Nathan and Alyssa come to visit.

Jon and Alyssa at one of the biggest Malls I have ever been too. This Mall has three full stories and two half stories.

A cool Sunset!

Taken by a drunk guy apologizing for a crazy lady who was yelling at us. In the back of our minds we were thinking please don't take my camera!

This is the house of the man Brown University was named after. . . The John Brown House.

Stephen Hopkins 1707-1785 Merchant and ship builder, ten time Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, Member of the Colonial Congress, and Signer of the Declaration of Independence lived in the house 1743-1785. George Washington was once a guest here on April 6th 1776.

This was the first Baptist Church in America.

The Kiddos chillin in their strollers.

Tribute to Rhode Island Koren War Veterans.

Commemoration of Rhode Island Soldiers from WWI. The building behind it is a court building.

A really cool quote from Emerson!

A really cool dome on the Old Stone Bank.

Keira tackles Isaac.

Isaac and Keira snuggle with Alyssa.

Pawsoxs and a Birthday

Watching Baseball on the T.V. BOORRIINNGGG!!! I actually enjoyed watching a baseball game live!! and wouldn't mind seeing one again. This was my and Keira's first baseball game ever. We watched the Pawsoxs (AAA for the Red Socks) play against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. It was a good game, they won 8-0 and I got to see a few really good plays! Keira was VERY insistent that Daddy take her potty so he missed them.
At the end of the game we stayed and watched a firework show. We were so close we could feel them vibrating through us. Keira called them Firemans and enjoyed the show very much!

We told her to look at Mommy and smile, this is what she did. She is such a silly girl!

In order to get her to smile we told her to stick out her tongue and look at Daddy.

Playing with bubbles before the game. We had to put them away soon after taking them out because she was putting them on her eyes calling them googoo goggles. Her sunglasses are sometimes googoo goggles too.

She actually smiled for me in this one!!

Telling her to smile just one more time.

Crawling all over both of us through out the game.

Keira makes some friends, the little girl was Keira age, and the boy was five. He was so cute, he told his Mom that he was going to try and get a ball for the little girl. Their parents had gotten them some Popcorn and the kids were sharing it with Keira, a little while later he came over with the box of Popcorn again, put his arm around her and said, "what some more popcorn sweety."

Getting into the cake.

What? Who me? I didn't do nothin! Really we had caught her getting into the cake, and wanted a picture so I told her she could have another taste.

Helping Mommy blow out the candles. When Jon sang Happy Birthday to me, she thought that he was singing to her. Jon had also blown up some balloons for me and placed them on the couch. Keria had so much fun playing with them all day. I told her that it was my Birthday, and she would ask if we were going to have a party.

All done.

Fort Adams

Named after President John Adams and the largest Coastal Fortification in the United States, Fort Adams was built between 1824 and 1857, it was designed to mound 468 cannons and house 2400 troops, but the most it ever housed was 1900. The Fort was built to protect the entrance of Narragansett Bay, and was successful having never been attacked by land or sea!

Plugging ears on the way to Fort Adams.

Entrance to Fort Adams.

Very,Very small cell.

We're innocent!! We promise!

The parade, which is so big that it alone can fit three other Forts of its time inside of it, and they still had to mow the grass!

Officers quarters from the outside.

Officers quarters were distributed according to rank and size of family.

The stairway up to the rooftop walk way on the north wall.

The front of the North wall.

On top of Fort Adams.

cannons were stationed on 3 levels of the ocean facing walls, the cannon systems rotated around a half circle for aiming.

The interior of the East wall, still needs to be restored.

Looking across the parade at the East wall.

West wall ruins.

A tunnel through one of the walls with shooting slits to pick off on coming attackers.

The outside of the South wall after passing through the above tunnel.

In between one of the three Bunker type walls.

If enemy forces had made a land attack and made it past the first levels of defenses making to this courtyard area, they would then be shot at from nearly all sides as they were trapped between the wall of the Fort and the bunkers.

Listening Tunnels were used to listen for enemy forces who may be mining to launch an attack from underground. They would have heard the enemy trying to tunnel underneath them because of the sound echoing off the rock. They would then try to dig down to the enemy and send explosives down their tunnel. These tunnels are very narrow and low, because of this I decided to stay outside with Keira. While were we waiting for our group, we saw several Helicopters. I kept asking her "Can you say Helicopter?" After a couple of times of asking her this she finally said "HELLO-copter".

One of the ports where they would be stationed at to listen for the enemy.

East wall of Fort Adams.

Looking out on Narragansett Bay.

Lighthouse on the Narragansett Bay.

Outside of Fort Adams.

Dancing while dusting.

Keira loves to help me out around the house. She especially likes to help me dust. The other day I saw her with two tissues "dusting" the table and dancing. I hurried and got the camera!! This was just too cute so I decided to share it both on here and on Facebook. :)