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Chris and I try to savor every awesome moment in life, knowing that things could change in a heartbeat. A major change is right around the corner, courtesy of the Air Force with another in one year. Chris is leaving for Korea in a couple of weeks. He's been downloading our home videos to his computer so he can watch and watch and watch them again. I, on the other hand, have been trying to take pictures of each and every little thing--not so much for him, but for our kiddos. Our time in Massachusetts will be gone in one year and although I am excited about our next assignment, I am going to miss so many things that are truly "New England." One thing is the ice cream. Before living out here the only ice cream I'd known were chain stores or the ice cream available in grocery stores. My eyes were opened. We've frequented several little ice cream places, including the Ben and Jerry's factory in VT. Our new favorite place is Meola's Wayside Ice Cream. It is within walking distance from our new home, which Claire loves and it has awesome ice cream, which I love. We don't give Mya sweets or really junk of any kind, but we let her try some ice cream tonight. She was in heaven.

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Alison said…
There is a Meola's right down the road from my house....delicious!! JP won't go because one summer he asked the girl to add an extra scoop to his cone and she wouldn't because she didn't know how to charge him for it...I on the other hand go all the time.
April said…
Atta girl, Mya! Great pictures, you guys!

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