Road Trip

Two weekends ago Adam and I drove up to New Hampshire for the Burzynski Family Reunion with Annabelle. His dad's siblings get together with their families once a year, and this year it happened to be in NH.

 

His Aunt Kathy and Uncle Mark hosted it at their home. It was about an 8 hour drive to their house, but ended up taking us 12 hours because of Annabelle. We left at 4:45a.m. and stopped about a thousand times because she doesn't like long car rides at all! We went through Vermont and stopped in a couple of pretty cool towns. Then we went through some of the damaged part of the state, where the hurricane had really effected some of the roads and homes, restaurants, gas stations. It was devastating obviously, but what was incredible was how much of the roads were already completely redone.

While in NH we had a very full day planned for Friday. We all woke up and had breakfast together at Kathy and Mark's then headed out to the furniture factory that Mark runs, Copeland Furniture. IT WAS SO COOL. We saw what a couple of planks of wood go through to make some really beautiful pieces of furniture.

Then he took us to the outlet where the furniture is sold, and we had lunch at a cute little italian restaurant. I can't remember the town we were in but it was adorable. There was an old mill that they had turned into a brewery and restaurant across from a beautiful waterfall and golf course. So pretty.

Then we headed out to an apple orchard which Annabelle loved. There was a small trail that lead through some different animals and an infant swing on top of a hill. The view was amazing and I am so bummed that I didn't get more pictures.

 

 

From there most of the woman headed to some more shops but the men were taking off to a near by brewery. At this point in the day Adam and I were so exhausted from getting Belly in and out of the car so many times, not to mention the fact that we had gotten up at 3:30 the morning before and driven 12 hours. Adam's mom and sister were our saviors and volunteered to take the baby to the shops while we headed to the brewery. That hour and a half was amazing! Much needed.

The next morning we headed to Plymouth, the small town that Kathy and Mark live in, for breakfast. We had a delicious breakfast at this tiny little whole in the wall diner. There were a ton of really cool shops and deli's and an art show going on in the grass across the street. It was raining a ton though so we couldn't really hang outside too much with the babe. We headed out around 2 on Saturday and headed to Groton Massachusetts.

It only took us an hour and half to arrive and I was sooooo excited to get there. We were going to visit one of my best friends, Katie and her family. I LOVE HER FAMILY SO MUCH!! Her parents were so wonderful to me when I lived in Tahoe, they not only let me live in there beautiful mansion, but were also some of the most supportive people in our lives when we found out about being prego. Katie is one of my bridesmaids and one of the best friends I have EVER had. We had dinner at a great little BYOB italian restaurant and then headed back to the house for a few glasses of wine. By 10 p.m. Adam and I were beyond beat. We got up at 4:30a.m. and drove back home to Buffalo. Took us 10 hours.

It was a wonderful family filled weekend, but way too much driving with a youngster. I loved meeting Adam's wonderful family, and was beyond thrilled to see the Bergins!