From Burlington Vt

Me and the kids arrived today for a short visit. Taylor is skating tomorrow in a competition. So we decided to come this way a day early and go visit Ben & Jerry (well, the factory anyway! hehe) We did the factory tour, which was neat, had a small sample, looked at the gift shop and the dead flavor graveyard. After that we went to hotel, checked in and hung at the hotel pool for awhile. While at the pool the girls meet another girl who is competing tomorrow. Was a nice afternoon!

We just got back from Church Street...what fun that was. It's a mall and a bunch of stores and restaurants on .....wait for it.....wait for it....Church street. The cross streets have traffic, but Church street is foot traffic only. We saw a few street performers. The best was a juggler who worked on a balance board and juggled knives. We also saw some break dancers...they were ok, but not great, a violinist and a one man band...I took some pictures, and when I get home I will upload a few.

We ate at a restaurant called Sweetwater's. They had a great haddock sandwich and Yum-o sweet potatoe fries...mmmmm....Brett had a burger that he said was very good too. Then after dinner after deciding that Champlain Valley Chocolates were too expensive for our budget we went to Ben & Jerry's again...for ice cream....

Now it's time for Bed....I'm exhausted...not so sure about the kids....

Busy Weekend

it was a busy weekend, but not creatively. I was helping one of my best friends move. Tonight is their first night in their new home. It's a nice house with a great 3 season room off the back. I think once they settle in and get everything unpacked they will love their new home.

I got the fun part of unpacking and organizer her new scrap space. It's a built in bookcase with a table set next to it. I think I did a decent job setting it up, and hopefully after a week or so she will be able to take some time to herself and go scrap for an hour or so and enjoy the space. Don't think it will happen this week as there is still a lot of unpacking to do.

Anyway, tired tonight...but ready to get working myself on some stuff, so hopefully will have some new artwork to post.