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It has been a busy summer already but I feel as though it really just started.  On June 14th our oldest son graduated from high school and a week later we were driving out of Thetford, VT, after months of preparation, to start again.  Having the opportunity(and ability :) to start over again is a wonderful gift. It is a kind of odd thing to do - picking up everything in your life and moving all the pieces that will go with you to the next place. It can be liberating, such as getting rid of stuff that has just been collecting in drawers and closets etc. because you have the space and don't know what to do with it. It can also be stressful and disconcerting especially for our younger sons who had no choice but to trust us and come along. I started this blog when we moved to Vermont 7 years ago. It was such a different place than any we had lived I wanted to share our experiences.  Our tenure in VT was life changing in many ways and we made wonderful life long friends as w...

Retrospective - We have had a full 5 years here in Thetford, VT,  arriving to a porch light on, on June 17, 2012. Things sure do change in a life lived together. I like the people we are growing up to be. Since Feb. of 2016 the following has happened: a trip to Boston right after a colossal snowstorm, spring break in DC and Sunset Beach, wedding anniversary-17th, William went to Costa Rica with Rustic Pathways for two weeks, William turned 15, Bill, James, Thomas and I spent two really fun days in NYC, family and friends visited us in VT, we picked lots of blueberries, Papa turned 80 and we all went to Atlanta to celebrate, James turned 13, Bill and I celebrated birthdays, we celebrated our first Christmas in Vt and Grandmama and Papa Lemmon came up to be with us,  Thomas turned 10, we survived mud season, spring break in DC, Annapolis to see some wonderful family friends and Sunset, time at Sunset Beach and Atlanta with my parents, wedding anniversary-18th, hot air ball...

How can it be February already?  It seems like just yesterday that school started. My last post, gasp, seems to be from August. How can that be? I thought that when the kids got older that I would have more time to do things I needed/wanted to do....where has that time gone? I think I have less "time"  now that ever before. Since my last post, the boys have started school.  William to High School(9th), James to 6th grade and the last year at the elementary school(yay!!) and Thomas to 3rd grade.  When we moved here William was starting 6th and James 3rd.  I have walked some of these roads before.  High School is a new adventure. Fourteen is a new adventure. Summer photos don't represent the W now - he is transforming. Christmas Morning - 2015 Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas have all passed.  We enjoyed them all. Here are some photos to prove it but Thanksgiving seems to escaped documentation. I didn't send a Christmas card for the first tim...