Vermont

We recently took a trip to Vermont to Joseph Smith's birth place, a maple farm and the "grand canyon of Vermont". It was a great day trip...and real maple syrup is the best...however, the Grand Canyon blows away Vermont's even though it is beautiful. We went with our friend's, the Louk's. We also loved visiting the birth place of Joseph Smith...the grounds are gorgeous...and you get to take a tour of the grounds on a golf cart...which Sydney loved partly because our driver thought she was in a racing car. I thought we were going to flip a few times.

Beach Day at Good Harbor in MA

So some of you may not believe what I am about to say...but I really do love the beaches here. In some ways, they are better than the beloved west coast beaches. They really are superb for little kids and families...otherwise, you may get bored. The sand is soft and the waves are small and there seems to be a gentle slope (no drop offs or pot holes) in the water so the kids can play and not worry about being swept away or falling. Plus, no sting rays (JR, you would do much better here than in HB). Here are some photos of our last trip:)

for the 4th of July we went to DC to see JR, Sherri and Ethan...we visited the the air and space museum, went swimming daily, visited the zoo, ate out lots and sydney and ethan had the best time...so did eric and i...here are the photos!

delicious rolls

so i have to share that I can finally make delicious rolls and cinnamon rolls...i do use at bread machine...but who cares...it is so much easier and they turn out everytime!!!

Sydney and the pony

Awhile back, we went strawberry picking...and there was a little farm with animals too. Here are the photos...and the cute video of Sydney on the pony.