Familaversary

We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary this weekend. Marriage really gets a bad rep. these days, but it is awesome. We celebrated as a family. First we went out to a little Pakistani 'Fish & Chips'  restaurant we have been eyeing since we lived here last time. We then took Ira and Eliot to the volunteer Firefighter fundraising carnival. 

If you can't tell Ira is a little stiff and stoic. He was sad when we left, so I can only assume he was having fun.

below are some pictures.

 They had a great assortment of rides for little kids. Ira finally got to feel like he was driving a car! 

 A rare smile before the ride started.

 He was pretty excited to ride the horse.

 This is the more typical expression he had most of the night. Quite the contrast to the other kids who were pure energy with their hands flailing and screaming.

Life is Carousel, I'm glad I get to ride it with my best friend.

Spring in Central Park

We decided to get a visit to the temple in before the baby came. Such a treat. Ira and I enjoyed our early morning walk through Central Park where spring was starting to unfold. We even caught some of the New York St. Patrick's Day Parade, picture are in our St. Patrick's day post.

Ira liked the pond with the Ducks

 I enjoyed seeing the green lace on the trees and the emerging flowers.

 

 Some early morning hockey. It was pretty with all of the mist coming off the ice.

 It was tricky trying to capture the moment with my cellphone, but I liked the way this one turned out, with the city and nature merging in the early morning light.

Nate's Wedding

We went to Utah for my younger brothers wedding. It was a beautiful occasion.

They are such a cute couple! We wish them the best with their move to San Francisco.

Happy Parents. Congratulations.

 The cousins waiting for the bride and groom.

 The Salt Lake Temple, where the wedding ceremony took place.

 Cousins playing in the Temple Garden.

 Truman and Ira played a lot together, he taught Ira the word, Ball.

 Family Photo Outtakes - Photos that show the families personalities.

 Quinn's - One child, what a ride.

 Simon's - Two children, we can handle it.

 Hopkinson's - five children, we'll survive.

 All the little boys were obsessed with the water fountain at the reception. Ira was soaked half way through the night; unfortunately this didn't seem to help him break through his fear of the bathtub.

The rest of our visit was great. We all loved having some time to spend with family, Ira especially liked spending some time with Grandma.

Painting Easter eggs with the Hopkinsons.

Happy Easter.