Winter Odds and Ends

 Some odds and ends from the holidays and this snowy winter:

When it's below zero so pickup soccer has to be moved inside.

NYC trip for Emily and her Mtown besties.

Elizabeth is so extra.

Christmas Eve pick up

Christmas Eve at the farm.

All grown up, but stuck in the backseat for holiday road trips.

Taking this photo every year will never get old.

Visiting TikTok famous Nitro Bar in Newport.

When the girls say that Lee looks like a baddie....

Emily got to play lots of pick up over winter break

   Making 2026 vision boards on NYE

Newest cook in the house.

Elizabeth was called into work at both Starbucks and the farm for all of our winter storms.

So much snow and cold

When it's so cold in Potsdam that SnapChat puts Emily in an ice cube!

Unintentional latte art

Emily was one of four business students invited to a dinner with the largest corporate employer at Clarkson's job fair.

When you know the baristas at Starbucks...

Visited Kathleen last weekend.

Champagne and shackles

Elizabeth's last day as a Starbucks barista!

Beau's last ride with Elizabeth.

Weekend in New Hampshire

We spent the second weekend of the month in New Hampshire. Emily arrived home from school just in time to travel with us to Joe & Karen's to celebrate family Christmas. We then headed to stay with Grammy, sharing food and gifts on Sunday morning. We went to visit my parents and Grampy in Boscawen and then fit in some visits with other relatives as well, before heading to Brown's (in a snow storm, of course) so that Elizabeth could get in her yearly fix. All in all, an exhausting but lovely weekend.

Brown's during a snow storm is a completely different experience than Brown's in the summer.

Christmas 2024

We were happily able to celebrate Christmas with both of our extended families. At my family Christmas, which was missing Meghan and Peter, we had a lovely afternoon of food and conversation. I'm so grateful to Joe and Karen for hosting every year. On Christmas Eve, we headed back to New Hampshire and celebrated first with Grammy and then with Lee's extended family. It was so wonderful to see everyone. We then spent a low key Christmas Day at home, just the way we like it.

Annual sibling photo.

I know that someday they will grow out of this, but I love that they still sit at the top of the stairs, waiting to be called down to open gifts on Christmas morning.