I love to see the Temple

We went to Washington DC for a weekend to visit the kid and grandkids. We stayed at a nice airBnB in Alexandria. I wanted to go to the Temple to see the festival of lights. I haven't been there during Christmas time in over 30 years. It is such an amazingly beautiful sight. I wanted to take both boys, but everyone had the flu. Poor Marcus wanted to go anyway. Maybe next year we can try again. They are going to have to relocate, but THANK GOD they are only going to move to Ft. Belvoir. That will put them about 20 minutes closer to me! I'm just thrilled they aren't going to California or Alaska. I want to keep my family within driving distance. We're looking forward to a very quiet Christmas this year.

More pictures of the boys

Early Thanksgiving Celebration

My daughter, her husband and the boys came to town. We met up with my son and his boys at Morehead Planetarium for a fun presentation on Sun, Earth and Moon. As we were leaving, James T. said to the student presenter "Thank you for teaching us about the solar system." He's SO cute! We had lunch in Carrboro at Weaver Street Market. The next day we met at Lake Michael for a picnic, even though it was a bit chilly. The boys didn't seem to mind. They got to feed the ducks and there was even a bunch of ducklings, which I thought was kind of weird for this time of year.