More pics of the cutie soon...
So we left from Boston Harbor and it was like 90-something and HOT! But once the boat got going it was perfect! 
We weren't sure what we would see. Or if we would see anything, but we got lucky! The guide said that our watch was one of the best that they've had in a really long time. We saw three different types of whales, and possibly even four. We know that we saw humpbacks (and even a momma and her calf!), some miki whales (which are smaller) and some fin whales (which don't tend to put their tails out of the water...they're the longer looking ones that keep their fins out most of the time...hence the name!) But the guide said something about Wright whales as well, but it was never clear as to whether any of the ones we saw were that. (We'll pretend that we did since it's our last name...just because.) But she did say that we saw over 12 different whales which is just unheard of!! We got really lucky!
and two here too...
Here's a fin whale
another one up close
and here are some tail pics...
...and then HERE is where we hit the mother load!!! we saw so many of them eating. It's crazy! The seagulls know they're coming up, so they flock around and land right on their heads.
Me using my mad camera skills...
And to top it all off, we met Lisa for dinner. (She had to work, so she didn't go whale watching with us, but she's lucky enough to work RIGHT in the middle of all of these buildings downtown...I SO envy her in that respect!) Anyway, we at at THIS place, and I ate an entire meal of seafood for the first time ever!! We had crab claws, some tasty spicy shrimp, and lobster rolls, crab cake burgers, the entire works! It was fantastic. Yum.
Yep, that's me. I got to drive the boat...along with like three kids. Hey, what can I say?! I wanted to experience it full force!
Here's a pic as we are entering into the water. How cool...basically a bus that floats!
Old Iron Sides (not the old ladies standing there, hehe)
Then, after a tasty lunch at THIS place (talk about getting a little tipsy on some Raspberry margaritas!), we hit Cheers. I think it is a requirement if you visit Boston that you visit Cheers. We walked through really quick, and no, it doesn't look like the bar. But it was cool, nonetheless.
Where everybody knows your name...duh duh duh da dum duh
Here's a pic of the Granary Burial Grounds where lots of famous people are buried...Sam Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock...and I think possibly maybe even Mother Goose! If it's not this one that she's in, then it's another one that we passed in Boston.
Blogger isn't working to let me finish the Boston Blogs, so I'll do it asap after it is back up!!
...and this is how Josh and Jeremy BOTH felt the next day. I'd say that Josh was a little worse off. Lisa and I on the other hand, well...we know our limits. :)
And here they are eating some sausages loaded with peppers and onions. I didn't think that I would like them but actually they were really good!!!
View from our seats...GREAT seats! And we got to see an in-field homerun as well as a homerun into the Green Monster.
This was a great ending to a great weekend. We had so much fun and want to say THANKS THANKS THANKS to Jeremy & Lisa!!! We can't wait to do it again!
And here she is begging. Of course.
And being a total spoiled girl.
Thank you!!! Happy early birthdayJosh!
Jess & Fritz are off to Virginia and they had a little going away party on Friday. I was horribly sick so I wasn't too much fun, but Josh had fun nonetheless. We played some funny games and would have stayed all night long had it not been for me being sick and having to work the next day. I didn't take any pictures except this one, but it's funny enough. Jeremy (left) made the guys chug a beer and Josh said it had been years since he'd done it. The funnier picture is one I couldn't get quick enough, but itty bitty Jessi was in the middle of the guys causing some sort of trouble. Pretty funny indeed. We're gonna miss these guys a lot but are excited for a good reason to visit Portsmouth asap!! And our vote for their next assignment in 3 years is definitely going to be for Hawaii!!!
(This is BEFORE they got their dorky Cubs visors that they INSISTED on wearing just to spite me!) :)
My favorite city in the background...
Sadly, the game went into extra innings (15!!) and we had to leave at 12:30 or so because we had a mile and a half-or-so walk back to the hotel and Travis was in town for business, so he had a meeting early. The game was fun, but turned out to be a disappointing loss. Boo.
We really had a ton of fun and are so excitd to go to the Red Sox game with Jeremy & Lisa! I think I've convinced Josh that driving in Chicago isn't as bad as he thought and we're definitely going to take a weekend trip up again this summer!