We wrapped up a nice weekend. We attended the cutest housewarming party for Sam and Abby (Chris' cousin) and had a great time catching up with family in New Hampshire. Abby decorated her new home for the party with tons of burlap, chalkboard and wood. Super cute!

Ben had soccer games all weekend one in downtown Boston, one in Lincoln. The weather was enjoyable. Sports affords us reasons to stop in new places. A quick trip to the farmers market in Concord was beautiful and fun to snap a few pictures. I purchased a couple of HUGE mums for only 6$. Bargain! Nic participated in a vegetable derby race and won his heat. He built a car out of a large green pepper. The cars name is Pepperman.

We stopped at a coffee shop called HAUTE coffee and had a nice breakfast. Ben ordered cinnamon toast. The toast was literally two inches thick. Mom, you have competition.

Today was a holiday (Rosh Hashanah) and the kids were out of school. More holidays are celebrated and recognized here than in Utah. I cleaned and worked. Andrew had a dr. appointment to look into his elbow pain (overuse), we now have a referral to a sports medicine guy in Lexington in October.

It's so fun to receive HAPPY MAIL. A surprise in the mail is always welcome. We know so many folks moving to new addresses I decided to create a few return address stamps. I think these make great house warming gifts and it is fun to personalize the design for the person I am giving it to.

I created the DEPOT design for us. I liked this look so much and created another version for my parents. My parents just moved into a fabulous new home so I thought they should have two stamps. The second design is shown at the bottom.

Chris' cousin Abby just purchased her first home and here the stamp I made for her and her boyfriend.

As you know, I love to stamp and really all things stamp related. Creating my own designs for stamps that others can use is WAY cool. In the samples to the left I designed/typeset the art and then sent them off for someone else do the dirty work of producing. I may need to invest in my own little stamp maker ... hmm. a MINT might be in my future.

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