The Boston Temple Has One Less Tulip Plant

Charlotte: On May 6th, the Tamanaha family ventured to Boston to witness the marriage of the youngest Tamanaha, Rod. It was an eventful day to say the least. We all woke up at 3:00 a.m. to catch our flight to Boston. Arriving there, we rented a big suburban and set off for the temple. We had a little bit of spare time, so we took a little detour to see Keido's future university, Harvard:) He seemed to fit in perfectly with his froggy feeted pajamas.

We didn't exactly keep track of the time as well as we should have, so we ended up driving frantically through the confusing streets of Boston, and barely making it to the temple for the sealing. Boyd and I decided that it wasn't a good idea to leave Keido with the nice temple workers, he has a reputation for screaming at babysitters, so he and I went to tour the temple grounds. I was holding Eli's really nice camera and thought I might try my hand at a little photography. I put Keido on the low stone wall next to the tulips to try to get some cute pictures. Here's what I took:


I wish so badly now that I would have taken just one more of the seen that followed the second picture. He had leaned over to eat the flower and ended up falling flat on the whole plant. Realizing that I had just watched him as he face planted, I felt a little bad and decided I'd better come to his rescue rather than taking his picture. That poor tulip plant will never be the same again. I feel like I should repent for doing such a thing to a temple flower, but hopefully Heavenly Father just got a smile out of it like I did.

While at the Larson's, we asked Kristen to take some family pictures for us. We think she could definitely go professional:) We want to share some of them on our blog.

The Crazy Things That Happen In Idaho

Boyd: This past week we went up to Idaho to visit Charlotte's family before we made our cross-country trip. While in Idaho, many note-worthy events took place. For example, Lary Larson giving birth to a child while standing, a crazy easter-egg hunt that probably cost Louise an arm and a leg, and five crazy babies posing (or the lack thereof) for a cousins picture.

Lary Larson giving birth while standing: While in Idaho, Charlotte had the great idea of playing the action verb game. It's a game that consists of two concurrent players. Player 1 does an action, for example swimming. Player 2 then asks "What are you doing?" Player 1 then has to say an action different to what he/she is actually doing. Then Player 2 has to do the action player 1 said. This goes on and on until one of the two players makes a mistake. Well, there were many good competitors and a lot of great action verbs, however, there was none like Lary pretending to give birth. I'll let the video do the rest of the explaining.



Craziest Easter-Egg Hunt: One of the best perks for marrying into the Larson family has to be Louise's crazy easter-egg hunt. The easter-egg hunts that I've participated in were always more focused on the finding and less of the treats. Louise's easter-egg hunt is the exact opposite. And I have to say, I definitely prefer the latter. We got all kinds of good stuff. As a result of Louise's easter-egg hunt, Charlotte and I came out with gatorade, V8 splash, chips, rice krispy treats, granola bars, and loads of yummy chocolate. Oh how I love crazy easter-egg hunts.

Five Crazy Babies Posing for a Cousins Picture: With everyone around (and with Kristen's awesome camera and skills), it was a prime opportunity to take good family pictures. Natalie thought it would be cute to take a picture of the five crazy cousins sitting next to each other, all in matching coats. Everyone was so excited about taking this picture. We found the perfect spot, set up enough lights, and finally got the babies in their matching coats. The only problem was that we all totally forgot how difficult it is to have a young child sit still for 2 minutes while pictures are being taken, let alone five. As a result, here is our final product.