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Winter Holidays Nov-New Years 2022!

Wow, it is almost Spring! Should probably get caught up! Let's go in reverse...

Happy New Year! We were going to try to celebrate the new year in Montreal. Covid cut that- thank goodness we called the hotel to check, they went into full lockdown mode the day before we were going to drive north. Nothing was open and tourists had to stay in their hotels. So, we shortened our trip and stayed in Maine. It was beautiful! 

Freeport is home to the flagship LL Bean. Sheer luck had Cass spend over an hour with an experienced professional working on her archery. We ate yummy jam from a neighbor who runs a farm. And I practiced ice skating. Never too old to ask for help!




















In December I worked a lot, so we made the most of the weekends. Matt's mom came to visit for a few days over Christmas. We took her to MassMOCA.























November....we started holiday baking and decorating almost immediately after Dia de los Muertos. Got to see Aunt Kitty and Uncle John. 

To celebrate Matt's birthday, we had two friends over for an outdoor fire pit session. Matt's dad came out for a bit and helped us with our tree right before he beat us all in cribbage! 

We also celebrated his birthday. Had some good sledding days. Hit up the Clark Museum.
And, we spent one night in NYC to be up front and close for the macys parade where Matt's alma mater was the only HBCU to march. 























































Well that was a fun re-wind! First New England holiday season was quite lovely. We learned about a lot of events and places we didn't get to experience this year, but we feel really orepared for next year! 🤣



 


 

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