Fun with our last visitors

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My mom and dad, sister Laura Lee with her kids Julia and Kyler, and Sabrina's friend Cheyanne all joined us for a week.  Their timing was great as they escaped the freezing cold in Nevada and enjoyed the beautiful fall weather here.  We were able to rent a guest suite in our apartment building which meant we could stay up late playing games and spend the daylight hours seeing the sites around DC.  Who needs sleep?  It's highly overrated.

We started with a tour of my favorite place, Mount Vernon.
A gingerbread house of Mount Vernon was being built.  It was amazing.  Even the inside was duplicated.

The grounds at Mount Vernon are beautiful.  I could get used to a back yard like this!











Downtown
The butterfly pavilion was a favorite.







Kyler and Able the space monkey

Kyler and Nicholas enjoying the Air and Space Museum

We stopped by Ford's theater but there was a matinée of A Christmas Carol playing so we just saw the outside.  Maybe next time we'll go inside.

Kyler and a dinosaur

The Department of Agriculture

The World War II Memorial


Taking in the view of the Washington Monument from the ground.

View from the top of the Washington Monument on a foggy day.

Lincoln Memorial

The monument at night with the three girls who love DC

Julia and Laura Lee

 Sabrina and Cheyanne

 Nicholas and C3PO
 A future president?

We played a riveting volleyball game:  Relief Society vs Young Women.
Practicing their form before the big game.

 A little basketball warm-up
The old ladies won.


The vacation ended with Thanksgiving dinner which my cousin and his beautiful family graciously hosted.  Between dinner and dessert we had a little play time outside in the leaves.
The girls like to stick together

Now it's time to start packing for our next adventure.

Comments

Shana Hamblin said…
Yes on to new adventures. I love all of your pictures. Keep it up so we can see what new and exciting places you are going to next.
November 28, 2010 at 5:46 AM
mamabear said…
Is it our farm roots that makes Mt. Vernon our favorite place? It is mine also. Thanks for the great posts and the darling picture of Rachel. Travel safe and calm. What an adventure. You inspire me.
November 30, 2010 at 10:23 PM
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