Do you ever wake up like this? Evidently I do sometimes.
The question is, how did I extricate myself without waking her up? I'm pretty sure I have no idea!
Goodbye to our home in Colonial Beach! We loved it here!
Hello to our home not far away near Lake Anna.
The kids are signed up for little league in Fredericksburg. We've had a number of games already, but I kept taking videos instead of pictures. Here's finally a picture of Eliza (in coach pitch) with the catchers gear on!
"Hey Eliza!" "Dad, I'm in the middle of a game." #thatdad
This girl's cheeks! So fun to squeeze!
Kids have loved wildlife. This was a frog near the house they insisted on taking a picture of. We see lots of squirrels and frogs and fireflies, much more than we did back home!
We went to Monticello this week, home of Thomas Jefferson. Like Mount Vernon, it was amazing. I liked the tours better here, in fact. Monticello is also run independent of any tax-funding. It is well preserved and beautiful! Also like Mount Vernon, Here at Monticello, they didn't make out Thomas Jefferson to be something he was not. He's neither vilified nor put on a pedestal. He was a person, a human. He had challenging decisions and moral dilemmas to face. It's easy to judge others, especially those of different cultural values. I feel Monticello and Mount Vernon both did an admiral job at encouraging a withholding of judgment and a viewing of these men as people who faced challenging times and circumstances.
Reflection pool was actually the "fresh fish for the kitchen" pond.
This place is gorgeous!
Sometimes she wants to be the rider, and sometimes, just get out of her way!
Benjo giving Mom a flower--CUTE!
The kids enjoyed playing in some of the tall grass. Love these smiles!
Thomas Jefferson *loved* to experiment with agriculture. He had a lot of failures, but also many crops and specific types of crop are common in the United States thanks to his work.
Thomas Jefferson's grave in a family plot just down the hill from the home.
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