Vermont

A long time ago .....

We flew back to the states to attend Mike's (Al's brother) graduation from University of Vermont College of Medicine (we have a doctor in the family now!) and to attend a series of medical appointments for Kelty at Children's Hospital Bostin (next blog post). Our journey back to the states in May spanned two weeks and it was fantastic! Here is a snapshot of our time spent in beautiful Burlington, Vermont ...

Al, Kelty, I, Mike, Sue, Papa and Mimi Clay shared a cabin on Lake Champlain for the week. It was great reunion spot for the family and we also spent several evenings with Sue's family. Later in the week we even had Mike and Sue's old friends Roland (aka, Rolo) and Rodney with us. It was a GREAT time!

We visited the Ben & Jerry's factory which has its origins in Burlington! Awesome!

Kelty fished off the dock at the cabin ...

Al and Kelty enjoyed some nice Daddy and son time on the dock ...

We took Kelty rock climbing! Sue it belaying Kelty in this photo. It was simply amazing to watch him climb, repel, and then immediately ask for "more, more". Mike and Sue have become fantastic climbers and it really made us miss our old rock-climbing days in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Once Kelty reaches the age of 4, we can take him to our local climbing wall here!

Family shot at Petra Cliffs Climbing Center

We spent a morning at Shelburne Farms, a working farm near Burlington. It was beautiful and Kelty loved every minute of it.

He played ...

Milked a Brown Swiss Cow ...

Chased the hens and even collected fresh eggs ...

... and made a bracelet from wool.

Our last night in Burlington and the day before Mike's graduation, we enjoyed a great family night of dinner, s'mores, games, and laughter ...

S'mores please!

... and what's time with family if you don't dare each other to jump into a 47 degree lake!

... and the reason for our trip to Vermont, celebrating Mikey's graduation from medical school! Congrats Mikey! Mike and Sue are now living in sunny California where Mike is a resident in Pathology at Stanford.