Fall Family Visit

Julie's sister and dad and our niece made it to Boston this weekend for a fall visit. The weather earlier this week was cold and rainy, but we were lucky this weekend to have the most beautiful late-October weather, cool and sunny with only the tiniest bit of (beautiful!) late-afternoon rain on Sunday. We ate lobster rolls, walked from Boston Common to the Prudential Center, traversed some of the Greenway, and took Emilia to the New England Aquarium (it's really fun to take kids there, and I have very fond memories of the place from when I was really young). I love having out-of-town guests in Boston, there's so much I love about this city. I enjoyed catching up with extended family. And our niece is growing into quite a strong, energetic, and independent-minded kid (also unusually willing to help clean up and well behaved in restaurants). One of the strange things about having young relatives out-of-town, it's like time has gone in fast-forward every time I see them.

The Leadership Summit at work last week was tiring but very interesting. I'm looking forward to a productive week, so I'd better get to bed.