Sugaring Off!

Spring can bring some very unpredictable weather in Upstate NY, but the good news is all the snow has melted!!!! Yeah!!!!!! Bill and I spent the last few weekends cleaning up the yard from the ice storm in December. We had piles and piles of downed pine branches and basically just a big mess. So, this weekend we were looking forward to having a little fun. Saturday night was "Date Night" - Dinner at Bangkok Thai and then to the movies. We saw Duplicity. (We don't recommend it, the ending was so not worth sitting through the movie) Sunday we made it to early service and then started our new Sunday School Session. Our Voyagers group is led by Pastor Mike and Cindy and we are doing the Love and Respect Series. We are really excited about it, but see already it will be a ton of work. We're just looking at it as an investment! Our Voyagers group is amazing, many young married couples and so many of our friends. It should be a great session. After Church we jumped the car to head down to Cooperstown for a Sugaring Off Pancake Breakfast at the Fenimore Farmer's Museum. For those of you who don't know, Spring is also the beginning of Maple Sugar Production and there are many early Spring festivals and breakfasts which feature homemade Maple Syrup. (Bill's Favorite!) We had breakfast and then took a tour of the school from 1845, the blacksmith shop and a ride on the vintage Empire Carousel. It was a great day, but you will notice in the pictures it was SNOWING.... Yes, It was SNOWING and very cold. We made the best of it but can't wait for Summer to arrive!