Fall leaves and family visits

October has been SO much fun.  We love having visitors.

Polly (Janie's sister) and Dalen came to visit us
the first week of October.  We hiked up to Patriarch hill
so Mike could show them the work we have done.

Janie held out her i-phone to take a picture of all of us at once.
it-s pretty amazing what you can do these days.

Sara and Jess on a walk in Sharon.

Sara, Erin, and Rachel

It was really fun having everyone come to visit us.
this month.  Polly and Dalen arrived Friday evening at the end of September, and stayed until the following Wednesday.  Rachel flew into Manchester on Tuesday, October 2nd and then on Saturday, Erin (Jeremy's wife) arrived at the airport from Salt Lake, and Jess and Sara flew in from Phoenix arriving within a few hours of each other.

We took everyone to the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College to see an original copy of the Book of Mormon.  They are very rare.
We were initially told that an original edition is worth about $180,000 but we have since heard estimates much higher.

 We visited Quechee Gorge and everyone took lots of pictures.  We went to the Quechee Antique Mall where we tasted all of the Cabot cheeses, visited the antique toy and train collections, and enjoyed looking at three floors of antiques.  It is one of our favorite places to go.

 Everyone loved the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial.  In fact you can see pictures of the girls helping with the flowers if you go to Facebook and do a search for "Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial".


We had so much fun in October that we almost forgot about our blog altogether.

We have spent the past two weeks putting up Christmas lights and this week we are waiting to see what will happen in Vermont when Hurricane Sandy hits.  We came home today after lunch (Monday) and we don't go in tomorrow unless we get a phone call that help is needed.  We are supposed to have high winds which usually means some trees down.

Hope you all have a fun Halloween.  Remember to send some pictures to Grandma and Grandpa.
Love to everyone!

Rachel on the shore in Maine.  We visited two lighthouses
and watched Mike eat twin lobsters.  Rachel and I had fish
and chips.  The weather was beautiful.