New York Vacation!

As usual, we are quite behind in our blogging. We went to upstate New York for Emily's brother's graduation from Medical School. While we were there we had a ton of fun visiting Church history sites, Canada, and things in and around Rochester.  But the best part of all was being with family. Lincoln loved playing with his cousins (although 'playing' sometimes included over aggressive hugs, stealing toys, and swiping food whenever possible).

Letchworth State Park.

Cousins! (at the Smith Farm)

El bosque sagrado.

Lincoln is sort of a gangsta-monkey.

Lincoln has a very quick first step.

The Whitmer Farm.

Since we love taking any opportunity we get to visit a foreign country, we decided to see Niagara from the Canadian side-eh. We also went to a grocery store for Québec maple syrup, poutine sauce, maple cookies, and Kinder Surprises. Oh Canada!

Moose-end 1.

Moose-end 2.

At the tail end of our trip we watched Emily's brother receive his diploma (well Emily did, Chad was in the hall watching Lincoln chase older kids) and participate in a baby blessing.

Cousin/Niece's baby blessing.

This is Lincoln's Humpty Dumpty look.

The whole family with Dr. Butler.

We also visited Pennsylvania on our way to and from New York. Chad's brother provided rest for us weary travelers and we got to get soaked at a soccer game, celebrate mother's day with delicious steak alfredo (which was not marinated in teriyaki sauce), garage selling with the Amish, and ate copious amounts of popsicles (the impetus for Chad soon having to enter a 12 step program for his popsicle addiction).