tom’s sister, jessica, her husband, mark and their little one, adam, came for a visit last week. for wanting a relaxing time, they sure did pack in quite a bit of action. we caught a few of the adventures on film.

we went to salem, ma:

went back to college to visit uncle will:

ignored mark’s protests and braved the butterfly conservatory:

(he looks thrilled, no?)

went apple picking in the rain:

where i taught jess that, to get the good apples, you have to ignore the wet and really get in there. note the differences between apple-picking student and teacher:

she still has much to learn.

and debated the question, “which are more fun, toys made for kids or toys made for dogs?”

a lovely, exhausting, time was had by all. and i have so far gotten two delicious pies out of our apple adventure.

psychically send a few good thoughts mark’s way, he left for iraq on saturday. we hope to see him safe, and home, soon.