Monticello

Monticello

The view standing in one of the beautiful gardens

The Jefferson cemetery

A day in Williamsburg

Wednesday we spent the day Williamsburg.

Here are some of us taking a rest on a warm afternoon.

A picture of a garden

The Silver smith

Erik

The Goveners Palace

The front of the palace.

a table set for dessert

and the wonderful gardens

Jamestown Island and Jamestown Settelment

We spent Thursday first at Jamestown Island, and then at Jamestown Settlement.
In the morning it was cold an there was a few drops of rain, but by afternoon it cleared up.

Evin, Eleanor, Maggie, Stuart, and Erik, trying out a canoe.

One of the boats. (look at all those ropes can you imagine sailing that)

The Church at Jamestown Island.

The John Smith statue.

the younger kids by a cannon

Stuart, his yoke is easy, and his burden was light.

Evin, Josiah, and Stuart, friends and defenders of the faith

Maggie and a maggie sized armor

Fort Pocahontas

Friday and Saturday we spent at Fort Pocahontas. Where there was balloon rides, bugs, good speakers, music, and lots of people.

We saw the Children's monument unveiled and the time capsule laid in the ground Friday afternoon.

And the guys where able to do the reenactment of the Second Virgina Convention that night
(I must say they all look very nice in their wigs:)

Saturday night all of the Jamestown Quadricentnnial celebrations where finished with fireworks

Little "Maggster"

Here are a few pictures of the youngest in our family.
The other day Evin was looking out his collection of Baseball caps
and Maggie was modeling them for him.

Stuart and Eleanor got into the hair stuff and where trying to see how many headbands they could put on Maggie

Maggie showing the new face that her "big bwrother" Grant taught her.