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New Year’s Eve

JFJ — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:41:54 +0000

We spent New Year’s Eve with the boys. We (Daniel) made homemade raviolis from scratch! It was super fun AND super yummy! We brought the Wii down with us and played lots of games. It was a great New Year’s Eve. Daniel even made French toast in the morning! A great start to the New Year!

Christmas Eve

JFJ — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:20:21 +0000

We spent Christmas Eve with our boys. We finally made it over to Toro to try the dishes we had been told so much about. We had a great night with Gary & Daniel. They brought over cheesecake to cap off the night with dessert and some Le Reina del Sur.

Pats Game – W v Colts – 24-31

JFJ — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:28:46 +0000

We bought these tickets back before we found out Peyton wasn’t playing this season – so it wasn’t as big a game as we had hoped, but we had great fun with Gary and Daniel. Our seats were in the very last row. It was actually pretty awesome – still a great view of the field to watch plays develop, and no one behind us to spill on us. A W is a W, and we had a good time. Even our Colts fan, Gary.

Lake Compounce

JFJ — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:43:58 +0000

We had an amazing Labor Day weekend. We took a day trip down to Connecticut with Gary and Daniel for some amusing fun at the world’s oldest continuously operating theme park, Lake Compounce! We had SO MUCH FUN! They have a water park (Jeannette’s favorite) and three roller coasters and all sorts of fun rides. Josh’s favorites were the roller coaster built on the side of a mountain that goes through the forest (Boulder Dash) and the free fall ride (Down Time). We did both of those rides multiple times thanks to getting to the park at opening time. Though, the lines were ridiculously short for most rides all day long – they were definitely nothing compared to Disney or 6 Flags. Daniel’s brother and his kids joined us and we had an amazing day. We would be remiss if we didn’t mention the yummy fried oreos and the free soda. That’s right, the park has cups and self-serve soda fountains all over the park! Love it!

After our awesome day at the park, we headed over to Daniel’s folks house and had a great family dinner in their garden, before heading back to Boston. What a day!

Patriots Preseason W v Jaguars – 47-12

JFJ — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:32:17 +0000

We went to the Patriots first preseason game of the year. We had lots of fun with Gary and Daniel, a pregaming a little in the parking lot and watching a blowout.

Fourth of July Fireworks

JFJ — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:32:57 +0000

Our friend rents a Boston hotel room on a top floor every year with a great view of the fireworks show. This year we were able to accept the invite and watch the great show from a new vantage point!

Bruins Stanley Cup Parade!

JFJ — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:31:40 +0000

We joined over 1.5 million (some are saying 2 million) Bruins fans in Boston to cheer on the B’s and to thank them for bringing the Cup to Boston. We caught up with the parade route near its end in Copley Square right by our church. It was super exciting and great to see all the players up close.

South End Garden Tour

JFJ — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:04:11 +0000

We noticed signs for the South End Garden Tour around the neighborhood and decided we were going this year. It was great that Gary’s mom was in town and the four of us enjoyed a beautiful day looking at all the gardens. The tour gave self-guided access to private or tucked away gardens throughout our neighborhood. There are some very pretty places that people have created in their tiny spaces. We really enjoyed it. And we loved that Daniel joined us afterwards for lunch!

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

JFJ — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:22:09 +0000

Becky came out to visit and we had a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious time. Literally! We went to see Mary Poppins! It was absolutely amazing!

Actually the whole day was great! We had brunch with Gary and Daniel at Tremont 647 to start the day, then walked around our South End neighborhood, and then headed over to the North End for pastries and cappuccinos at Cafe Vittoria. We got to show her Josh’s ticket booth at Fanueil hall. And then we stopped for preshow drinks at a hotel bar near the theater and they had Mary Poppins themed drinks! So fun! The show was phenomenal – Bert danced on the ceiling and Mary flew over the audience! We loved the whole thing! Afterwards we went to the Beehive for a late dinner and drinks. A great day! Yay!

All photos, except the menu photo, are Becky’s.

Becky found these great YouTube clips of Mary Poppins:

NYE

JFJ — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 03:45:00 +0000

We had a great NYE with Gary & Daniel. We started at Parish for dinner and drinks then headed back to our place for Wii and drinks and snacks. Happy New Year!