A Visit from Chris' Parents

This past weekend, Chris and I had a great time with his parents in town. Mike and Kathy flew to Boston on Friday evening and we headed straight to bed so that we could prepare for our busy day on Saturday. Saturday morning we slept in a bit, cooked breakfast and then headed to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Kathy had mentioned the last time that she was in Boston that she would like to go there. We had never been and I had heard from a friend who really enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to taking in a Boston sight that we had never seen.

Isabella Stewart Gardner was a lover of art. She was friends with many artists and writers of her time. She traveled the world collecting works of art that she would eventually display in Fenway Court, which she built specifically for this. This place was so incredible. There was art covering every single wall of the three story museum. The courtyard was probably the most impressive part of the museum. It was beautiful, definitely a place that we would’ve all liked to hangout in for the afternoon.

After the museum, we drove to Davis Square to grab some Boston barbecue and sweet tea. I have to say that Red Bones is a good place to get your southern food fix and we all enjoyed our lunch. After lunch, we made our way back to our place to rest up for the evening ahead. We had Green Monster tickets!

The Red Sox played the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night, an evening that was supposed to be drenched with rain. Thankfully, the rain didn’t begin until we were almost home after the game. Chris and I were extremely excited about having Green Monster tickets and we were happy that his parents got to join us on this adventure. I have to say that we were somewhat disappointed in being on the Green Monster. We did have to stand the entire game, so that may have had something to do with it. But, we found that the view is not nearly as good as if you are in the regular seating. There just isn’t the same feeling because there are fewer people up there. I am glad that we saw a game from atop the Green Monster, but I think we will stick to regular seats from now on.

A pic of the four of us on top on the Green Monstah!

This is such a great pic of the three of them! I couldn't resist posting!

Baby J at his first Red Sox game

On Sunday, we made a random trip out to Walden Pond. I happened to see it on the map as we were randomly driving outside the city. Walden Pond is the place in which Henry David Thoreau lived for two years and provided the inspiration for his book Walden. It seemed like a very peaceful place and I am sure it would be a nice place to spend an afternoon enjoying the warmer weather (whenever that is going to come around, lol). I do hear that it is supposed to reach 80 next weekend, which is so very exciting. We shall see what happens!

Chris and I at Walden Pond