What a week!!!! A FUN Vacation!

We had a great time in Vermont! We flew into Bradley on Monday and rented a car (that was an experience), then drove to Vermont. So, we hit NC, CT, MA and VT in one day! We stayed with Cailean's parents for the week. We finally were able to meet our cousin/nephew, Neal Thomas. What a cutie and Ian and Gavin love their cousin! Tuesday Ian enjoyed swimming in Jim Marsden's pool (jumping off the board) with Luke and Abby. Gavin missed out due to naptime. Then for dinner we headed up to Neal and Megan's house (just over the border in NY). The boys got to go on the 4 wheeler and was that ever a highlight! I was quite content hanging out with my nephew! hee hee Wednesday we drove up to Bromley to meet my dad. Well, when we got out of the cars to head to the Alpine Slide...it poured! So, I drove dad and Ian in dad's car while Cailean and Gavin followed in the rental and headed to Rutland to have lunch and hit up the bowling alley. Dad was a little nervous that I was driving his car...hadn't driven a stick shift in years!!!!! hahahahahaha Ian commented that I did a great job! ;) It was a short time with my dad, but we had a blast!!!! They love their Grandpop!!!!! Before we all headed our separate ways, we went by Susie and Scott's house and got to see Scott and the boys for a quick visit. It's always nice to see people you grew up with when we head up north! Wednesday night we had dinner with Becky, Scott, Luke, Abby and Jim. The kids had a blast playing every single sport they had there! Thursday morning Becky and the kids picked us up and headed to Neal's and Scott's work. Ian and Gavin surprised their Uncle Neal with a bag of cookies! It was cute! Then, we headed to the park and off to McD's for lunch before heading back to the house to finish my cookie making for the wedding reception. Once I finished the cookies, Cailean picked me up and he took me to Marc's house to help the bride-to-be with wedding stuff. We stayed right through for the rehearsal and then off to the dinner. Saturday morning we found ourselves back up helping Marc and Randa set up. We were sooo nervous with the weather because it rained a lot!!!!!!!!! I broke out of there and took the kids to Becky's house for lunch and playtime. After getting Gavin down for a nap, we headed back up to finish up last minute details for the wedding. The boys got to hang out with their Nana, Poppy, Uncle Neal and Aunt Megan both nights while we were occupied with wedding stuff. I KNOW they had a great time!!! They were exhausted! The wedding was great...Cailean did a great job in the wedding (coached by his wife, of course!!!) and I'm pretty sure it turned out better than what they expected. :) Congratuations Marc and Randa! We had a great time at the reception. Megan and Neal met us early Saturday morning to say goodbye and we headed to Hartford to try and get on the afternoon flight (which we did). It was hard to wake up this morning!!!! hahahahaha The boys learned a few things...Ian picked up the fact that they have "walking mailmen" and that there are a lot of mountains in Vermont! Oh, they even got to ride on a riding lawnmower (called it a tractor)! That was another highlight! If you are wondering how the kids did on the plane rides...Ian was fabulous! Gavin, well...he sat next to Cailean on the flight up north and before we even left the gate he told Cailean he wanted to go home. On the flight down south he fell asleep the last 20 minutes. He got woken up by the turbulence and proceeded to SCREAM until we landed. He was sooo ticked he got woken up. When we drove into our driveway, we had two boys who were happy to be home...but we all had a great week with our friends and family. Thank you to everyone who fed us, spent time with us, etc. It was a great week! I'll put pictures up tomorrow!