Mama and Papa

Mama and Papa celebrated their 4th wedding anniversary on the 24th. We celebrated by taking a little family vacation west to the hills. We started out our trip with a stop at the BIG E. For those of you not familiar - it is a crazy place of fun, livestock, and carnival rides. The fair celebrates the many temptations of New England. Mama and Papa enjoyed their Maine baked potatoes and Ella got to meet a new hairy friend...



Then it was off to the lovely little town of Greenfield. We checked into a elegantly extravant bed and breakfast. It was a huge home built in 1890 and with all the charm. It can accomodate up to 9 suites of guests - but there was only one room booked! Ours! We had the house all to ourselves. It was perfect. We spent time enjoying the pergola out back, enjoying their fresh baked coffee cake, and of course laughing a lot. It was nice to have all three of us together.

Ella enjoyed playing with her dad...



We took a little trip shopping downtown...



After some shopping and a yummy dinner we were off to bed...



The next day we had some plans in Deerfield. We visited the Magic Wings butterfly conservatory. Ella was fascinated by all of the fluttering above our heads...



We took some quiet bench breaks and enjoyed the lush greens and fluttering friends...



Then it was off to Yankee Candle - which didn't sound too exciting, but had lots of suprises... for example, she said hello to Santa in his workshop, saw some Halloween ghouls, and even had her first zebra ride...



Some more bench time with Mom...



And (although a bit red-eyed) Ella's first snow fall! (Mom spent much time trying to convince Dad that a snow machine was a must-have - with no such luck.)



It really was a happy anniversary... looking forward to another wonderful year.