Well, this coming weekend is the boys last weekend of "summer". Even though fall will not begin until Sept. sometime, Michael and Nichlolas start school on Monday. And even though we are ready to go back to school, we also are not ready. The boys are bored but yet they say they don't want to go back. We have bought new sneakers and socks and here's hoping they will be able to wear shorts the first few weeks of school. (dependent upon the weather). The boys are also into their fall sports. Michael is doing well with football and is improving each day. He is pretty much starting offensively and defensively, don't ask me any positions, don't understand the game, yet. And Nicholas has started soccer this week. He wanted me to tell everyone how he kicked the ball so hard the other night and unfortunately hit the goalie right in the face and made him cry. (he was proud of how hard he kicked it). Anyways, he will no doubt do very well this fall with soccer. I have also started my fall semester of school. I have American Literature II and Educational field experience. My Amer.Lit. class is online and the other is 1x a week at the school. As long as I finish these 2 with no issues, I will have my Assoc. degree in December! Yeah! So that is all for now. Will update next week with the boys first day of school.
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From Cooperstown, we again drove North. Up through New York, through the Adirondack mountains and crossed over into Vermont. And into the rain. Finding a hotel on the internet here proved a bit harder than down south. Did find a Days Inn in Barre, VT (would not recommend it). Although the kids had a blast in the pool and hot tub. They had it all to themselves! The next morning, we left by 830am and I started the drive to Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. We got sidetracked a bit with the directions, but we eventually made it to the tallest mountain peak in the east! And what a drive. From the bottom of the mountain it was gorgeous. By the time we made it to the top, I could barely see! I drove up the mountain and Mike drove down the mountain. It was a bit nerve racking at times w/the narrow roads and the fog and the NO guardrails. But it was unbelieveable how high up we were. They say 8 out of 10 days look like it does when we were there, see photo right below. 
From Mt. Washington, we made the drive south through the state of New Hampshire and made it to John and Jenns at about 5pm. Again, what a gorgeous drive coming down the Kancamangus Highway! The boys were finally free of the car and able to run around at Aunt Jen and Uncle Johns house. It was good to be "home" again. Friday was a day spent of helping John inside the house and than Jen and I ran into town so I could do some homework and we could pick up some things that we needed. Plus it rained! Saturday was a very early rise 445am for me and by 6am we were on the road north again to Cannon so John and Jen could run/bike/swim in a triathalon. They did fabulous and it was great to be able to cheer them on. 
This is the lake that they had to swim across to gt to the mountain they had to climb! From 2 different views, at eye level and than from the top of the mountain.
This is how we got up the mountain! What a view.
After the triathalon, we headed to the Woodstock Inn for some beverages and than headed home again. Jen made her famous nachos and also chicken enchilada casserole. We sat on their deck eating and drinking and having a great time. Before we knew it, it was again time for bed. Sunday morning brought around work for John and awesome breakfast sandwiches from Aunt Jen. We got packed up and were on the road by 10am for our 7hour drive home, which turned into 8hours due to heavy rain, traffic and a detour we took ourselves on. But we made it home safe and sound and are adjusting back into life and knowing what day of the week it is. 
