Boston, Massachusetts

Today we took the kids and headed to Boston for the day. I know it was a school day, but Nelson's brother Kimball was in town for a work training....so we wanted to see him. We haven't seen Kimball for 2 years...so it was worth the 3 hr drive!

We left early to go play around Boston, since Kimball wouldn't be available until dinner.

First, we drove around Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox...super cool. It was neat to see it...would love to go to a game there. :)

Next, we visited Quincy Market, which is a big hug long hall of different restaurants (like at the mall) but there are way more....they are situated on both sides of the long hall for about 400 feet. Any kind of food you want! It was crazy and crowded....the entire town was crowded.....people everywhere....walking and jay walking, and just crazy...a lot like New York City in that regard.

After we found a parking garage that could fit our mega van...haha...we walked over, checked out all the restaurants, and chose 3...for a variety for us and the kids.....Philly Cheesesteaks, pizza, and mac and cheese. Although it was cool to see it and eat there...I can now say I have done it...and could care less to go back. None of the food was to die for....it was less than average and way overpriced! Not to mention we payed almost as much for parking as we did for the food! YIKES!

Lesson learned....but we have the experience right? While we were there, we posed by a huge mac and cheese noodle :) which was fun, fed pigeons...who apparently like pizza.....and saw the bar the show "Cheers" was created from. So it was cool to see it all in the end.

After lunch, we went to the USS Constitution Museum to checkout "Old Ironside." It is a little museum about a Naval Ship that has endured many years. It was a cute museum with lots of hangs on stuff for the kids to do and learn about Naval ships and what it was like to live on a ship. They had a fun time!

 This is how the sailors slept on deck....not too shabby. :) 

Finally it was time to meet Kimball and go to dinner. We had so much fun visiting him and the kids couldn't stop hugging him. :) They really enjoy when we have a visitor. Even if it is for a couple of hours! (Funny this pic makes me look like I have no belly...do not be deceived.....I am HUGE...this was just a fluke...perhaps because of how I was sitting) *Note...do not sit in the first seat when prego and be the first in front of the camera..YIKES.)