Lots of Catching Up!

My sister Paula celebrated her birthday on 
May 15th at her long term care facility. She
was feeling great at this point.

Will, Heather, Scott, Sean and Rowan out for dinner after our week babysitting Rowan while both Sean and Will spent the week working. Will in Dublin, Ireland and Sean in California.

Scott spent a lot of time on the floor with
Rowan. Kitchen equipment makes great
toys!

 Well it's been a long time since my last blog post and lots of catching up to do. We have mostly enjoyed being in Vermont this summer and fall but did spend a wonderful week down in Boston babysitting our newest grandson Rowan and a few short trips around New England visiting friends and attending concerts.  On a very sad note, we also spent time in Maryland, the first time after my sister Paula had another stoke and the second time for her funeral.

But I'll start here in May and go through June in this post. Next one - July and August. We started the month babysitting Rowan, and retuned again in June to help out Will when Sean was away. 

Back home in Vermont we cleaned up the garden, and returned to our usual routine. Heather works with the Rutland Garden Club and volunteers at Pierce's Store. Scott serves on a bunch of boards as Treasurer. The Vermont Food Center is a new organization that he is really enjoying. It's very busy renovating a huge complex in Rutland. 

Will's Dad Gary spent the first two days of our
babysitting week with us. 

He is also on the boards of our town and county Democratic Committees, Green Mountain Neighbors and Treasurer for Adrienne Raymond, who is running for State Representative. 

And we had friends over for dinner and was invited out to several others. Both of us volunteer at our local library as well. And there's always our bridge group and Bone Builders!

In June we traveled down to Falmouth where our friends Karen and Ted finished construction on a new wing for their second home. The Silversteins, Bond-D'Arpas and Doug joined us one day for lunch. The weather was amazing and we enjoyed several nearby hikes. On the way back we stopped for a few days to help out Will. 

Dinner with two of our closest couples here in
Shrewsbury - the Eldred and Lily on the left
and our hosts Chryl and Gerry in the middle.

The scenic path out to The Knob at Quissett Harbor

Karen and Scott 

The view from Karen and Ted's home in North Falmouth, MA at sunset!

At the end of May we spent a busy fun day in 
Brattleboro, VT. Here having lunch on the river.

We visited the Estey Organ Museum

And watched a Morris Dance Festival in downtown. There is SO much to do every weekend in Vermont!

We went down to Bellows Falls bringing lunch to Heather's first cousin
Judy Halberg and her daughter Debbie. Judy is the last of Heather's
 first cousins on her father's side . And Debbie was our first Nanny for James!