(Jenn) What better way to celebrate President's Day than taking a voyage to a dead U.S. president's home? And it wasn't just any dead U.S. president's home -- it was Thomas Jefferson's! Ben has a very limited number of days off (at least compared to the student's life of luxury we were used to), so we're really trying to take advantage of whatever we get. We left Sunday right after church and drove down to Richmond, VA to stay with my cousin Paige and her family. Her husband, Bubba, is finishing dental school this spring, and we wanted to visit them before they moved back to Utah. After six hours in the car, we arrived to a glorious Sunday dinner with family -- something we had taken for granted for 24 years. It was really fun to just spend a Sunday evening with family, even if it took six hours to get there! We had a great time with their three kids, and Henry was in Heaven with automatic friends.
On Monday we drove another hour to Monticello, which is the home of Thomas Jefferson. We toured the home, which is beautiful and very interesting. Unfortunately, the grounds are not as gorgeous in February as they are supposed to be during the spring and fall, but we could imagine what it would look like. After the house tour, we zipped back home to get to bed before another week of work started. It was a quick trip (probably a little too quick -- we spent 13 hours of the trip in the car and 19 hours out of the car), but it was fun!
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One of my favorite spots back east! I hope you guys loved all his inventions. It looks like you guys have been having a lot of fun traveling around. I hope Henry is a great car traveler. Miss you guys.
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