Thanksgiving in Virginia

We successfully made it down to Virginia, stuffed ourselves silly (the pies were amazing), and had a rousing game of soccer about an hour after eating (the old men and me vs. the young men - we whooped them!). It was great!

We decided to go into DC to check out the sites. We walked around and saw the monuments, and went in the museum of natural history, and the air and space museum. There's just something about our nation's capitol that gets me excited every time I go there. I even got to sneak away for a little bit to buy a White House ornament as a memento of our trip! This is a picture of Alex, his cousin Eric, his Aunt Diane, and Uncle Jim in front of the state capitol.

Surprisingly we found out that my brother and sister-in-law were in Virginia for Thanksgiving (they live in Japan, so it was actually a huge surprise!). We were able to stop by and see them and their kids for a couple of hours. It was nice to visit with them and see the nephews. It's amazing how fast kids grow. They're so cute! We'll get to see them in Utah at Christmas time, so that'll be nice, too.

For the last leg of our trip we went to Harper's Ferry in West Virginia. It was great to learn more about what happened there and the role Harper's Ferry played in the civil war. We also got to stand at the place where the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers meet. In the town there are all of these old buildings that are depicted as they would have been during the civil war, and you can read all about what life was like then. There's so much to learn about! After we sufficiently toured the town, we went and had a little picnic. It was hilarious! We sat out on this picnic table, and it was FREEZING! We were all shaking from the cold and our teeth were chattering. Finally Alex's aunt was smart enough to say, "I'm going to the car to finish my lunch." Thank goodness for Aunt Diane!