Patch Family Reunion and BOSTON!!!

Hello all! Lots of exciting things have been happening in our family. Enough talk. More pictures!

To start off, we concluded the summer with The Patch Family Reunion 2010.

Steve and I represented the family (as in-laws) in the rocket launching contest. Our secret sauce for rocket fuel didn't do quite as well as we hoped; watered down glue isn't NASA material.

Chris and Katie both enjoyed sifting through the sawdust for candy candy candy!

Chris enjoying the spoils.

Here are the pregnant maids all in a row (Annie, Katie, Lauren, and Gina).

We'd now like to say a heart-felt good bye to the Provo portion of our lives and open a new chapter in Boston! We moved out at the end of July and have been enjoying the east coast ever since. Luckily, we just missed the heat wave, although its still really humid and different than Utah.

Here is Chris near his future school library at Harvard.

Amy (Katie's friend) came out to visit us for a couple of days.

Chris enjoys playing on the bank of the Charles River near HBS because, as you can see in the background, he likes to run along side the joggers.

Chris likes riding the T.

Katie, Amy, Chris and I went on a Duck Tour all over the city and in the Charles on a Saturday. I must admit, that all cheesiness aside, it exceeded my expectations.

A couple of weeks later, we were fortunate enough to have Liz come visit us. She helped watch Chris while we moved our stuff to our new apartment in Belmont. Here they are on a whale watching tour.

This is our "happy place." Ironically, its at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Sounds weird, but it is beautiful. There is a little pond with frogs and muskrats and other animals. Chris loves it.

Next, we all went into the city. My mom gave me a great book about a little family of ducks that settle in Boston, specifically the Public Garden. The next few pictures involve statures that commemorate this famous children's book.

The actual duck pond and duck island.

Now we begin the Freedom Trail! This is one of my favorite parts of Boston.

Liz near the grave site of Mother Goose, Paul Revere, and John Hancock.

We were privileged to partake of cannoli's at Mike's Pastry shop. Incredible!!!

Paul Revere statue.

Playing at the harbor.

Some weird promo involving a giant hammock. The funny man even read Chris a story.

My job at Fidelity is like a dream come true - intelligent people, challenging work, and capital markets. Our neighborhood is awesome too. So if you're ever in the New England area, drop us a line!

Finally, the pregnancy is going well. We know that we're having a boy and can't wait for Chris to have a little brother! Party on!