Welcome to our "new blog." We have officially moved to Maryland and having more than one bathroom is truly as wonderful as we all imagined. We are also eager to get going on our list of "must sees" while we are living so close to our nations capital. Seth is working at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda for 3-5 years so we have time to do it all. We love staying connected with family and friends through blogging so thanks for stopping by!



Monday, January 2, 2012

Graham Cracker houses and the National Tree!

We continued our tradition of making graham cracker houses every Christmas Eve Eve. The Halgrens and Lees joined us for the fun and I think we finally learned from all of our mistakes so the decorating was enjoyable (we didn’t preform the houses in advance last year and it was impossible to get them to stay up).  Lucy missed Henry who was home sick with Scarlett Fever (and his dad) but everybody who came had a grand time decorating and playing.

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James should have received an award for “best construction.” His house included a sleigh and Rudolph made out of candy!

 

On Christmas Eve morning, we ventured into the city to take a look of the National Christmas tree. The weather was beautiful and it was strange to think it was Christmas eve with the blue skies and green grass.  The tree was a little disappointing and reminded me of something out of “Whoville.” The real fun was the large train set they had at the base of the tree. Our boys could have stayed all day to watch the trains. They also have 50 plus trees surrounding the National Tree that are decorated for each state. We enjoyed finding all the state trees we had connections to. 

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L-The tree and Washington Monument   R- Us in front of the White House.

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1 comment:

  1. We know Lindsay!! You'll have to tell her hello from us. Jon and I were good friends with her at BYU!!

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