The first weekend in June, Kyle's sister, Deneen, and our nephew, Nathan, came to visit us from NM. The weekend was a whirlwind of activities and the time flew by, but we had a great time while it lasted.
After picking them up from the airport we strolled around Boston Commons.
During our stroll we discovered a little bit of hockey fan support for the Bruins during the Stanley Cup.
That night we had dinner at a local favorite pizza place, Regina's. The food was fantastic. We followed it up with a stop at Mike's pastry shop, which we ended up visiting a few times over the next few days. I think that may have been Nathan's favorite part of the trip. We did run into a little bit of trouble after dinner. There were severe storms in the area that night. MA even ended up having a tornado touch down. Needless to say, the rain was pretty intense and we waited in the subway stop for Kyle to bravely get the car for us.
We spent the next day driving up the North Shore, towards Hampton Beach, NH, to spend the afternoon with an old friend of Deneen's, Mary Rae, and her family. Sadly, I don't have pictures of the time we spent together, but we walked the Hampton boardwalk, went to an arcade, and had a wonderful afternoon all around.
The next day we went back to Boston and spent time at the science museum.
After the museum, we walked down to the harbor and toured the USS Constitution, which is a must if you visit Boston.
Sadly, the aquarium wasn't open by the time we got there, but we were greeted at the front door by some of aquarium's residents.
One of our biggest adventures was our trip to the Patriot's Gillette Stadium to see the US men's soccer team take on the World Cup winners, Spain. We underestimated the time and traffic to get there and missed a little of the game. That didn't diminish the experience though. We were in the 4th row from the field by one of the goals. The game was sold out with about 65,000 people in attendance. We also couldn't ask for better weather. The only down side of the game was that most of the crowd seemed to be rooting for Spain. Totally threw me off. I was saddened that the USA team didn't have more support. USA did lose the game, but it was a wonderful experience.
This was my sad attempt at a soccer ball cake. I think my sugar flowers came out much better than the cake.
The top activity of the trip:
After picking them up from the airport we strolled around Boston Commons.
During our stroll we discovered a little bit of hockey fan support for the Bruins during the Stanley Cup.
We spent the next day driving up the North Shore, towards Hampton Beach, NH, to spend the afternoon with an old friend of Deneen's, Mary Rae, and her family. Sadly, I don't have pictures of the time we spent together, but we walked the Hampton boardwalk, went to an arcade, and had a wonderful afternoon all around.
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Wow Jules, those flowers are amazing! Sounds like a fun visit.
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