October was a busy month! Not only is this Matt's last semester of school, but he has been traveling all over the country for medical school interviews. Matt had three interviews back east, (Columbia, Boston University, and the University of Connecticut) over fall break, so we decided to make a vacation out of it and I went with him. My sister Amber and her family live in Springfield, Massachusetts, where her husband is a first year emergency medicine resident. While Matt was traveling back and forth from Springfield to his interviews, I was able to spend some much needed time with my sister and our cute nephew and niece, Owen and Abbie. Amber was seriously so awesome! She drove Matt everywhere! Amber took Matt to bus stations, train stations, and even woke up super early to take him directly to his interview at the University of Connecticut. Our week there was so amazing and even though it was super busy, it was so much fun! I loved every second that I was there. That was my first time back east and I can definitely say that I would not mind living there one bit. It was so beautiful and it was such a change from Utah, it also doesn't hurt that my sister and her family live there, they are the best! Here are just a few of the fun things that we did while we were there...



Amber took us to this awesome park that she and the kids go to often. It was so pretty! The park is surrounded by huge trees and there is even a Zoo inside. The kids love it and so did we!



This is Matt all dressed up the morning of his University of Connecticut interview. I made him take this picture like it was his first day of school. He is so cute!



While Matt was busy at UConn, we had the whole day to spend in Farmington, Connecticut. So, my sister and I took the kids to a children museum near the Medical School. There were so many things for the kids to do, it was definitely a fun way to spend the day.






Abbie absolutely loved the turtles! Every time we would pass by the turtle exhibit she would say "tootle" and she would have to look at each one of them.



Owen loved this the most! He was able to build his own lego car and then race it down the track. He was pretty good at it too!







This is Matt in NYC. I was so jealous that I couldn't go with him. He didn't have much time after his interview to explore the city before heading back to Mass, but he was able to check out Times Square.


On our last day there, my brother-in-law Lenny actually had a day off, so they took us to Six Flags New England! The boys had so much fun!





Len and Matt were brave and went on all of the scary rides together. Too bad they both married wussy wives.


I pretended that I was tough.


This is Matt and Len after the ride Bizarro! It looked so scary! They really are tough, no pretending here.





Owen and I before we left...so sad!


Our trip to New England was amazing! I loved being there with my sister and her family. I am going through withdrawls and I can't wait until I am able to go back again. We love you Jensens you guys are the best and we are so thankful for you!

On another note, Matt has already been accepted to two medical schools! Yea! Ohio State University and the University of Connecticut, yeah baby! He is so amazing and I am so proud of him! So who knows, maybe we'll end up back east after all...