Boston, MA

After Palmyra we headed to Boston. We all LOVED it!! It was such a great city with so much history and so many beautiful things to see. I love history and always wish I could go back in time and see how it really was so long ago.

One of the days we drove over to Cape Cod and drove over the entire thing! It was such a long drive but fun to see all the beach style houses, and the pretty beaches.

Jack had so much fun with my parents. I love when he gets to see our families. He always has so much fun and it makes me want to live closer. Someday we will get to play with family more often!

We ate at a great restaurant on Cape Cod called Moby Dick's. It was decorated so cute and had excellent sea food. Justin ate a hamburger...of course! :)

We also took a tour of Harvard University which was very interesting. Their campus is so beautiful and all of the stories were so fun to hear! So many people went to Harvard!! This building above housed Samuel Adams, John Adams, and John Hancock while they were attending school here.

Poor Anderson being drug around day after day. He sure is cute though!

We took a tour of the USS Constitution, It is one of the oldest boats our country has and fought in a lot of famous battles.

Jack and I in the Captain's quarters.

We got to see the Old North Church where Paul Revere lit the lanterns to warn the people that the British were coming.

Paul Revere with the Old North Church in the back.

We had just walked by Paul Rever's house (pictured above) and I heard someone yell my name. I wasn't sure that I was hearing right and I looked to find Whitney Pope and her family!!! I could not believe it. We haven't seen each other in 3 years since her wedding. It was so great to talk for a few minutes and finally meet her little girl Rose.

Jack wanted to give Rose and hug but she wasn't really in the mood. He kept asking her, "Do you want me to give you a hug Rose?"

Boston has a great aquarium right on the water which was definitely Jack's favorite part. He was running around like a crazy person looking at all the fish. He had so much fun. It was good for him to be able to have fun after riding in the car and stroller for so long. It was a nice break for him.

Touching the star fish...I thought he was going to squish him to death. :)

Happy as a clam :)

This is a little splash park just outside the aquarium.

We also had a chance to meet up with Jonathan and Daija who we haven't seen since she was pregnant with Bridger. He was a doll and it was great to be able to see them . Daija's family was also in town so we didn't get to do a whole lot with them but we will take what we can get!! Thanks for coming to meet up with us guys!!

Jack spotted this carousel from a mile away and asked if he could go on it. Surprisingly, he was really good on this trip. I feel like the last few weeks, he has been a different boy. So sweet and a lot less attitude. No more yelling at anyone trying to take a picture of him. He actually looks over and smiles at the camera. It might be a fluke but if it is, we sure enjoyed it while it lasted!! :)

We walked through Boston Commons which is a park made in 1630. There was a cemetery next to it that had the graves of Paul Revere, John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin's parents. We all thought it was very interesting.

And of course, we had to go where everybody knows your name :)

Boston was great. It was clean, we felt safe, and there was tons to do.

Loved it!