the fireworks to start. Got temporarily delayed as they told us to 'go to shelter' as the storm hit. and when it didn't come the show resumed. But oh wait, then as soon as the first fireworks started off, it absolutely poured.

Everything is Beautiful

 

Some photos I messed around with showing
bits of Boston and around campus grounds.

            

 Was waitin' for ma girls the other night on their porch, and Mel shows up with a ginormous stuffed bear. "Naturally"I think to myself. "Of course she would."

~How I know I've spent a successful and wonderful evening with Mel~

My first Internship 

This is the little boy who reminds me (daily) that I have "puwple ha-ya."

 Back yard BBQ's

Camping

 Allison had a little beef with an x boyfriend...

so we ceremoniously

burned all his letters. hehehe. (Photo above
right.) Awesome. Love this girl. 

Hate that she's moving away from me.

And finally ~ I made my first loaf of Banana bread. 

I was ridiculously proud.

I'm living a beautifully charmed life out here in Boston.

Sure school's hard, but I have been sooooo blessed with friends and fun things to pretty well distract me from the harder things in life. 

-summer BBQ's 

-life with pink hair

-holding hands with a good man

-walks to JP licks w/ Ms. Mitton

-surviving a heat wave w/ wet hair and a fan

-walking around the city

-sunsets on the porch

Everything is Beautiful

Marathon

I'm loving living in this city more are more with each new activity and experience.

I got just a 'little' turned around the other night trying to drive to the temple from school. Little unknown fact, the iphone doesn't like to find the temple when you plug it into the gps. Excellent. But at least getting lost in Boston means you get views like this!

So, Patriot's Day was yesterday.

These horses received a police escort as they walked through town as part of the Battle at Lexington Reenactment. I just happened to get off the T from school at exactly the right moment as they walked down my street.

Boston Marathon!

So inspiring to be here for this awesome / famous event.

I ran from my house (just so I could feel a part of the heat stroke event --- 85 degrees --- yuck) and met up with my friends. We cheered on another friend as she ran. This was the last mile of the race and pretty much everyone looked like they wanted to die.

Then, because we ourselves worked up such an appetite watching all these people run, we went and bought burgers and sipped on some chocolate frapps on the grass as we watched the "show."

per-fection

Easter

Amy invited some lovely ladies over and we all helped create a little Easter Sunday meal.

Mama and daddy sent me some Harry & David pears for my 'basket' so I added a few little slices of heaven atop my candied-pecan-poppy-seed salad.

Spring has Sprung

And these happy guys are all around the city in yards and medians.

Mel recently bought herself a 'big-girl' / typical father's day(?) purchase of her own...an outdoor grill, which I think is hysterical yet amazing. This has inevitably lead to many a BBQ already. ~Bless you spring and all the outdoor joy you bring~