Church on Sunday, Church Street on Monday

Yesterday, we attended the Middlebury branch. Such a warm spirit there. They are breaking ground for a building expansion on Tuesday. Andrew and I enjoyed all the lovely people although I probably talked too much in Sunday School
Adria is impressed with the youth. And the youth speaker was one of the best I have ever heard. She was a little reluctant to really participate in the youth program(little shyness, perhaps). Now she is excited and will go to youth conference with them and is trying to decide about camp. They have graciously invited her to attend everything. She has already been to our stake's youth conference, but this one is at Camp Joseph. It's on church owned campgrounds adjacent to the Joseph Smith birthplace in Sharon, VT. How often can YW go to camp on church dedicated land? The boys just came back from Scout camp last week.

We spent today up in Burlington on Church Street. It a large pedestrian mall with a brick street running down the center. The kids needed shoes and we wanted to do some exploring with Andrew before he starts teaching. We had a great time and would love to go back. We ate at a Japanese place there. I was really proud of Colin. He is getting more adventurous. He ate tempura with udon noodles. The noodles came in a fish broth something he wouldn't have tried before. Then he wanted to taste my sushi. No fish in these, just california rolls, but again something he wouldn't have done in the past. Hopefully, this bodes well for the future.

Next up on my agenda is to scout out farmstands, farmer's market, places to buy Vermont cheese and maple syrup.