Tuesday, December 2, 2008

30 November 2008 - Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, we went to Reston, Virginia to spend the holiday with our friends Jenni and Ed Guzman. The drive down was pretty treacherous, in a blizzard and in the dark. Lots of cars were sliding off the road, but Joanne's car is a monster in the snow. We were only going 15 mph for a while, but we made it through. That was important too, because we had pressing work to get to when we got there.On Wednesday we were able to attend the Washington D.C. temple, and then go out for Ethiopian food with Jerry, Danae and Calista.
On Thanksgiving morning, we took everyone ice skating. This is Jenni with her boys, Noe (in the yellow coat), and Asher.Jessica's a natural skater. She raced me around the rink several times.
The younger girls are pretty good skaters too, but stick a little closer to mommy.
And sometimes they still crash.This is a shot of the girls in front of the Reston Town Center Christmas Tree, on the plaza just outside the skating rink.On Friday we got to go to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. I had never been to this new one near Dulles Airport. It's awesome.On the way home, we stopped in Leesburg, Virginia to visit Joanne's cousin Jeremy and his family. This is Madeline with Jeremy's daughter Kora. Our kids love playing with the Goeckeritz kids.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Matt & family