{Visitors}

We had some visitors for the last couple of weeks.  My parents came in time for Meysa's baptism on the 19th and then stayed through Thanksgiving and a little after that too.  The day after Thanksgiving we set off to show them some sights.  It ended up being a gorgeous day with temps in the 60's.  We couldn't have asked for a better day!!  Our first stop was the Metro station.  They got a crash course on how it works and we were off to downtown to show my Dad the Air and Space museum.  My dad who loves to fly, probably could have spent hours in that place if it wasn't for us.  Ryan and I had been to it before but the kids hadn't.  The older kids were into it but the younger kids realy could have cared less.  Wyatt pretty much wanted to run everywhere.  I really wanted at best a shock collar, at worst a harness to keep track of him.  We had a stroller but he refused to sit in it.  Some times it isn't so much fun taking him places.  :)  After the museum we went out to the Mall area and had lunch and then Grandma spoiled the kids and let them ride the carousel.  The kids of course loved it and Grandma won some good brownie points with the kids.  We decided after that to walk down to the WWII memorial. On the way to the memorial, we found a really cool tree to climb and my kids took full advantage of it.  Ayden climbed to the top, Meysa got almost there and Lauryn used the tree as a place to pose for the camera.  Wyatt took a cue from Lauryn and thought he would strike a pose as well.  Funny kids!!   My Mom's Dad fought in the war as a Marine gunner on board the USS Enterprise.  It was neat for them to see the Memorial.  We had wanted to go to the Lincoln memorial but it was a ways from the WWII memorial and our kids were done. So we headed back to the metro stop to make our way back home.  It was a wonderful day, but we had more planned for the next day....Arlington National Cemetery!!