Dad's trip of Firsts

Well Jess's dad finally made it to Boston. His FIRST trip, he'd never seen Boston even though he grew up just hours away in New York. We were excited for his visit since this was also the FIRST time he would be staying with us since we've been married. Another FIRST, seeing our house of course. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

He arrived early Saturday morning after a long drive up. Saturday we spent relaxing and catching up some. Sunday we all headed to church and then took a trip into the city for the afternoon. Dad saw Fanieul Hall and Quincy Market and of course ate some New England Clam Chowda! Then we headed to the North End to see the North Church and grab a canolli along the way. It happened to be a frigid day...but dad kept reminding us to get used to it because we live in the north now! Monday was actually our FIRST SNOW DAY of the year so dad got a REALLY good taste of New England weather while he was up. We made him some of our favorite recipes...Hawaiian Chicken and Chicken Adobe and then he made us one of his favorites, Joe's Special. It was a great visit full of long talks and catching up on the important things of life!

*The picture is of us in Boston.