Scattered Thoughts . . .

L ukey and Kenzie accompanied us to the International Antique and Classic Boat Show on Lake Champlain in Burlington last weekend.  The weather was great although maybe a bit too hot for a September afternoon.  We walked quite a few miles as we drooled over many antique boats.   After perusing all the beautiful boats all along the waterfront, we brought the grandkids out to dinner for their first barbeque meal at a restaurant that specializes in barbeque.  Barbeque is hard to find up here in Vermont so our choice of restaurants was limited.  Sheila and I had been here once before so we knew what dishes to avoid at this particular restaurant.  We chose to order a bunch of different dishes and share them family-style.  Overall, it was a great meal and we left completely full! We then made our way back home to sit around a warm fire in the backyard and have some S'mores for dessert.  It was a long, busy but very good day! Here are a few of the many photos from our day... Trying to find

As I sit here waiting for some severe weather to hit us...  heavy rain, hail, high winds, possible tornadoes...  I figured I would share some photos from yesterday.   Yesterday we brought the grandkids up to Burlington for our annual cruise on Lake Champlain.  As always, Will and Sue joined us for the day.   Lukey and Kenzie spent the previous night at Gee and Papa's house.  Gee and I were awoken by 5:30am to giggles and laughter right outside our bedroom door so our day began a bit earlier than we had intended.    The weather was beautiful...  temperatures in the 80s and mostly clear...  so we couldn't ask for better weather!  Since we were out of bed far earlier than intended and the weather was so nice, we made our way to Burlington a bit earlier than necessary.  This gave us a little time to walk around... Kenzie insisted upon bringing Margaret (her baby doll) with her for this cruise... The kids liked these plants...  the giant plants made them feel a bit