4th of July with the Boston Pops!

Mike and I live close to so many cool states and we thought we would take advantage of being so close to Boston. We decided to brave Boston during 4th of July, and when we heard Neal Diamond was going to be the guest singer at the famous Boston Pops Concert, we packed up our cooler and headed down to the water at 9am! We stood in a 5 mile line to get in, and to our surprise we got prime seating! We had the best 2 days exploring Boston, however, I felt like I was running the Boston Marathon with Mike! Being pregnant and sightseeing with Mike is not a good idea. After 2 days of the Freedom Trail, Quincy Market, Red Sox, Boston Pops, and Harvard, I was WIPED out. We had a great time and can't wait to go back next year with Peyton!

We started our trip out right--Iced Coffee and an 4th of July Donut at Dunkin'!
















Old State House where the Declaration of Independence was first given




















Harvard Library




















The Oldest Restaurant in the United States. Ye Olde Union Oyster House.





















Fenway Park

















A beautiful view of Boston
















The famous Cheers Bar

















Neil Diamond singing, "Sweet Caroline."
















Happy 4th of July!

New Beginnings....

I can never remember my blog password (this one I wrote down) so I had to create a new one. I guess I will have blogs from every school we have ever been to. I hope you can visit this site as I thought it would be a good idea to start up a new blog since we are so far away.

There are a lot of new beginnings for our family. One, being that we are expecting our first child in Decemeber. We are so excited to welcome a little girl, Peyton Jean, to our family. Her name came from our love of football (Peyton Manning) and because Mike and I have always loved that name. Jean comes from my late Grandmother, Jean Mitchell, whom I loved very much.

Our second huge change is that we moved! Big surprise there. Not only did we move, but we moved to the ends of the earth...Connecticut. Mike is now a tight ends coach/recruiting coordinator for Yale Football. We feel blessed to be with an amazing Head Coach, Tom Williams, and to be at the birth place of football. I'm still adjusting, but we have no doubt that God has placed us here for a specific reason and we trust Him.

We hope this blog can serve as a way to keep in touch with us and to stay caught up on all things Sanfords. We do lead a very interesting and exciting life.