What Megan has saw

Here are some things we have taken Megan to see.

On Friday we took the Metro downtown. The Right To Life walk was taking place. We stayed for a little while but the little ones got tired of standing . So I took the boys and Megan over to Air and Space. Johnny stayed and walked in the rally. I have never seen so many people. We have been here in Washington 6 months and we have never seen a protest this big. It was awesome that so many people are willing to stand up for the rights of the unborn.

Back to Maryland

At the last minute we changed our coming home plans. Due to Johnny working late and then traveling to Ga, we thought it best to head back to Maryland after Trent’s test on Wednesday. The boys were so happy to be taking the train back to Maryland. I was just glad Johnny did not have to work 2nd shift then work all the next day just to travel nine hours by himself. We will be traveling through Georgia in 3 weeks to our next travel assignment.


We accomplished the two things we set out to do in Georgia. Trent took his test and I packed the house. Boy, did I pack. I stayed so busy Wednesday trying to get it all done. Thank you to my family for all your help, could not have done it without you all !!  Thank you!! My sister will have to finish what I did not have time to do.

Maw-Maw and Pa took us to the train station. We did have an extra passenger traveling with us. Our friend, Megan wanted to see Washington DC. She is a homeschooler and her family thought it would be a great time for her to visit our Nation’s Capital. She will be staying with us the remainder of our time here in Maryland. The boys are enjoying having a friend and I’m enjoying have a girl around the house.

We had a great trip. Slept better this time and then had breakfast in the dinning car. When we arrived at Union Station in DC we hit the town showing Megan all the exciting places DC has to offer.

Our train ride home

On January 20, Trent had to be back in Georgia for his 8th grade writing test. We had planned that the boys and I would take the train, Amtrak, to Ga and that Johnny would come pick us up the following weekend. We had two goals in mind traveling to Ga to accomplish. One, the test and two, pack up our house. My sister will be renting it while we are traveling around the USA. Our goal was to pack it up and store all the 'stuff'' that we are not using. I have really learned that we can live without so much 'stuff''. Seeing our neighbors around here living in these small apartments, only having what they need, or what will fit in, makes me realize that I have tooooo much. I have so much. I have enough to fill this small apartment and a big house back in Georgia. -TOO MUCH- So I was kinda glad to get rid of some of all the junk I have back home.


The boys loved the train ride.

It was a very fun experience, Bryson said that daddy being there would had made it perfect.

.....Sunday Afternoon downtown

........New Year at the top

We have started the year off with last minute trips to the sites that we have not seen yet. The first of these is the Washington Monument. We have not had a chance to go to the top. So we made time to do just that

this first week of January 2010.

The monument is a total of 555 feet high. We took the elevator 500 feet high to the observation windows. At this point there are windows looking out at North, South, East, and West. We could see all of Washington DC. It was a pretty cool site. The boys loved spotting the different landmarks of DC. We rode the elevator back down at the 490 foot mark. Only took about 5 minutes.

We have just about a month left up here and want to squeeze in a few more things.

We still have the National Archives, and the Library of Congress, just to name a few. And we are still waiting on an invitation to have dinner with the president. Ha Ha lol.

It could happen!!

.......Christmas with the Jones Family

The Jones Family consists of my mom, Sara; my dad Fred; my sisters, Paulette, and Little Beth and my nephew Korbin. My nephew Chase also joined them on this trip.  The whole family traveled from south Ga up north to spend Christmas with us. It was a long drive up for them but an even longer drive back home.

They arrived on Monday evening. My nephew Korbin was very excited to see the left over snow. That night we had the traditional Christmas dinner, cooked by me, Vicky. It was lots of work but super fun to cook the whole turkey thing and all. Guess what?? My turkey did not have the gizzard pack stuffed in it’s rear. I looked and looked for that little packet of guts and never did find it. I was jibed; I should have taken the thing back and gotten a new one.

Anyway, we ate and then participated in the long anticipated tradition of opening gifts. The kids were ready !! They had a ball ripping open gifts. Santa was very good to all. And I am thankful for what I received. The boys loved their gifts, especially the Mario game for the Wii. Thank you !!!!

On Tuesday we headed downtown to see the sites. Our goal was to find all items featured in the movie “Night at the Museum". We hit 3 of the Smithsonians, we stopped by the National Christmas Tree, saw the White House, Lincoln Memorial, and Washington Memorial. We packed a lot into just a few hours.

Yes it was cold. That’s why we are all wrapped up. But the faster we walked the warmer we were. Glad my family was able to see the sites in DC !!

They returned home on Wednesday.

.........Christmas time in New York City

We just love heading off to the big city of New York. The boys save their money, ready to spend it at the world’s largest Toy’s R Us store. On this trip we had on our list to see;

-Statue of Liberty, -Ground Zero, -China Town, -Rockefeller Tree, and whatever else we could squeeze in.

We started the day off with a trip to Battery Park. We road the Staten Island Fairy to get a closer look at Lady Liberty. We did not get to go to Ellis Island, due to it being the holidays and people were everywhere, but we will be going back to do this. From here we walked to see Ground Zero, where there was lots of work going on. They are currently turning the site into a park memorial.

By this time it was lunch and our favorite thing to eat while in New York is New York Pizza. So we stopped for a slice. It was soooooo good, and one slice fills the boys up. We had to skip China town on this trip. The day was getting late and the boys wanted to stop by the M & M store. While at the M & M store we spent $30 on 2 bags of the wonderful candy. It was our snack on the way home that evening. And the two bags did last us quite a while.

We also went by to see the big tall-lighted tree at the Rockefeller center. It is an awesome site to see. We also went into the NBC studio while there. To finish the day off we road the New York Subway back to our parked car.

Great day at a great time of the year. There is just nothing like going into the city with the buzz of Christmas.