Family Fun in February

What a great Birthday! It started out in MD with Sarah and Joshua and

the grandchildren with a delicious breakfast! It was a sad goodbye, but it's hard to be greedy when we had a wonderful week together. Check out Sarah's blog for a quick description of the week. Garner and Maggie are so cute and I took a ton of pictures.

I flew into Manchester NH where Harry, Sara and Mary picked me up and we drove to Boston. Harry and Sara had made me some special birthday treats, Oreo Balls! They're the best and so chocolatey! Mmmmm, it was a delicious ride to Boston.

Daniel and Angie were at the temple while we were driving and we ended up in Sommerville at Angie's apartment. We had a little time before dinner and after the usual chit-chat, we were searching for something interesting to do. Angie is a tour guide for birdwatchers at the nearby Mt. Auburn Cemetery; she offered to show us around and we jumped at the idea! The world famous cemetery was very interesting and it was nice of Angie to show us around. The above picure is taken at the doorway to a tower.

Fortunately, Angie's roommate suggested a good place for dinner and we enjoyed the itlian food very much. The ambiance was lovely and it was terrific to spend some time with Daniel and Angie! They're so cute and there was some discussion of an english name for Angie, however no conclusions were reached! After a quick game of Apples to Apples, I think Dan or Angie won! maybe Sara, but definitely not the birthday girl! But it's always fun to hear the funny comments that are made!

After a nice chatty ride home to VT, poor Harry and Sara pushed on to Burlington! Yipes! When I got home to John it was 11pm, but I had so much fun all day I just went to bed. Thanks everyone for making it so special!

John and I had a belated celebration at Simon Pearce on Monday. It was deliciouls, of course! Then we went to see a movie.

On friday, the 19th, Harry received his white coat at the UVM mecidal school celebration. It was very nice, even though our Senator came and gave the future doctors a bit of a lecture about going into general practice instead of specializing and making lots of money! Seriously it was very nice and Mary and Nick were there to celebrate with Harry and Sara and John and I, too.

We had a wonderful dinner at The Green Room in downtown Burlington, afterwards. February has been a wonderful month, and it's not over yet!

Blessings to you all! Love, Vickie