This past weekend we went to Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson. We had a great time exploring the house and having fun.

Christian in front of the capital building in Williamsburg. A lot of important moments in American history took place here.

cute picture of Mary in Williamsburg

We went to this amazing plantation, Shirley, that was founded in 1650. Robert E. Lee lived here for a time as a kid, and Thomas Jefferson and George Washington spent time here as well. The inside of the house was cool, and there was even a polo field with people playing when we visited.

This is Christian standing in front of a replica of a settlement founded in 1611. It's right outside Richmond.

We went back to SVU for a funeral of one of Mary's teammates. It was a hard day for everybody, but it was nice to see old friends and teammates and talk about good times on the team. The girls in the picture were on the very first SVU soccer team.

We stopped at SVU on our way to Richmond so that Mary could show me her old school and hangouts. The buildings were really neat, and we had a great time. Here's Mary outside the main building.

this was a cool old cabin on the blue ridge parkway.

on the road...

Temple Square

Today Mary, Emily, Ramie and I went to Temple Square. My sister, Carly, works in the archives department repairing old books, and she gave us a special tour. She showed us some incredible items! We saw and touched three actual sheets of the original hand-written manuscript of the Book of Mormon. These were the sheets that Joseph Smith dictated to Martin Harris, not a copy, or the printers' copy. It was amazing. We also saw a Book of Mormon that belonged to Elvis Presley. It was interesting looking through it because Elvis had written comments through it, he even wrote in one part that Lisa (his daughter) needed this church. They showed us some other really interesting things that they had in the archives. It was a really neat experience. Afterward, we went to PF Changs for lunch, and that was delicious. Well, thats all for now....

Mary and me in front of the Temple

The girls