Family
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Oct 10
Celtics Open Practice
We got to go to the C‘s open practice again this year. This time we watched them practice in the Garden. Last year, we had to drive up to Lowell to watch them practice. Big Baby introduced everyone in a way only he could – his teammates were in turn embarrassed or embarrassed for him or laughing out loud! Even Rasheed Wallace was there! That was great! After some sets and scrimmages, they signed autographs on free tee-shirts and gave them to fans and took off their gear, getting ready to head home. Nate was drilling 3’s and Ray was trying to distract him by throwing his huge tennis shoes in front of him. So Nate grabbed one of Ray’s shoes, and made Ray chase him shoeless around the court. He finally tossed it into the crowd. Ray finally gave up and had one of the younger guys toss his other shoe into the crowd on the other side of the court before walking back to the locker room in his socks. Baby took his requisite pictures with a baby and then it was a night. We had a great time – and for Jeannette’s folks, it was like visiting another country!
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Oct 10
The Cape & Newport with the Allen Folks
When Jeannette’s folks came back to Boston from their Bermuda trip, we took a weekend trip out to the Cape and then on to Newport, RI. We had a fun time going out to the tip of the Cape and Josh found a new favorite Cape restaurant, The Paddock. In Newport, we always enjoy the downtown by the waterfront. We had a great time playing cards and hanging out.
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Oct 10
New England Foliage with Fiala Folks
Happy Columbus Day!
We took a weekend trip to Maine and New Hampshire with Josh’s folks to do some leaf peeping, antiquing, brewery hunting, and euchre playing. We had such a fun trip and loved exploring NH’s White Mountains – especially Franconia Notch – with them.
We spent our first night in Maine and found plenty of local brews to try while getting in a few rounds of Euchre. It was a great way to end a good day of antiquing and a nice dinner at the Portsmouth Brewery in New Hampshire!
We saw great colors early and often!
Josh found the Yellow Lady and had to try a round at lunch.
One of many cute covered bridges we saw
We did short hikes to a few pretty falls
The place we stayed had a whole block of houses and a brewery! It was great!
The cuteness where we stayed
Indian Head
Franconia Notch
Where the Man in Mountain was before he fell down
We finally found shuffleboard in New England! Though this is all the way in New Hampshire! Girls win!
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Oct 10
Red Sox v Yankees – Obstructed View
We finally were able to attend our first Red Sox – Yankees game at Fenway… We got tickets through the lottery… obstructed view tickets! But they were our first obstructed view tickets we’ve ever had at Fenway so it was a little fun, in and of itself.
Jeannette’s folks were in town and since the Sox were playing so poorly we were able to get reasonably priced tickets for them to come too. The game ended up getting postponed due to rain after we waited at the park for 3 or 4 hours without even one pitch being thrown. When we came back for the game the next day, there were so many open seats we were able to all sit together. Our delayed game was the SECOND game of the double header played, and it began late due to the first game going into extra innings. Then our game went into extra innings – so it was a late night! But the Sox won (7-6)!
