Our last "hoorah" with the Sanfords

We are visiting the Sanfords in DC for Easter weekend.  They leave on May 7th for their one year tour in India...we hope only 1 year?  So we are trying to get in as much family time as we can before they leave.  You would have thought that we were going to Disney World as excited as my children have been.  For the past week, we have had the count down every day,"How many days left?  Can we pack today?"  Stevens was the really lucky one.  She got to drive back to DC with Tata and Scott last Sunday.  Her spring break was this week.  She came to "help babysit" so that Tata could start packing and getting ready.  

Mom, Dad, and I drove up with Molly and George on Wed.  We made it in just over 6 hours with 2 stops...Dad says that is b/c I was going 90 the whole way...not true!  The speed limit is 70 most of the way, so you can make great time.  

Brian is at home with our new child, Jack.  He is our 12 week old puppy.  Big Lew babysat for us yesterday while Brian was at work.  Thank you Big Lew.  Brian and Jack are coming up today as soon as Brian can get away.  We are all very excited to see Jack...we have missed his crazy self.

Pop really took one for the team today.  He got up at 6:30, rode the Metro into the city, and got in line for tickets to the Washington Monument.  He waited in line until after 9:00.  When he got to the ticket window they said that they did not have 6 tickets left for today!  They were able to give him 2 tickets for 3:00, 1 for 3:30, and 1 for 4:00.  So Kathryne and I took Stevens and George up at 3:00.  (We kind of cheated.  We put our stack of four tickets together with the 2 for 3:00 on top.)   Anyway, we were first in line for the 3:00 group.  It was really neat.  It turned out to be a beautiful day, so we could see all the sites from the top...Lincoln Memorial, Capital, White House, Mall, Jefferson Memorial, and all of the Museums.  Our driver, Pop, dropped us off, parked, and waited for us to come back.  He is so good.  

We are back at the house now.  Molly just woke up from her nap, George is playing in the back yard by himself, and Stevens is helping with Scotty.

Tata is feeling a little overwhelmed so I am going to try and help.  You know "warm and fuzzy" is not my strong suit....but I can organize!  :)