On Saturday, December 17 Pastor Tom and Kelly opened their home in Mount Vernon to all cookie lovers. When two folks from Peoples arrived around 10:30 AM the house was abuzz with activity. People of all ages could be seen preparing, cooking and munching a variety of delectable morsels. There were cookies of several descriptions as well as candy with needhams and toffee among the choices. Especially good in the cookie department were the cream cheese cookies although the crinkled chocolate with sprinkled powdered sugar were hard to stay away from. While munching and crunching we were introduced to a number of folks of all ages that were related, friends, parishioners of previous churches or people that had something to do with education at Maranacook High School.
Getting to Mt. Vernon was a challenge as snow squalls made the highway from Falmouth to nearly Richmond very slippery and precarious. Several cars and other vehicles were off the road and 45 was the speed limit. By the time we passed by Richmond the sky cleared and upon arrival at the homestead the folks there could not believe what we had experienced.
As is the case at Peoples children took to Tom as they do here. We found Kelly busy in the kitchen as well as new son-in-law Matt Davis. Patsy and Irene were both busy helping in the kitchen as well as making folks throughout the house feel welcome. Tom had spent a number of hours decorating the house.
Thanks for the invitation Tom and Kelly, we really enjoyed ourselves. Here are a few pictures that I took while there.
