July 24th to August 2nd, 2009
Grace and I visited Aunt Jennifer and family in Vermont. She lives in a small town called Wallingford. Jennifer, Grace and I walked up Main Street (Route 7) one day. We saw lots of things you don't see out here in AZ. The houses are all old and very cute. They have plaques that say when they were built, many were from the 1800's! There were really old granite and marble sidewalks and hitching posts in front of many of the houses. We walked through a cemetery that was established in 1906, but many of the grave markers were much older dating back to the mid 1800's. Of course, I forgot my camera that day.
We spent the mostly sunny days in yard playing on the slip and slide and in the little pool.
Bethany, age 16 months:
Water wars: Grace, Payton, age 9, Lance, age 3
Grace really liked helping with Bethany, except for diapers.
Lance, Bethany, Grace:
Lance & Grace in the hot tub:
Jennifer & Bethany:
The last night we lit sparklers that we bought at the Vermont Country Store. Can't do that in AZ.
On our way back to VT from our mini-vacation in Lake George (more about that later) we stopped at an "antique"amusement park called The Magic Forest. It was a hoot! The rides and the crazy statues everywhere are all really old! Jennifer called it the carnival graveyard because there are the statues everywhere and no rhyme or reason to them. We think the park just collects them from wherever it can and plops them down in their park. To top it off, it was raining that day. We girls called it a day much earlier than did the boys who stayed and braved the rain.
Payton & Bethany driving 1950's style cars:
Here are some of the giant statues they have...there are hundreds more.
WOODSTOCK, VT
Water wars: Grace, Payton, age 9, Lance, age 3
Grace really liked helping with Bethany, except for diapers.
Lance, Bethany, Grace:
Lance & Grace in the hot tub:
Jennifer & Bethany:
The last night we lit sparklers that we bought at the Vermont Country Store. Can't do that in AZ.
On our way back to VT from our mini-vacation in Lake George (more about that later) we stopped at an "antique"amusement park called The Magic Forest. It was a hoot! The rides and the crazy statues everywhere are all really old! Jennifer called it the carnival graveyard because there are the statues everywhere and no rhyme or reason to them. We think the park just collects them from wherever it can and plops them down in their park. To top it off, it was raining that day. We girls called it a day much earlier than did the boys who stayed and braved the rain.
Payton & Bethany driving 1950's style cars:
Here are some of the giant statues they have...there are hundreds more.
WOODSTOCK, VT
Officially, my favorite place in VT. Everything is "so cute." I said that so much Grace was ready to kill me. The houses are beautiful, the shops were adorable. I could have walked around for days, but we had a plane to catch.
The one on the left is for sale! Hmmm.
How cute is this? They write the town's events on a chalk board in the center of the main street area.
We'll be back to VT soon. Coming up: the Lake George trip.
The one on the left is for sale! Hmmm.
How cute is this? They write the town's events on a chalk board in the center of the main street area.
We'll be back to VT soon. Coming up: the Lake George trip.
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