Happy Birthday, Mr. President

President's Day usually only means one thing to me: 1 month till Spring! However, this year was a bit different. Of course, I CANNOT WAIT for Spring-but I also was able to get out of my fair city over the long weekend :) 

I packed up the car (and Chili, too) and took a long and winding road up to Hillsborough, NH to visit my ubercool oldest bro and his wife. What an ABSOLUTE blast!! Between the Moose Lodge and the snowshoeing, it was the perfect distraction to the frozen tundra of February. Seriously... How can you not appreciate the wonderment of the mountains when you have this kind of view:

 And, as a bonus-I get absolutely no cell phone/internet service up those mountains!! Totally tech-free, and loving every minute of it:

Yup, you bet I said it as I was climbing up there: "I'm King of The Wooorld!!" 


Of course, Chili had a superduper time too.... Her cousins are a lovable Rottweiler and this adorable Chocolate Lab:

 

That's Titus. He's a bit camera shy, but lovable all the same :)


And that was it. Great trip, good times... oh wait, hold on.. I'm forgetting something.... hmmm.... 

Oh yeah. This little guy:

Meet Samson. The cutest 240 pound lapdog you ever saw.


Now I'm done :)


Lyrics: Happy Birthday, Mr. President - Marilyn Monroe (the one and only, I should add ;)