Big Green #2 (of 67)

What do 50 degrees, ponchos, Conan O'Brien, and President George Bush Sr have in common?  They were all present at my brother's graduation from Dartmouth College.  Yes, it was a pretty interesting (and cold) day. 

Here's my Dad all bundled up, with a nice suit and tie on under it!  This poncho was really funny because on the front it says "You deserve the very best."  For some reason my Dad wearing that made me laugh a lot, and still puts a smile on my face :)  He does indeed deserve the very best!

Conan giving us some great advice.  I thought his speech was awesome.  He was really funny for about 75% of his speech, then the last few minutes he got serious and gave some solid advice to the college grads and the audience.  You can see George Bush Sr and Mrs. Bush sitting behind him too, so cool!

So proud of you Ev!  Yes, my legs were freezing.  I came from 100 degree Texas weather and was in shock to be honest. 

After eating and warming up, we took a trip to Simon Pierce. I am really going to miss my annual visits out east, hopefully I'll have another new cool place to visit (hint hint Ev, please move to Paris.)

Don't drop it!!! It costs around $872394793389.

The view from Simon Pierce is so amazing.  I was so happy I was finally able to see it without everything being frozen, as I usually only visit in February.  It was a great end to the trip.  I will be posting more about it, but mostly about the food - obviously.  I do want to say thank you to my parents for getting everyone out there, it was so nice to be together.  I am so lucky to have such a great family, and be close with all of them.  Congrats again Ev, we're all very proud and love you a lot!

I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend and enjoys the extra day off.  

Happy 4th of July!!!!!

Big Green

I wanted to share a some pictures from my trip out to Dartmouth to see my brother graduate.  It was a great weekend filled with family, memories, and some new friends.  I was so happy I was able to go and see him graduate into the real world, although I did try and convince him to stay in college! "They never listen..." ;)

My Mom, through one of her many connections, found a house for all of us to fit in for the weekend.  Suzanne, the owner, rents out two houses on her property in Woodstock, Vermont.  Please take a look at her website by clicking here.  My Mom first found Suzanne because she was looking to do a walking tour around the Woodstock area, and that's exactly what Suzanne does.  The houses are both beautiful and the views are beyond words, even in rain.  Suzanne joined us for lunch the first day I was there, and was a great addition to the group.  I encourage anyone who's thinking about taking a trip out east to check out her walking tours and accomodations. 

My Grandma and one of my Aunts from my Mom's side, as well as both my Grandma and Grandpa from my Dad's side were able to all be there.  It was so nice to have us all under one roof, as it doesn't happen very often.

The house was very pretty, and had a ton of nooks and crannies to be explored.  I really loved this old barn door that led to my room.

My Mom arranged for a personal chef to come in and make us lunch.  Much more on that to come (oh my god, the food was so amazing.)  Here are her and my brother as we're about to eat!

My brother's hockey frat held a "BBQ" for the graduates and their families.  The reason why I have BBQ in quotations is because apparently that means white table clothes, linen napkins and salmon, which to me is not a true BBQ, but they're east coasters so I let it slide ;) 

More pictures to come...