Thursday, October 30, 2008

Vermont, Part Deux

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Technical difficulties and a poor internet connection means that all these photos are not necessarily with their rightful caption. I'll fix it soon, but don't have the patience now!)
A lot can happen in a week.
For example, you brothers can bag a moose during moose season. Here's hubby and brother at the site.

After snow on Wednesday, Thursday was lovely. Here's "Baby Elijah", Estelle's youngest cousin, showing us how much he can cruise around.

Aunt Sandy and the gang

Friday we went to Burlington for the day to do some shopping. Estelle preferred to stay behind with her cousins. When we returned, Aunt Lisa, Aunt Mary and Grammie had arrived. Here's Lisa reading to the girls:

Saturday was the Painting Party and Wes & Darlene's old house. Grammie and I were on kid duty. We went for a little stroll:

Action shots of the painters - first Lisa:

Wayne cleaning windows

Martha

Scullery Maid Joan

Mary a.k.a. Drippy

All 6 sisters at the scene

Dinner back at the main house included a 6-month belated 50th birthday celebration for Laura

The kids want into the cake

Surprise visit from Peter and Jeanne and Lizzie (not pictured)

Finally we get Darlene in a photo

What the dinner mayhem looked like - boy did we eat well over this weekend! chili, spahetti, pulled pork, coleslaw, you name it

Estelle and Cole enjoy a moment

Sunday most of the sisters shipped out and 3 of the brother came in for a nice visit. In the span on 24 hours, all 11 of us were in the house. Here's Ed telling his moose story

It was so warm on Sunday that we could all eat on the porch - just 4 days after the snow!

Ed, Sandy and Elijah

Paul and Lesley with Chelsea and Lauren and the Gang

Enjoying the girls and their daddies on the swings

Going for a nice walk Sunday afternoon with Cedric, Susan and Lillian

Heather and Estelle get a ride in the stroller

Walking up to the old Perron farm where Mom was born

Lillian with the mountains

Monday we went down to Burlington to see Dad's other 2 sisters. Here's Rebecca:

Eleanor and Uncle Jake

A stop off at Burton Snowboard Factory

Visit to Martha's and to see cousin Alexandra and her bunny, Coco

Enjoying vintage Fisher Price with Aunt Martha

Alexandra does her homework with comments from MOI

Tuesday afternoon we carved up some amazing pumpkins from Peter & Jeanne's garden



Wednesday (yesterday) SNOW AGAIN! It snowed all day long

The girls enjoyed playing on Grampie's trackster in the shed

A gift box arrives from Darlene's parents in Maine, even a big Trick or Trick bag for Estelle!


Thomas and the kids have fun growing sea creatures in water

As you can see, we're busy. There are no photos of our lunch with my friend Becky, of Thomas donning skates and joining Wes in Stanstead on the ice, nor of Thomas speaking at Katie's French class at North Country High School, nor of lunch with Tyler in Newport. Oh well, I can be snapping photos every second! Or can I?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can tell you have been very busy doing lots of fun things! We enjoyed all the photos!

cousin anna said...

I will say these mixed-up captions have set me giggling! Loved the pictures, and glad to see all are having fun.

Anonymous said...

Okay, this has to be my favorite way to have a hearty laugh, reading the captions that don't quite match up all the time!! Too funny!
Beyond that, wonderful to look back over the last week or so at all the great times, and to see all the things Julie, Thomas and Estelle have had away from Glover! We will miss them!!

Anonymous said...

We did it. USA back in the house, y'all!!!