Butterfingers!

After a couple years and a whole lot of money, the boy has less metal in his mouth than before.

I know he is thrilled to get them off. It may be next month before they take off the lowers, but he is ready!

His first thing to eat after they all come off? Butterfingers! He never really ate Butterfingers much before the braces, but it's like Paul says about sin in Romans, "He wants what he cannot have".

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So, my son is an avid Red Sox fan. A product of Play Station, he has been playing as the Red Sox since he got MLB 05. His dream for years has been to go to Boston to see the Red Sox play. For his birthday this year, he asked if we could go. Normally, that would be out of the question, but I have had SkyMiles accruing for several years and decided to check it out. As it turns out, I had enough to get us two tickets to Boston and pay for the hotel, too.
It was a real joy to make his dream come true. I think back to all the things my parents did just for me, and am so happy to do this for him.
We left Moody Thursday for Atlanta to spend the evening with our friends,the Seabolts, to be closer to our flight. For some reason, I agreed to a 7 AM flight out of Atlanta, that's Eastern! I won't go into all the details, but we went to bed at 1 AM Eastern and the alarm went off at 4:20 AM Friday morning (our bodies felt 3:20).
We arrived in Boston at 9:30 and got to see some of Boston, including Samuel Adams Brewery before gametime that night. We took a Trolley from Samuel Adams to Fenway, which was pretty cool.
Friday's game went 12 innings and the Bo Sox won 2 to 1, without Manny! We got our money's worth and then some! But, we were running on fumes after being up for 19+ hours!
We got to sleep in Saturday morning and walked the Freedom Trail. This is a walking tour of the historical sites of Boston. Pretty cool stuff. We saw the cemetary where Paul Revere, Samuel Adams and John Hancock are buried. We saw the meeting hall where the Boston Tea Party was planned, Harvard University and many other cool places. One of which was the Harpoon Brewery. I know, alot of beer stuff, but for a new homebrewer, it was pretty neat!
Do you know how the Ivy League got it's name? Originally there were 4 schools in that league, thus the Roman numerals IV. It had nothing to do with the Kudzu like greenary. Did you know that 1/3 of Boston's population is college students? With Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, MIT, UMASS and many other smaller colleges.
Saturday night's game was a Boston blow out, where the home team won 12-2.
Fenway is a great atmosphere for watching baseball, nothing like Atlanta. It's one giant party! The traditions are really cool, the songs, the chants, they love the game and their Red Sox. It's quite a scene.
Boston is my new favorite city. I have had the privilidge of visiting New York City, Philadelphia, D.C. and Baltimore in the last few years, and Boston beats them all. It's so clean, very historical, great mass transit and very pretty. Did I mention it never got above 80 degrees? Gametime was in the low 70's with a crisp breeze.
I highly recomend making this trip, if you get the chance. I would love to go back and spend more time, especially on the historical tours.
I will try to upload some pics later.