Our Weekend

Yesterday Corey and I took Pat to the airport in the afternoon as he is going to be gone for a week to Africa.  I always try to think of some fun things to do to help the time go a little quicker when Pat has to be gone for a week or two.  We have been so blessed with amazing weather here.  I don't know if this is typical weather for the D.C. Metro area, if it is, I am happy to be somewhere that gets chilly, but not down right cold.  We have had some very nice warm afternoons here and the first 2 days in December have been so very nice in the afternoon.  Yesterday we went to Frying Pan Park.  It is a Fairfax County park, but they have horses and other farm animals.  They have a carousel and they were doing a hay ride, s'mores, there were seniors singing Christmas carols in santa hats.  Santa was there.  It was just a nice, fun time out in the country.  Best of all, it was a really cheap, fun afternoon.  I can see going there for more events in the future.  It was really quite close to the airport, so it was very handy yesterday to add that to our plans.  After we got done, we went to the Macaroni Grill for dinner.  I am not sure if that was a wise food choice for me as I am trying to get rid of some extra weight I have put on in the last 6 months.  I tried to make the best food choice I could and enjoy my time with Corey.

Today we went to church, we go to the 9:30 AM service which works quite well for our family.  We typically don't sleep in, so I love having this earlier option.  This afternoon Corey and I went to George Washington's Estate in Mount Vernon.  We have been there one other time and we had bought a year long pass for each of us when we went the first time.  It is beautiful and peaceful there.  They have some Christmas Trees decorated up very pretty that are on display for a short time, so I felt like it would be a great chance to go and enjoy the nice weather and see the Christmas decor.  While we were there, we saw a camel.

I think the camel is a special visitor during the Christmas season.  I do not remember seeing him before.

This is a short blog post today, but I am thrilled we got out and enjoyed the weather yesterday and today and only spent a whopping $9 total between the two adventures.  I think we did pretty good!  I was appalled that a drink at Mount Vernon, just a 20 oz fountain drink cost $3, but we had been walking around quite a bit and Corey was really quite thirsty. 

Thanks for stopping by to read my blog.  I will be typing away throughout the week, so feel free to stop by and see what we have been doing.