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3.2.11

Virginia Day 10: Harpers Ferry & Fenimore Family Shoot

It is quite likely that Jeannette and Adam have some of the most darling children. We went to Harpers Ferry for the history and took advantage of the setting by taking some family portraits. It was a great day and everyone had a good time at some point even if they didn't like getting their pictures taken. Here is a small sampling of the days photos and activities:

The day wouldn't be complete without jumping pictures!!

"I wanna be where the people are. I wanna see, wanna see em dancin!"

Courtney's shot of the incredible sunset that evening!!

Thanks for all the fun guys!

Virginia Day 9: Thanksgiving (The High Dickie Days)

On Thanksgiving morning, I was made responsible to create the centerpiece as I have not yet proven myself to be a gourmet chef. This proved to be a delightful way to spend my time and I was grateful for Anna who had previously scoped out the right places to collect the berries just as our Father had taught us to do. The food was delicious, the company superb, and all in all it was a GREAT Thanksgiving day. I was thankful that the wars in Chechnya were over and done with.

The collecting of the berries

The assembling of the arrangement

The arrangement from this angle

The arrangement from that angle

The scientific chef

The scientifically cooked turkey

The founders of the feast

The feast

The Lemon Meringue Pie

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Virginia Day 8: Little Washington

So there is Big Washington, and there is Little Washington. We felt that Big Washington was getting all the attention because its so flashy and awesome so we decided to give Little Washington an ego boost and grace it with our presence. This was a very very wise plan. We did a little countryside touring, shouted some creeds, and then and only then did we tour the city. So, pretty much this was an unexpected pleasure.

The quaint countryside

The quaint church

The quaint town

The quaint rundown barn

The quaint intersection of Gay and Porter

The quaint tourists

The quaint little tourists

The quaint and slightly weetawded Clara

The quaint expensive restaurant

The quaint cookie eating, porch dwelling locals

Such a quaint and delightful day!

1.2.11

Virginia Day 7: DC Day with Cumma Kwatz

As many of you know, I love Courtney. This is a fact. So it follows that I would also spend a day with her in D.C. This was a great decision and consequently a fabulous day. We started our morning off by hitting up the Holocaust Museum. This is by far one of the greatest museums I have ever been to. The displays are incredible and the physical organization and flow of the exhibits is unmatched. We first saw the temporary propaganda exhibit in the basement of the museum. Now I know what you are thinking, "There's no basement in the Alamo..." and you would be correct. There is no basement in the Alamo, but there is one in the Holocaust Museum. It was a nice way to start out the tour because it set up the foundation of all the campaigning that led up to the Holocaust. Very chilling but very informative. Then we went to Pret to eat and stopped in at the Ford Theater afterwards. We didn't tour it, but we did explore the gift shop which is always a genius idea. Afterwards we did a whirlwind tour of the American History Museum. SO MUCH FUN!!! We saw Lincoln's hat, the star spangled banner, Julia Child's kitchen, some muppets, some ruby slippers and a few other great treasures. We then headed over to the Washington Memorial where we had a date with destiny. (Okay, so it was just a scheduled time to go up, but I think that a date with destiny sounds far more romantic!) There are some great views up there, unfortunately, it was an overcast day, which would normally be fantastic in my book, but we were looking forward to watching the sunset from on high and getting some breathtaking pictures. Rather, we got some great pictures and had a good time anyway. Afterwards we were pooped and caught the metro home in time to hit some rush hour traffic. Thanks for the beautiful day in D.C.!

The morning view

The Holocaust Museum interior

The Holocaust Museum exterior and some hot ladies (in looks not temperature obviously...)

THE PRET!!! I'm pret a manger!

The food, glorious food

I have an ongoing relationship/love affair with the tomato, brie, and basil sandwich. So happy to be reunited once again.

The Ford Theater

Kabraham Lincoln

Courtnaham Lincoln

Julia Child's kitchen

The entrance to the Star Spangled Banner exhibit which is QUITE impressive!

East View

South View

West View

North View

Thing 1 and Thing 2

The Washington Memorial

The rush hour traffic

Many thanks love!

Virginia Day 6: Lucy's Birthday

We started the day off by shopping! (Well, technically we started it it off by pushing Courts car out of a ditch/driveway, then we went shopping.) Then sort of hurried back to prepare for Lucy's Birthday. We went to dinner at the yummy Japanese restaurant that is famous for its delightful portraits and nightly virgin sacrifices. Then we had ice cream cake and ice cream followed by the opening of presents and as always, some silliness.