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We're going to have a baby! The due date is March 13! Of course, we'll post more pictures and news as we go. We're very excited and can't wait to meet this little person!


Isn't baby cute?

Visit from Anna!

There's nothing like a visit from one of our BYU friends to make us feel special! After missing two flights, Anna (and boyfriend Steve) finally made it to Boston! We were able to spend a few hours with them during their whirl-wind trip and had time enough to give them a quick tour of Harvard and Harvard Square.


In front of Hogwarts (or whatever this building is really called).


In front of the Widener Library--pretty impressive!


Anna and Steve at Cambridge's oldest cemetery near Harvard Square.

Of course, we didn't have time to give much of a tour, so all the really great stuff we saved for their next trip out. (The secret is to keep them wanting more--then they're bound to come back!)
It was great to see Anna! Come back soon!

Red Sox and Plymouth with the Rosses

We were able to have our friends from BYU, Bob, Erin, and Nate Ross, stay with us for a few days. They showed us the beauty that is Fenway Stadium and Red Sox fever. The game was great, but it was also fun to see all the people getting thrown out of the game for various forms of "disorderly conduct." Go Sox!


We also made the drive down to Plymouth to see the rock. Turns out Brandon really is related to William Bradford!



We found the closest thing we've seen to Soviet sculpture since we left Russia when we went to the Forefathers Monument. The big lady even has a star on top of her head!


Brandon with the original Massasoit statue! Utah is the only state besides Massachusetts that has statues of Massasoit. Why? Apparently the sculptor was LDS. Go figure.

After seeing what there was to see in Plymouth (you can only take so much pilgrim), we stopped for lunch at the Lobster Hut and walked around the ocean. Nate loved pointing out the water to us.

It was great to have the Ross family stay with us and we hope to be able to stay with them sometime soon in Chicago!