Mt. Vernon

Today we visited Mt. Vernon. It was a wonderful family trip. It has been a VERY LONG time since we have done something as a family (besides gardening). I had to take a picture of this flower. Their flower garden was beautiful. There were quite a few lamb. Rachel fell in love with this little black one. The guy standing behind her thought it was about to lick her face. It was so cute.

Overlooking the Potomac River. Man this place was beautiful.

Here is George Washington. On the way to the Mt. Vernon Don was asking the kids what they knew about Pres. Washington. The older three knew quite a bit. Then Zach said: George Washington is my favorite president. Don agreed and said it was probably his favorite president too. Then Mayah popped in with "Jesus is my favorite". CUTE.

Here is where he is buried.

Here is George and Martha. :) (Caleb and Rachel)




This picture is for you Dad. Don wanted me to take this for you. He thinks this might work a bit better than your smoker. This is the smoke house. Below you will see what is inside.

Here they are smoking ....um something...I guess you can see a few fish there.

Mayah started getting tired and Zach offered (without being asked) to give her a piggy back. Other than that small ride she walked the rest of the way. And we walked alot.







In front of the tour ship. We didn't take this tour but we wanted a picture in front of it anyway. In front of the Potomac River.

This is Don's favorite painting (one of them anyway).







We really wanted to go inside his house but the line was soooooooooooo long. We had already walked the grounds and by this time the kids were tired. We knew that if we waited in line it would probably cause some grumpy kids.

Don was taking a picture of the kids and I and some people offered to take a family picture. I am very grateful they did. MAN....look how many stairs we can cover.











Here is a replica of George Washingtons house. It was soooooo cool. Part of the house would open up and you could see the beds, stairs and the set up of his house. That was the best we were going to get to seeing inside the house.

A cute little area to stop and rest.
Don loves history so anytime he can teach the kids about it he is right there. This made is so much nicer to teach as we actually got to see everything and experience it first hand. We took our food and snacks with us and made it a day trip. It was a very impressive place. The kids had fun and they learned alot and were very well behaved. Now I don't think it could get better than that.