Bean Town with the Boys

We headed to Boston to spend the weekend, at least Lynn, Jeremy, Jacob and I did. Travis actually went with our Priests Quorum to Sharon Vermont and the birthplace of Joseph Smith.

Our first stop was the Freedom Trail with our tour guide "Bully" Jim Denton. He was amazing!!! He had been sold as an apprentice to his uncle in Boston at age 11, so he bought Jacob from us for the same price. Jacob got to serve as his apprentice for the next two hours.
He was an amazing tour guide and most of his tour was done from the actual letters that Jim Denton had written to his mother while serving as an apprentice. He had witnessed many of the events that lead to the Revolution.

While on our tour we passed the filming of RIPD a movie starring Ryan Reynolds. We missed the actual crashing of the car, but got to see the post crash carnage. So sad we didn't get to see Ryan too. He's cute. :)

After the tour we had lunch at Durgin Park which is a 'must' in our family. The boys loved that the menu says, "Your grandparents probably ate here", since theirs did along with their great-grandparents.


After lunch we walked to the North End and saw the USS Constitution, Paul Revere's home, the Old North Church and Bunker Hill. It was a beautiful day and we thoroughly enjoyed Boston. It really is one of my favorite places ever!

The next day we visiting Concord and Lexington. What a beautiful place. The fall colors were much better there than in CT, and the day was amazing. We are all loving Fall in New England.
I love this tree...and the kid sitting on it.