So much coming up!!

So many trips so little time...

This Saturday Jess, my Mom, and I will be traveling to DC to take in the sights at our nations capitol. We plan on seeing the monuments and the newly redone American National History Museum. I've been to DC once every year for the last 3 years so it's not something that is overly exciting - been there, done that, but it'll be nice to get away with the girls and see some sights and eat some good food...

But the big news....



On the 29th of April Danny and I will be jetting off to Dublin Ireland for about 5 days to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary.

Yeah... Originally we were suppose to go to Montreal but Danny just wasn't getting excited and when I found the tickets for the right price it just started to fall into place. (and they were $220 per person for those of you wondering)

So yeah. We'll have some time to take in some castles, have a pint or two, and just enjoy each others company while we take in just one more country, one more city on the list. My 11th country!!

Ireland! Yay!

Vermont: Day 4

Sunday had come a little to quickly for all of us, and to make matters even worse, a big snow storm was coming and was going to hit Vermont that very morning. So we all got up early, got packed and headed south.



We drove back through the Birkshires...





And enjoyed the scenery...





Oh yeah, and we stopped in Florida along the way...



It wasn't really warm.



And Chris had to make a pee stop behind the car - so much for finding a bathroom!



When we got far enough away from Vermont and we thought we'd be safe from the snow we made a stop for breakfast and then went to the Yankee Candle Outlet.



The boys made some friends...



And Chris was in heaven - all those candles!



There was a creepy man there too...



Soon we were laden down with packages and stuff. At that point it had began to snow in Mass as well, so we were off seeking somewhere with a little less snow.



And it was back to a very rainy Jersey.

Vermont: Day 3

We had a lot planned to do our 3rd day in Vermont but we had to figure out a new way to do it... After driving on that hideous Route 9 to go snow tubing we decided to take a better road up north to Waterbury so we could get to Ben and Jerry's for snowshoeing on time. (yes, you read that right)



SO off we went on Route 7 North, looking for adventure and places to shop.



We didn't see any, but we did see lots of Vermonters. (or Vermontese?) The ride up north took FOREVER since we got stuck behind a truck. Jessica pulled out all of her colorful language - that God we eventually found places to stop.



We made a stop at the Otter Creek Brewing Co somewhere near Middlebury, Chris wasn't to thrilled.



But Danny was since it's one of his favorite types of beer. But then again any type of beer is Danny's favorite type of beer.






We continued north till we got to Shelburne and made a stop at the original Vermont Teddy Bear Factory - they gave you some great places for photo ops.



They had some cool bears inside....







And one that just beg to be loved....





And touched inappropriately....



We didn't take the tour, but Jess got a teddy bear for Lexi.

We got to Waterbury and made a small stop at the Cabot Factory Outlet, but that wasn't as important as the next place....



Ben and Jerry's.







We looked around the visitor center there...



And made a snowman friend outside.



And then it was time... to SNOW SHOE!



Danny was especially excited.



So we snapped on our snow shoes



Listened to the instructions...



And off we went



Danny seemed to enjoy it...



So did I...



Chris did too!



And Jessica - she took to it like a fish to water!





We were done with the walk through the wood and taken to a field to make some fresh tracks.



We all enjoyed this.






We all ran around...



And generally looked like dorks



But we were happy dorks.





Then it was time for the tour!



We couldn't take many pictures, since ice cream must be top secret.



afterward we got to eat lots of it.



And enjoy every lick.



It was a good day.