Our two years at Dartmouth were wonderful - both for the education that Josh received at Tuck but also because of all the fun things we fit into those two years. We tried really hard (with a limited budget) to fit in as many fun things as we could because we thought for sure those two years at Dartmouth would be our only two years living back east. It turns out we only moved 5 hours south and we'll be back east for a while now, but I'm still glad we fit in lots of fun New England activities while Josh had a flexible schedule. Below are a few (ok, more than few) fun highlights from our time at Dartmouth.
The Tunbridge World's Fair in Vermont was one of our first adventures.
See the original blog post HERE
You can't live in New England without taking advantage of the fruit farms.
Raspberry and blueberry picking HERE
Peach picking in Springfield, VT HERE
Apple picking as a family HERE
Hiking to Boston Lot Lake
Our first time hiking it was with friends HERE
We hiked to Boston Lake about once a week in the warm seasons- sometimes with kids, sometimes without; sometimes taking the trail straight from our neighborhood, sometimes taking the main trailhead; sometimes catching newts, frogs, toads, snakes, sometimes opting to keep our hands clean and just watch the ducks.
The Newmans came for a visit and we checked out Sugar Bush Maple Syrup Farm in Vermont.
Supporting Dartmouth Football. We went once in 2012 and once in 2013
2012 HERE
Thanksgiving weekend in New Jersey with Josh's parents, the Fillmores and the Jake Hawkins fam.
The Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade HERE
Christmas Lights at the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial in Sharon, VT
2012 HERE
2013 HERE
Successful Craft Fairs at Christmas time
Craft fair with friends 2012 HERE
Tuck craft fair 2013 HERE
Josh went on a Dartmouth-sponsered trip to Peru for a school project - one of the perks of grad school!
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Craft fair with friends 2012 HERE
Tuck craft fair 2013 HERE
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Baking courses at the King Arthur Flour headquarters in Norwich, VT
Lasagna date night with the Laytons HERE
Pie class with my girlfriends HERE
Getting all fancy for Tuck's Spring Formal
Ben and Jerry's Factory in Waterbury, VT
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Day trip to Lake Champlain in Burlington, VT
A fun week visiting Josh's sister Jess in Virginia
Lots of fun at Washington D.C.
Monuments HERE
Josh spent the summer of 2013 interning at Google, but he came home for the 4th of July weekend and we had fun at Lake Sunapee
A dreamy, child-free weekend in Portland, Maine. Best time ever.
A few beautiful trips to Quechee Gorge
Our first time in 2013 HERE
Our last time with my family HERE
Such a fun weekend in Boston with our good friends the McKenzies
Day 2 HERE
Lots of good times with good friends
Our Halloween party HERE
Our Ugly Sweater Christmas party HERE
Great hikes with my girlfriends. A few favorites were
Mt. Cardigan and Mt. Ascutney HERE
Mt. Tom HERE
Three fun family hikes to Mt. Gile
Fall 2013 HERE
Spring 2014 HERE
With my family HERE
An awesome day trip to Shelburne, VT
Shelburne Farms HERE
Shelburne Museum and Stowe, VT HERE
Two fun days in Montreal, Canada to visit our friends the Gillespies
Day 1 HERE
Day 2 HERE
A great Thanksgiving trip to New Jersey for the second year in a row. Lots of fun things, but the best was the full day Josh and I had in NYC without the kids
Dartmouth Tree Lighting Ceremony
2012 HERE
2013 HERE
Sledding at Occum Pond in Hanover
Supporting Dartmouth Hockey - the big sport at Dartmouth
Playing in the forest behind our house, trying to survive the polar vortex of last winter
A day trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Art with my friend Ashley
Trip to Maine during Josh's spring break from Tuck
Day 1 HERE
Day 2 HERE
Easter in Boston with lots of our Tuck friends from the year before
A day in Vermont checking out the VINS wildlife museum, the famous Quechee Antique Mall, and the quirky Toy Museum of Vermont
Nathan's Garden in Hanover
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Monthly date nights to the temple in Boston. Thanks to the Kolstes for doing a babysitting swap with us again and again!
Our last time HERE
Our last time HERE
Canoeing on the Connecticut River
In 2013 HERE
With Jake and Tyra's family HERE
With my family HERE
A weekend trip to the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire
A day trip up the Maine coast, stopping off in York, Perkin's Cove, Ogunquit, and Wells
A fun week-long visit from my family and Josh's MBA graduation
What a great two years it has been! It was fun to walk down memory lane and look back on our pictures from the past two years.
(Of course, most of our days at Dartmouth were mundane and filled with dirty diapers and lots of studying, but those simple days aren't pictured :) ).
Unbelievable! You fit so much in these past two years!
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