Vacation Part 2

On Monday of last week, we headed out to Salem, MA with Cousin J and K. This time last year, we had made the same trip. Both Cousin J and I had been trying with our Hubs to have babies for quite a long time. We were willing to try just about anything by that time. We rubbed a piece of wood that is said to make women fertile and we even entered a Wicken shop and underwent a spell. (The contents of which are still underneath our mattress). Low and behold, Cousin J and I proudly returned to Salem with babies in our bellies. Now who knows, was it the spell or the fact that we dropped gluten from our diets??? We may never know...

We had a blast though in Salem. My personal favorite of the day was the trolley tour of Salem. It is such a pretty town, with some pretty incredible history that goes well beyond witches. I was persuaded to go into a haunted house. I was worried I would scare our little baby right out of me, but all was well. Hubs even got scared at one point!

Monday night we were able to spend time with the Hubs Nana. We just love talking with her!

On Tuesday, we reunited with college friends. For lunch, a good friend of Joe's met up with us for some lunch. We headed out to an old favorite in Sturbridge, Soup To Nuts. Yummy, yum yum. I got the veggie pocket and the corn chowder soup. We're talking some of the best food ever! It was great catching up with him. From there I met up with one of my bestest friends, J-Lo. We have been friends since middle school and even attended the same college for a couple years. We did some shopping (she made me put a few things back) then headed to Springfield to meet up with a few of our other college friends. Pooh Bear and Gugs greeted us with pizza and ONION RINGS. I may have had more than my share of the onion rings...ok, maybe more than my share of all the food. I had such a good time catching up with everyone. Be prepared to see a picture of me as a giant...that's right, and it wasn't even Halloween yet.

Check back tomorrow for more visits that were held on Wednesday and Thursday. We had to extend our vacation a whole day because there were still people we wanted to see.