Our Turkey Day Adventures

So this being our first Thanksgiving away from "home" we decided it would be a fun thing if we packed ourselves into the car and take the 9 1/2 hour drive down to Charlottesville, Virgina to spend some time with Dave's sister and her family. That idea alone was enough to get me excited. Dave's sister and I are really good friends and I was totally missing her. However the idea only got better as we were able to find a decent priced airline ticket for Dave's little brother (well, little being 21) who we have not seen since we took him to the MTC to ship him off to Japan! So last Tuesday night Ru arrived. Dave still had class Wednesday, so we left as soon as possible after he got home. We were on the road by 4pm. Because of our late start we decided to stay in a hotel in West Virgina. Around 8am on Turkey day we hit the road towards Charlottesville. We arrived and the festivities began. Dave's sister had everything perfect. She even put together a few fun crafts for the cousins to do. She has a little boy just 7 months younger than Caden, and a little girl that will be 1 in a couple months. The cousins played really well together.

Sterling, Caden, Taylor and Austin

On Friday evening we drove away form Charlottesville towards Washington D.C. We spent a good part of the day Saturday seeing the sights. One day however, is not enough. The highlights were Arlington Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Lincoln memorial, WWII memorial, Washington monument, the Nation's Capital and of course the White House. Funny thing, I ran into a friend from here who had also gone to Virgina to be with family for Thanksgiving. Small world.

Austin and Dave

Me and Caden

Taylor, Uncle Bob, Austin

Me, Taylor, Austin, Dave, and Caden

The boys and Uncle Bob

Austin, Me, Taylor

Caden got a little tired after walking so far.

We had a great trip, and made it safe and sound, sound? what does that mean? Anyway...we had a supper nice time being all together. Now that we are home, well it's back to routine. Dave has what is seeming to be a never ending week and a half, during which he has 9 different exams, tests, presentations, and tooth model work that has to be done. The good news? On Friday the 7th in the afternoon, it will all be over and we will have our first semester under our belt. Dave will then have the next 3 weeks completely off. No school = no work!! Yeah!! Well, I guess that's all for now. Ciao!