Latest Escapades

Here are some photos of what we have been up to lately. We watched a medi-vac helicopter land in the school fields across the street from our house (no emergency - the kids got to play around on the big machine as part of a Touch-A-Truck Day.)

Then Andy ran a rainy 5K race in Claremont, NH and we went to a huge chili cook-off they held afterward. Andy and I tasted and rated (the cook-off was judged by the public) about 35 different chilis, from individuals to corporate to social organization entries. There were spicy ones, white ones, sour ones, sweet ones, smoky ones, runny ones, and even one completely cold one. A few were exceptionally good. By the end of the tasting, I was disgustingly full of chili.

We also made it down to Lancaster to visit the Stevens's and meet their newest addition, Ben. I neglected to take a photo of little Ben; I'm not sure how that happened. Aiden and Ollie had fun running through the giant corn maze we spent the day in. Ok, it was only two hours, but the thing is, we weren't even close to finding our way out after that two hours. At 3pm we were meeting people in maze who said they'd been in there since 11am. I think it was at that point that we admitted defeat, claimed the kids were acting up, and asked an corn maze attendant to lead us out an emergency exit. Thank goodness for kids when they give you an excuse to get out of impossible situations!