Good Food, Good Week, Great Company!

Last week was great! We had two fantastic visitors! Los padres! Kimball and Elaine came visit us here in NOVA. We felt like we were on vacation too! We ate so many delicious meals, and tried to hit up all of the tourist sites we could. Some highlights were,

Riding up to the top of Washington Monument (550 FT) The view was great!

• American History Museum ( they have a fantastic exhibit of Stars and Stripes, the FLAG that hung over Ft. McHenry when Francis Scott Key wrote our National Anthem... just gives me the chills)
• Lots of history trivia, and mind you this was a smart crowd, they know their stuff!
  
• Lots of rain, ok so not a highlight, but it was flooding here.
• White House tour, so legendary, I love the stately decor! Nate knew a lot of good stories from the White House. Did you know that Pres. Buchanan sold a lot of the furniture because it was not tasteful to him...but Mrs. Kennedy tried to track it down almost one hundred years later. She found one couch in a Detroit car shop... nice.


• Hard Times Cafe...mmm good chili
• D.C Temple




• Old Town Alexandria for dinner
• Williamsburg, I won't go off on another history rave, but this place is the birthplace of liberty, way to go Virginia House of Burgess!! We are proud to live in Virginia!


• Williamsburg, yes I wrote it twice, because we were so captivated here! Did you know, The President of the First Continental Congress lived in Williamsburg? Peyton Randolph. He was the Speaker of the House of Burgesses, and we learned about him on a tour of his home.


• Nate gave his Parents a personal tour of the Capital, and Nate gives a mean tour!
Good Weather on Sunday! We had picnic right before they left to the airport. It was the only good weather day they had!

All in all we had a great week! We appreciated them taking the time to come see us! Thanks!