Happy Independence Day!

We spent the holiday in downtown Boston! We figured that if we were going to celebrate it, we were going to go all out. After all, we are living in Boston, which has a HUGE 4th celebration. So we went downtown early to stand in a LONG line (they were expecting 500,00 people to show up) before we finally got into the shell. Once we had scored the all important wrist band (free, but they are given out on a first come basis)

we settled in for the long wait. 10 hours to be correct. If you don't get there early, you don't get in and you don't get to see the Boston Pops with Neil Diamond. So we did what we could to pass the time.

We were super prepared, but one thing we didn't quite account on was the sun. The sun has pretty much been a stranger as of late, so we had forgotten the damage it could do.Whoops! We were so glad that it was sunny for the 4th. We have had rain 30 of the last 33 days, so it was so nice to have a day of just sun!

We were super bored by about 7pm so we started having fun with the camera. Jake was trying to flip his hat onto his head.

He finally succeeded.

I also had a bit of fun.

We were really bored by this time, but not to worry because not too long afterward it all started and I got to see what I never really had a desire to see: Neil Diamond in concert. It was obvious he doesn't have to vocal chops he used to because he talked most of his lyrics rather than sang them. Oh well. Here was our view of Neil:

And then my favorite part was at the end of Stars and Stripes Forever: Overall, it was pretty cool. It was madness getting home on the T (the subway) and we almost were caught in the middle of a drunken fist fight, but we finally crawled into bed around 1:30am. But it was all worth it! Happy Independence Day!P.S. The Boston Pops are amazing! I never expected to be so impressed by them, but I really was! I mean, I guess they should be the best, but I still thought they were so good!