Anniversary dinner

Last evening Ellen and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary with a dinner with Katie and Savanna at one of our favorite restaurants in the area: Burdick's in Walpole, NH. We had appetizers of a plat de frommage and asperagus with prosciutto and ricotta cheese, plus some sliced baguette bread. Ellen and Katie both had the all-vegetable plate, Savanna had beef stew, and I had a bitter greens salad and steamed mussels. We shared some chocolate cake for dessert. It was more than enough food and quite delicious. Katie had been at Miriam's bat mitzvah - we sang together with Katie on guitar - but she then left after the ceremony to go down to Cape Cod to a church retreat where Savanna and Brendon were, so we heard all about the retreat. It was an interesting retreat and an ideal experience for Brendon, especially, with lots of fun activities for kids. Also at a beautiful spot on the Cape.

   Ellen, Katie and Savanna at Burdick's

                The happy couple! 

It's a little hard to believe that Ellen and I have been married ten years! We are very blessed to have each other, and our larger families! 

Yesterday Zac did more work at the house, bringing in new gravel, and I found a moment to take a car load of trash, rotted OSB board and tar paper from the old shed, and rusty metal junk to the landfill. Zac also took a truckload of logs he had cut over to John and Cynthia's house. Lots getting done!