First thing this morning I took Matthew, Carolyn and Anna to the airport. It’s been so fun having them here 

The it was off to work. It was on of my favorite days of the year.. Halloween. I even dressed up for work ..   It was our freind Kevin’s first day at Beta.. glad he’s here !

 

After work, Diane  and I met up with Tim, Jen and Deb nad went to see their friends who run Beudry’s store in Huntington. Our good friend (and former roommate) Elliot was there making wood fired pizzas while kids trick or treated.    After that we made our way back to richmond and trick or treated up and down pleasant street. That included a nice long visit and Marshal and Gretchens for fresh hot donuts !

Halloween Brings back so many great memories of trick-or-treating with the kids…… I miss those days… I… I missed the candy too 🙂 

nite all. nite sam

-me

Matthew and Carolyn had spent last night with their friends Danny and Lindsay who’d moved here last years. All four of them were lawyers. Anna stayed her with Kate and Steve.. which are .. (amazingly) her grandparents. This morning I met up with Matthew, Carolyn, Danny and Lindsay to show them beta before brunch out at the house. 

 

It was fun showing Danny and Lindsay the house. Anna took advantage of another tour to ring the bell !

 

Kate and Steve left after lunch for a long electric drive down to state college.. .. After we said goodbye to them we hiked down tot he lower gorge for some rock skipping and bubbles with Anna

 

this has really felt like a weekend !

nite all, nite sam

-me

Another Fun day with the Lachmanns..   We had another visitor too. Diane is leading the charge to try and mouse proof our house. She’s done a ton of work to seal holes in the foundation and the sill. It’s working .. our mouse capture per week is way down. One of the steps is that I have a new game camera that we’re using to see where the critters come in. It’s amazing to see how many try. One surprise is this guy. it’s a small possum that every night walks around our house and checks out our back and front doors.. he’s not getting in as far as we can tell. but it’s weird to see him ..  Note.. he may look like a huge rat.. but we have enough pictures and measurements to knwo he’s actually a small possum.

Once everyone woke up we all headed to Beta for a quick tour.. then down to Burlington to hang out on Church street  (there was a doggy costume event) and  visit the echo center. So fun to have a little one with us !

Nite all, nite sam !

-me

I love not working Fridays ! We spent the whole day with Steve, Kate, Matthew, Carolyn and Anna.. We got to see Vermont and our life through the eyes of a 20 month old. First stop was Ben and Jerry’s.. .. We spent most of our time playing on their very cool accessible playground

Then home so Matthew could work and Anna could nap. Diane, Steve, Carolyn and I hiked Bolton

 

Then home for a yummy pesto dinner.. Nice having  visitors !
nite all, nite sam

-me