Tractor show, hiking, driving around, and NH family visit

Farm and Tractor Field Days just down the road. Joseph got a nice ride there!

Raspberry Jam. Wish I had made more!

Snake Mountain with cousins--Joseph walked some of the way up, and ALL the way down! Well, ran might be more accurate.

Getting good and dirty

Sometimes we like to just drive around. Often we talk alot about architecture and I especially find what I call "sad houses" (or barns, schools, etc. . .) fascinating. These are once beautiful, amazingly crafted, abandoned buildings. Think of how much work went into this and the people who lived their lives here.

Abandoned stone school.

Vermont is beautiful.

Lots of fun with leaves!

We also had a WONDERFUL little family get-together in Manchester, NH. We stayed at a great hotel, visited lots, ate great food, and went to three museums!

SEE Science Center:

Lego model of the millyard area of Manchester

Everyone loved the robot arm.

We might have even gotten a bit competitive. . .

Cousin Ada and Joseph at dinner. This was a moment of calm. Not Joseph's best behaved day, but we pulled through. He was only under the table a bit ... (I swore I would never let that happen!)

Selma's 85th Birthday Dinner!!
(Bob, Selma, Ellen, Daniel, Peter, Marcy, Ada, Joseph, Ruth. Sad to miss Ethan, who is away at college.)

Another super fun museum where you get to touch everything!