off to vermont

As a child, each weekend my half brothers and I would be draggged off to Vermont for the weekend to ski.  I used to dread these trips; being packed into the truck after school on a friday, three kiddos, a dog, cat and all of our stuff.  Skiing all day saturday and half of sunday, then driving home to an early monday morning and a long week of school.  At the time, I had no idea how lucky I was to even have this experience, nor did I know how much I would come to love Vermont.  Although we have not braved skiing with the kiddos and our trips are much less frequent than mine were as a child, I have loved taking my own family to the town where I spent much of my childhood, skiing in the winter and playing in the lakes in the summer...

Tomorrow we are headed off for a long weekend to the area of Vermont known as "The Shire".  My birthday is next weeknd, and when I was asked if there was anything special that I would like, this family get away was what I came up with.  The last few days have been a bit busier than usual, but I am happy to report that there will be clean sheets on the bed to come home to, plenty of snacks and a knitting project for the trip and a Harry Potter book on CD to listen to on the ride.  I can't think of a better way to celebrate my birthday or to kick of the autumn season than with time spent with my most favorite people enjoying the beauty of the changing leaves and any number of fun fall activities!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

a.