We had the chance to go visit Chad, Britt and family in Connecticut and we've been so excited for it! It's been a long time since we've been back to visit them as a family so we were really looking forward to it. We found some pretty cheap flights on Spirit airlines, so we packed tiny suitcases and off we went. We got there on the 4th of July afternoon and had a fun firework show that night at their house. They live in the woods in Connecticut in this beautiful spot called Guilford. We loved it instantly and were so happy to be there with them!
Britt took Rhen and I on a run the next morning down to the beach. It was close - about a mile or two away and it was so beautiful along the coast!
The kids LOVED being with cousins and just wanted to hang out with them doing whatever. They have a great pool and hot tub that we spent lots of time in. The boys played lots of soccer, hockey, football and anything else they could figure out to do. Beck helped us out with breakfast - German pancakes of course. And Britt was dog-sitting another dog named Miko while we were there. He was a silly little dog with a high maintenance hair plan. The kids thought he was amazing but I just couldn't get over the grooming that he needed.
Chad took us on a tour of Yale which was so awesome! The campus is pretty amazing and has such a great history to it. I loved being there and seeing everything on the campus!
We also visited the temple, went to a baseball game with a firework show, made homemade pizzas and celebrated Beck's birthday while we were there! What a place to celebrate - surrounded by all the cousins!
Rhen and I ran every morning and fell in love with the woods and the greenery surrounding us. It was a beautiful, peaceful time to explore and I was glad to have her with me!
We didn't want to say goodbye to the fun and the family! When it was time to go, we left reluctantly. It was so fun for us to be there and be a part of their Connecticut world. What a beautiful spot to land!
We flew in and out of Newark, so on our way home we made a stop in New York for just a few hours. We rode the ferry out to the statue of liberty and walked around the island there. It was a beautiful clear day and we loved looking across to the New York on the other side of the water. We ate some New York pizza and then settled into our hotel for our early morning flight the next day.
What a fun trip we had and we're so grateful to see a new part of the country that we've never been to!
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