weekend

Andrea got in Thursday night we went to dinner and had a wonderful evening. We stayed up LATE LATE catching up. Friday, I had to take Brian into work so we could have the van. So we loaded the kids up and drove ALL around Boston. We drove by Louise May Alcotts house. it is the setting for Little Women. We didn’t get to go in but I will be going back again later. It was too cold to go out with the kids though.

Saturday morning we went to church and came home and I crashed on the couch. When I got up we just chilled out the rest the evening other than a trip to the store for a few minor groceries.

This morning Andrea and I got up to SNOW but we decided to go ahead and brave the city. Brian took us to the commuter rail station and we rode that into Boston. When we got off down there, I took a wrong turn but we ended up on Beacon Hill. We walked by the Old West church that was built originally in 1737 and then rebuilt in 1806. We walked through the Otis House. The OTIS HOUSE was absolutely amazing architecture looking up Beacon Hill. It was very pretty inside. Not a place for young kids though. Then we left there and walked over to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market place for lunch. We then walked over to the Old state House. It was SO AMAZING and awing to think that we were walking where our forefathers of America once walked and planned the Boston Tea Party and read the Declaration of Independence on July 18, 1776. We walked over to the OLD NORTH CHURCH and Paul Revere’s house. The Old North was closed today (possibly because of the weather) We then walked to Cobb’s Hill Cemetery. The sexton that put the lantern’s in Old North Church for Paul Revere’s midnight run is buried there. Can I tell you I absolutely love the history of Boston? I will be taking the kids back to the Old State House for a MAJOR history lesson. It has some hands on areas for kids. It has a jar of tea that was carried in one of the Patriots boot. It was so nice to get out without the kids.

Tomorrow we are going to the movies and then to meet up with another of Andrea’s