Hockey Playoffs

We are getting ready to watch the hometown Buffalo Sabres game tonight. - Ben and Alex

to Rochester we go!

Yesterday we packed up the family and headed to Rochester to a J. Ruben Clark Society fireside. The J. Ruben Clark Society is a society for LDS lawyers and law students. New York has a pretty small chapter but we got to meet some other LDS families in the area that were experiencing a lot of the same things we are. Ben did some networking, I did some chatting with the wives and Alex did some climbing and kamikaze diving off the stage!


We have decided that we both really like the city of Rochester and the smaller communities surrounding it. It reminds us both of Richmond. We parked the car and walked around a little town that has the Erie canal running parallel with the main street. There were neat little stores and restaurants that were in restored granaries and silos.



Every time we head towards Rochester we make sure to stop at our favorite burger place- Five Guys! I am happy to say that Alex loved it as much as we did (he also liked dancing to the oldies they played). My mouth is still watering over my cheeseburger that disappeared way too fast.



Once we got to the church building where the fireside was being held we had a few extra minutes so we drove right across the street to a great playground! We discovered Alex is afraid of walking on grass and hates the swing! As the weather gets warmer and we start spending more time outside I'm hoping this problem will resolve itself.



We liked Rochester so much that it has become a potential job hunting location when the time comes. For now, Ben has accepted a summer internship in a human rights office in Rochester. So he will have a little ways to drive two days a week but it's an exciting step in the right direction!

a labor of love

My very first quilt. It has over 1200 pieces and has taken me a loooong time to get the quilt top pieced. My goal is to finish the hand quilting by the 22nd of this month.

catch up

Alex had his first day in Nursery two weeks ago. He did great. The day was pretty uneventful (thankfully) other than Alex eating everyone else's snack after he finished his own.
We tried taking some pictures but he was really sad that morning.





We did manage to get one good one at the last minute.

We built Alex's first fort today. He loved it.



We spent a long time saying "one, two three" and then falling into the mound of pillows. He loved it so much that he's been walking around the house saying "uh, uh, see" and then falling where ever he is, pillows or not. Funny boy.

good morning einstein

hello again.

A few of my friends and fellow bloggers have made it their New Year's resolution to update their blog more. And while that wasn't one of my goals, I've been a little inspired to keep up just a little better.
SO, on that note, let me fill you in on our current lives. Ben is in the middle of his second semester of law school. He is doing well and likes it for the most part (yay!). He occasionally tries to explain things he's learning about but it's so beyond my scope of understanding and interest that I literally don't retain a word of what he says. So I can't tell you what he's studying or what he's learning. You'll just have to ask him.
I spend a lot of time at home with Alex but I also work part time at The Gap. Although The Gap isn't a long-term job, it definitely serves its purpose- it gets me out of the house, meeting new people and making a little extra money.
We're also having a lot of fun exploring our new city. We try to find something new to do about every week. So far we've found some great little parts of the city and some not-so-great parts. We've discovered some really yummy restaurants (mmmmm Chinese food...) and some great stores. Ben even went ANTIQUING with me last weekend!! Not only that, but he actually asked me if we could go! It was such a momentous occasion I even brought my camera.



This mall, as well as another one in the area is HUGE. It goes on forever.



Ben did end up buying something for himself! We also got his mom a mother's day present.