May Happines

May ended up being a very eventful and wonderful month, so I was thinking of calling this post "May Madness" off of the March Madness term, but everything that happened was so wonderful, I thought May Happiness was more fitting. With that said, I wanted to express sincere gratitude for all of our many choice blessings and experiences. Truly our cup runneth o'er!

Feel free to skim/browse the mountain load of pics. Be sure to stop when you see sweet Isla though - you don't want to skip over her!

Micah found this frog statue that was the perfect size for climbing at a Harvard Law Latter-day Saint Student Association picnic.

Winnie the Pooh and Piglet too can be found at the Newton Public library. Our constant search for new libraries continues.

Curious George made a visit to Watertown. I think Micah thought he looked a lot different in person than he does in the books!

 We visited the "Dear Boston" exhibit at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square. It was "a curated collection of artifacts left by mourners" following the bombings last year.

We were so grateful to be able to all go to the temple together before we move west. We sure do love you guys!! Coincidentally, we saw our wedding photographer, Brandon Osmond, coming out of the temple after us, so we asked him to take this picture.

Micah busting out a fun dance move - a regular occurrence in our house!

Our good friends the Hoyts came over for dinner right before they headed to Seattle for an internship. Their son Wes is 4 days older than Micah! We are so grateful for the wonderful friends that we have made in Boston and are excited to stay in touch with them all!

A little family picture on Mother's Day. Michael does a great job making me feel like one special mom!

The mothers and daughters after a delcious dinner prepared by Scott, Michael, and Rob.

A fun trip to the Children's Museum with the Kelleys. It has been great living close to them!

Ivan and Micah driving the car at the Children's Museum.

Visiting the magnificent mansions in Newport, Rhode Island the day before Isla was born. This one is the called The Breakers and was owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt

This mansion is called The Elms and was owned by the coal baron Edward Julius Berwind. They were quite magnificent and I am really glad we were able to go and see them.

The Green Animals Topiary Garden in Portsmoth, RI is also part of the Newport Mansion tour. These were some pretty cool plant sculptures!

The next day, May 24th, sweet Isla Grace was born at 11:41 am at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. We will give her the honor of her own blog post, so we will keep things relatively brief here. She has stolen all of our hearts and we are so happy to have her in our family!

We were so grateful to have Michael's parents here to watch Micah when we were at the hospital. He sure adores them!

Micah was excited to meet his little sister and loves her a lot!

What a proud dad!

Micah is quickly learning how to be soft with his delicate baby sister!

Five days after Isla was born, Michael graduated from law school. He sure looked good in his robes and hood. We are so proud of all his hard work and dedication.

Our judge in the making, laying down the law! We were so glad Scott was able to make it to the ceremony.

My dad flew out for the graduation and was happy to meet Isla also! It was really great to spend some time with him and have his help with Micah and Isla!