This year's President's Council was back in Stowe Vermont - and the weather was lovely, so much cooler than Florida! We knew that we were headed out for Europe in early July, so we didn't take on a pre- or post- vacation this year - flying up just on Monday to New Hampshire (easy 2 hour drive) and then coming back the following Sunday.
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| We were hungry when we arrived, so stopped at the Avocado Pit to eat some food and found this lovely little picturesque rock to take a picture at |
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| When we arrived, we missed the reception but were able to go play cornhole out on the lawn |
Kaleb was only staying until Thursday morning as he was invited to Pastor Mark's Mountaintop spiritual retreat, so on Tuesday and Wednesday we tried to pack in a few things he particularly wanted to do.
Tuesday afternoon we went to the Ben & Jerry's factory tour - yum -- and a little lighthearted play on their playground. When we stopped for lunch, we were delighted to see our friends the Biris coming as well, so we enjoyed lunch together before we took off to the tour.
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| Karis and Zach are in the lid, but their faces are not very visible - they must have been afraid of getting stuck in there! 😄 |
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Dad pushing the boys on a spinning thing - just like when they were babies
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On Wednesday afternoon, Amy/Kaleb with Azevedos went ziplining while Karis & Addison went to the treetop obstacle course with the Reiners and Johnsons (Zach was golfing).
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| Lucas and Kaleb waiting for the zipline adventure |
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| We're ready to hit the ziplines! |
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| Olesea - what a dear friend - so blessed by you! |
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Zach and Erick at the golf course
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Early Thursday, Kaleb and Becca headed out to Boston to fly down to the retreat (thanks Eric for being a very gracious chauffeur!), and the rest of us went on a tour of Stowe that afternoon - complete with a visit to their covered bridge and the Von Trapp resort.
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| Von Trapp resort - so green and lush! |
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| At the top of the pass we were able to get out for a bit, and as always our little billy goat was climbing up on the rocks as soon as possible! |
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| Captured a moment in which she was still to grab a picture with dad! |
Friday we enjoyed just wandering around the little town, having breakfast with the Wanderslebens, then celebrating Elin's birthday, buying chocolate and spending some money in the general store.
Sabbath was a chance to take the gondola up the mountain to enjoy the views. It was lovely, but poor Addison inadvertently took a flour tortilla at lunch (it was on a plate with gluten free wraps, and she grabbed the wrong one) and we now see what happens after being so clean for the last 18 months - intense stomach pains and projectile vomiting - so we spent a little time at the top but then Amy took her down to rest in the hotel room while Karis walked down the mountain with the Azevedos.
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| Pretty views! |
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| Cracking me up, love his expression! He better catch up quick as they don't appear to be waiting for him! |
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