1. I spent time with my family: grandmother, aunts, uncle, cousins, second cousins...including those that flew in from Florida and Texas.
2. I got to meet my niece for the very first time!
3. Met up with an aunt I hadn't seen in 21 years! She's still as sweet and beautiful as she was then.
4. I went to a pizza party at my sister's in-laws' home they hosted for OUR family.
5. I had lunch at Cheers with my daughter, and the out-of-town cousins from TX & FL.
6. I got to see Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox!
7. I got to shop and have lunch at Quincy Market behind Faneuil Hall in Boston.
8. I went to the New England Aquarium to see penguins, an octopus, sea turtles, sharks, jellyfish, and more!
9. I spent a day with my dearest friends. Sue I've been friends with for almost 40 years. We spent most of the day with her, her husband Craig, and her two boys. Then we had dinner with Jen, who I've been friends with for about 17 years, and her daughter Shelby. Her son Nick couldn't make it.
10. Had a beach day. We had pizza at Salisbury Beach, MA, drove the coast up to Rye Beach, NH for a whale watch, then back to Hampton Beach, NH for shopping, sand & wading in the ocean, ate fried dough, and got matching henna tattoos.
I did so much, yet still had time to rest, spend time with the baby, go sightseeing in Boston to see the architecture, drive through the towns we used to live in, go to the malls, went to the top of the Prudential tower to see all of Boston (and Fenway), went to Dunkin' Donuts (of course), and go out to eat many times. It was exactly the right amount of time. I'm so proud of Jordan too. She handled flying, going on a boat, going into the Atlantic Ocean, took a bus, at "beach food", and met about 25 relatives - all for the very first time.
