It's been an interesting weekend. I have an Air Force Company Grade Officers Professional Development Conference in D.C., starting tomorrow, so Jen and I flew in on Friday and drove down to SOMD for the weekend. The traffic is worse than I remember (!), and the East Coast is lusher and greener than I remembered! What a contrast to Wyoming!!! After the High Plains, Maryland feels positively "jungle-y"! We stayed with friends for the weekend, and we were very well treated. Thanks to the Dardens, who graciously opened their home up to us and anyone who wanted to visit. Bill hosted an Axis and Allies game Friday night (which I actually won!!!), as well as tons of people. Saturday morning, Bill and Barb managed to keep the boys from banging on drums like they wanted to, and Jen and I slept in a little while. Tina came over, and we talked, and then went to see the boys' soccer games. Afterwards, about 8 gazillion people came over to the Dardens, and the last one left around 10:30 p.m. We ate 5 Guys Burgers and Fries for supper (fiveguys.com), which we had both had a craving for, and just visited all night long. It was really nice. We had not realized how much we missed our circle of friends in Maryland, many of whom have children close to the same age as ours! It was really an amazing day of reconnecting with some great people (including several of "my" teens).
On Sunday, we attended Leonardtown Baptist Church and heard a really good sermon. The service itself was phenomenal (http://leonardtownbaptist.org/). It was strange, to say the least, to see so many of our good friends there instead of Lexington Park Baptist. It's quite saddening to see how LPB has gone down, especially for a church which had so much potential.
All in all, it was a really nice weekend. Great hospitality, neat people, beautiful countryside, warm church--very refreshing. Now, what did we do with the girls? Well, they went down to Aunt Mel's in Colorado Springs, where they mucked stables, rode horses, saw a new foal, played with 4-wheelers--in short, they had a very "rough" time. Mel brought them back to the house tonight, where Jen will meet them.
So, you're caught up now. Have a great week!
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3 comments:
Sounds like you had a good trip, have fun in DC.
-C
just a taste of what heaven will be like when we all get back together for eternity!
And when will your travels take you to Indiana? We're quite lush here and there's NO traffic!
It was good to see you guys this weekend. Seemed like you never left. Have a GREAT WEEK!
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