The Accidental Tourist!

I never would have thought I'd see the day where I would become a tourist in New Hampshire! I was officially a "leaf peeper". An "accidental tourist"! Yep, that was me standing in the middle of Main Street in Franklin, snapping pictures!

I had a wonderful visit in New Hampshire this past week. It was so nice to see my "goyals" again. Christopher was in his glory. Bonnie Walshaw and her boyfriend Bert, opened up their home to us and treated us like royalty! Thanks so much you two! You are angels!

Sarah came over to Bonnie's on Wednesday and the three of us had a gab fest! It was nice getting caught up on all the gossip!

Hope is quite a good little field hockey player! She is aggressive and not a bit afraid of getting in there for the ball! Keep up the good work Hopey!

After missing all last season, I finally got to see Taylor cheering! She is so adorable. I was disappointed that I didn't get an opportunity to watch Britany doing her "nastics" (as Christopher says), but she was busy preparing for the SAT's and didn't go to gym. Oh, yeah...did I mention that she is the Senior class Homecoming Queen candidate? =)

Lisa Henry ~ sorry, I didn't get back to you! Every time, I thought of calling you back, I'd look down at my phone and it said "looking for service" ! I hope Nicole had a great birthday and you had fun at the fair. Maybe next time...

Colin really enjoyed his conference in Vermont. It was the perfect time to schedule a conference there. He said the scenery was beautiful. He had a relaxing, scenic drive over to New Hampshire and I took him on a quick tour of Danbury, Hill and Franklin! We had a nice dinner with Charmaine, April,Steve and the kids. (Hopey was the only one missing as she was camping with her horse!)

Christopher is happy to be back home, as evidenced by the mess in his toy room! I think he had to take every single toy out and get reacquainted! We are hoping to get to Busch Gardens today...I NEED the exercise for sure. I ate anything and everything while on my "vacation". Time to pay the piper I guess!

Now, I guess I'll see my "goyals" again for Thanksgiving!

"I Go To Hampshire Mama! See Da Goyals!"

Christopher and I are "on the road again" this Friday! We are heading to "Hampshire to see da goyals". Christopher is already packed. He had to pack a couple of days ago. We were on our way home from Wal*Mart when he started having a mini-meltdown. "I go to Hampshire Mama! I see da goyals. I miss dem!" So, of course I told him that we were going to Hampshire in five days, which meant absolutely nothing to him. "NO! Go dat way" and he began to point in the opposite direction that I was driving. Anyone who has attempted logic on a toddler knows exactly what happened next. Anyway, finally, I decided to try another method so that I could hear myself think on the way home. I said "we haven't packed our suitcase yet. We need to pack first". So, obviously, the second we got in the door, he was headed upstairs to pack his suitcase. After attempting to get all of his warmer clothes into his little suitcase, he said "Mama, I need big suitcase!" Needless to say, the packed suitcase has been sitting by the front door ever since!

I will be in NH from September 26th through October 5th. So, there will be no posts during that time!




Here are a couple pictures from our latest trip to Busch Gardens.

My Baby!

Picture Day

Here is one of the pictures Britany got back from the photographers...She is still waiting on the others...

Memories....

 

In Some Ways, It Feels Like 100 Years Ago...In Other Ways, It Feels Like Only Yesterday...Don't Blink, Or Your Babies Will Grow Up!!!!

Home Again, Home Again!

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What a trip. It started off badly; when at Toronto airport, Colin grabbed my luggage without realizing that it was partially unzipped, and one of my hair care products had not been screwed back together properly after inspection and it was spilling all over the place. Things only got worse when we got to our destination and I realized that many items were missing; from my speciality coffee to my cell phone charger and camera battery charger!!! ARRRRRRR. But the weather was just beautiful. It was a little stressful at times...travelling with a toddler...but he handled himself quite well for the most part, throughout the many family dinners at crowded restaurants (even falling asleep in his high chair at one such event!) He has really come out of his shell and was quite entertaining! Home at last. Time to RELAX!! Check out the slideshow above and the video below!!!!

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Greetings From Toronto!

We are having a great time in Toronto. The weather has been great. Unfortunately, I expected it to be a little cooler than it has been and I actually found myself in Walmart yesterday buying shorts and flip-flops...CRAZY huh? When I think about how many I have at home and I didn't bring any! Another lesson learned I guess!

Colin gave me some great news yesterday...he has a conference in Vermont the last week of September so, I am going to visit the girls and HOPEFULLY, drag him over to NH for at least a day!! YAY!

I will write more when I get back and, of course, share some pictures. We took Christopher to the Metro Zoo yesterday and had a great time. We got some really great pictures and we saw the most amazing grizzly bear. Yikes. He was HUGE!!

Stay tuned!