Working at Target has been great. The team has been really amazing and very welcoming to me. When I got back from my vacation a lot of people had noticed that they hadn't seen me in a while. I didn't know so many people even knew who I was. Plus I have a lot of hours there, which has been amazing. I've been busy, but I feel more satisfied and fulfilled because of it. There have been a couple of crazies, but most of the guests are really nice. I had a couple tell me that I would be perfect for their son. I just laughed and let them leave. I didn't really know how to respond to that without sounding rude. I haven't really worked that much at American Eagle since starting at Target, but that was kind of the plan. I'll be on the schedule next week though.
Luna has realized she can get on the kitchen counters :( I was hoping she wouldn't, but the day after we got back from Boston, I walked out of the bathroom and she was standing on the counter. Then yesterday I watched her go from the couch to the stovetop (scary!). I threw her in the bathroom for a time out. Not that she understood why she was locked in there. She just played with the bathroom mat. I need to get a spray to put on the counters that she won't like. I just haven't made it over to Petsmart yet.
Speaking of our trip...
It was a really great week off. A lot of long travel days, but totally worth it. First Doug and I parted ways with him going to Boston and me going to Pennsylvania with my parents. The whole Wolfe side of the family was there which was great since it had been a while since we had all been together. We tried to catch butterflies (but not bugs cause Reagan doesn't like bugs. We planted 500 trees around the property. Devonna and I played Angry Birds late at night as we talked and wound down from the day. We ate lots of good food. We hid and found Easter eggs and ate easter candy. We shot some guns (safely), and learned how to throw knives (also safely). The weather was graciously amazing and the nights weren't too cold. We ate cheese steaks and drank Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer.
Reagan running to catch the butterfly.
I convinced him to let me have the net and then snuck up on it to catch it after it had landed.
Reagan with his butterfly.
Okay, so it's really a moth, but we let him call it a butterfly.
Beautiful Pennsylvania sunset
Reagan planting his tree. We got to pick out trees that were "ours" if we wanted to. Devonna and I staked out three different spots. We also claimed three for Doug. So hopefully one of them will survive.
Reagan and his tree. Which will one day be much bigger than him.
Helping Pappy dig a hole.
Me and Doug's tree. We did plant him a Douglas Fir to be funny. But this one's a Hemlock :)
Close up of the tree
They have a few of these bushes that were blooming and were so pretty.
Reagan took this picture of me and Quinn.
And then Quinn took this picture of me and Reagan.
It pretty much tastes like root beer lol. But it's unique.
Coloring eggs. He liked making yellow ones.
The kids before the egg hunt
Reagan got a small head start.
He liked finding them, but needed some help.
We also left some out in the open for him so he wouldn't get too frustrated.
Already counting and showing them off before the hunt was over.
He even found the one in the exhaust pipe! (with Pappy's help)
At the end of the hunt the golden egg hadn't been found (and probably a few others). All the kids were looking for it, and all of them were close. In this picture, the golden egg is behind the small board next to the stump, visible from the other side. Cian ended up being victorious in its discovery!
Uncle Grant
The day after Easter I took an early bus to catch a flight to go to Boston. Doug met me at the airport and his hotel was right next door. He didn't have to check out for a few hours so I was able to nap until we had to go. Unfortunately my bag didn't make it onto my flight. This is the second time this has happened in Boston. But they did deliver it that afternoon to the hotel we stayed at the rest of the time.
Pretty New England streets
We ate here the first night. It was voted in the top ten of best pizzas in Boston.
It was really good. We stayed pretty original with Pepperoni and Basil.
We walked up to Harvard to be able to say that we had seen it. The campus is huge so I don't know how much we actually saw. This is the Law School portion.
Dorms or classrooms or something.
The first church in Boston, founded in the 1600s.
We had a beautiful sunset as we walked
We took the metro to Boston Commons. The sun against the buildings were so pretty.
One of my favorite books as a kid was Make Way for Ducklings. In the book the mom duck and her ducklings end up living on an island in the Boston commons. There's these statues in the park commemorating the book. Someone put easter hats on them though! It was cute!
The pond in Boston Commons.
Right next to the Common is the Cheers bar. We just peeked in for fun. Neither of us ever watched the show, otherwise it would have been more intriguing.
Sunset over the Charles river.
The next day we tackled the Freedom Trail. We had decided that there was no need to squeeze it into one day, so if we needed to we would split it up.
Boston state House.
Cemetery with a lot of famous people in it. Ben Franklin's parents are buried here, along with...
Paul Revere
John Hancock
and Samuel Adams
Anglican Church (which the Puritans were NOT happy about when it was built in the 1600s)
Another cemetery, in which a woman that came over on the Mayflower is buried.
This building used to be a book shop where books were printed and bound. The Scarlet Letter was printed here. Now it's a Chipotle.
The spot where the Boston Massacre took place
In front of this building is where the Boston Massacre took place, but also the Declaration of Independence was read from the balcony to the people of Boston.
The old Haymarket where goods were sold. Now there's shops lining the inside, mainly of food.
Faneuil Hall, marketplace and meeting hall.
You can kin dof make it out, but it has a grasshopper weathervane which has become a symbol of Boston.
This is what I had for lunch. It was really good.
Yum!
The Green Dragon. Pub where revolutionaries would meet in secret.
Paul Revere's house. We didn't go in, but this is it!
Old North Church where the lanterns were placed.
"The British are coming!"
Memorial for those in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's made of blank army navy tags that chime in the wind.
Just to remind us where we were walking...there were either bricks or painted red lines marking the way.
Beautiful clouds over the harbor.
Bunker Hill monument.
That night we went and saw Wrath of the Titans. It's nice to be able to go out to the movies on vacations. It's better to be out than sitting in the hotel room.
The next day we went and saw the U.S.S. Constitution, the only thing that we didn't see the day before on the freedom trail since we got tired.
"Old Ironsides" First to defeat the British in nine years back in the day.
Cramped quarters. Doug couldn't stand up all the way most of the time.
Rain clouds rolling in. Luckily it held off till the next day when we left.
We went out to see Fenway Park. We're not exactly Red Sox fans, but Fenway park is so iconic. Unfortunately the tours were completely sold out for the day!
But we saw the outside...
Then we tried to go out to an island to see a Fort, but we didn't have enough time with the ferries to be able to get back in time. So we went and saw Titanic in Imax 3D. I never had seen it in the theaters since I was too young last time it was out. I liked it. Doug was nice enough not to complain about it :)
The next day it was raining all day. We had an evening flight out so we had been planning on hanging out in Boston Common. The rain ruined that plan though. We got a late check out and then headed to the airport. They had free internet so we watched some shows while we waited. It wasn't that bad. We got home around midnight and quickly crashed for the night. Luna kept me up though cause she kept climbing all over me in her glee.
The next day she didn't leave my side. Normally she'll come and check in, go and do her own thing for a while, and then come cuddle. But she only wanted to cuddle, as you can see from this.
We also switched phone providers. We're now with Verizon. We upgraded our phones and we really like them (Doug is in love). All these pictures were actually taken on my phone. It's convenient to not have to carry around a camera too!
Tomorrow's my first day completely off since being back (and since starting at Target since the vacation wasn't exactly restful). I'm excited to have lazy day plans!
Time to get to sleep. Good night!
