A weekend in New Hampshire

Hello!

This is it. We're back in MA getting ready for Jamie to leave for Antarctica on September 24th. So soon!  This year we hope to stay for a full year meaning we won't be back in that States until at least October 2015.  With Jamie's departure coming up and the possibility of being gone for a year looming, we've been trying to visit everyone we can.

Our first visit was up in New Hampshire to see Jamie's extended family.  Bill, Jamie's dad, had the idea of having a Thanksgiving Dinner for us before we left so we cooked a turkey and roasted up some veggies for a big family dinner. Best part?  Beth, Jamie's cousin, has a deep fryer so we had deep-friend turkey!  I'd never had such a thing and it was delicious!   It was so perfect because the weather has truly turned to fall and we got out and did some fall events which made it even more like Thanksgiving.   We worked outside with Uncle Dave milling some wood, we fed the chickens and then went to pick apples and eat apple cider donuts.   All we needed was a corn maze!

Riding out to pick apples. 

MM. Gala are ripe! 

Maybe we ate more than we picked...but we needed to make sure that we liked the product. 

So many apples! 

Look how New England this is! There's even a quartet playing country music in the background. 

DONUTS!  The line was super long! 

We asked this boy how many pounds of vegetable shortening they go through in a day and he told us about 75 pounds. Then we asked him how much batter, about 350 pounds.  Then we paused to think about the ratio of batter to oil. 

But that's what made them so delicious! 

Uncle Dave walking out to make sure we haven't broken anything. 

FUN with saws! 

Maybe we'll help make something with the wood that he mills. 

Putting the turkey into the fryer. 12.5 pounds and it only took 50 minutes. 

Jamie and Grandpa, I really liked their color scheme. 

Bill, Jamie and Grammie.  I liked their color scheme too! 

Beth and Bill, waiting for the turkey. 

Fun in the kitchen! 

DONE! 

Group photo!  Starting from the left top row: Jamie, Uncle Dave, Aunt Sue, and Uncle Dave. Bottom row, Shannon, Bill, Grammie, Aunt Jane, Meme, Uncle Dave, Grampa, Cousin Beth

At the dinner table, starting on the right: Jamie, Grammie, Grampa, Aunt Jane, Uncle Dave, Uncle Bob, Shannon, Beth, Sue, Bill, Aunt Sue, Uncle Dave, Meme