Our first visitor was Tessa Smith. Tessa flew in to Baltimore to attend a Leadership conference in DC. I was able to meet her at the airport (despite horrendous traffic on the way to Baltimore) and spend about 1/2 hour with her. Tessa was nice enough to let me hang out with her, even though it was probably embarrassing for her.
Holly and Tessa
On Monday, I ate lunch with Sandie McCray. I met Sandie somewhere in Virginia, at some mall. Couldn't tell you which mall, or which direction. I plugged an address in, gripped the wheel and drove. (I am so reliant on my stinky GPS, I can't even get out of Capitol Hill without it, and I never know which direction I am driving). Capitol Hill traffic is not so bad, but going anywhere else is still tricky for me.
It was so lovely to see Sandie, and fun to catch up on Faith Formation happenings and other Viso stuff. We had a really nice long meal, and visited for hours!
Last Wednesday we had our first official visitors to our new pad - the Sarsons (minus Julie : ( ). Dave, his Mom Marcella, and the kids met us at our house, and we walked all over Capitol Hill. We ended up in Lincoln Park for a typical kids versus adults game of kickball. It was fun that Grammy Marcella played and helped the adults kick butt!
We went to dinner at a place called Matchbox - a hip place on 8th street. The kids sat in a booth by themselves, behaved perfectly, and even organized themselves and ordered on their own. I could tell the waiter was not excited about serving a group of rowdy kids, but they were so great, he told us after dinner that they were the best behaved kids. What a compliment considering that my 3 rowdy boys + Jay Sarson could have been a disaster. No food hurled, no hitting, no fighting. It was great. Maybe it was the long walk and the kickball/football that wore them down and kept them submissive.
Unfortunately, I did not take a single picture. I am bummed about that. However, better than a picture of our sweaty mugs, Kara Sarson sent us this picture the next day. It is amazing!!!
Our new good luck charm
We printed it out, and we carry it with us to watch the Jayhawks play.
Rock Chalk Jayhawk! Thanks Kara!!!!
Tessa was thrilled to see you, Holly, and ended up having a fantastic time in DC last week. It was good enough to erase the memory of the "Purple Tunnel of Doom" inauguration experience. She spent her last night in Baltimore, which she loves like a second home.
ReplyDeleteThanks for making the trip to come greet her, hopefully we'll see you again for a reunion in May for Bruce!
Rob
Hi Holly, Gerred, Harrison, Quin, Hollis---
ReplyDeleteYour blog is great. It's nice to see pics of you all. I am looking at your blog from Park City, Utah where I am vacationing with the Smiths (and my dad). We were thinking of you all last night also as we watched the Jayhawks go down (insert frowny face here!) I sure hope you all are doing well. Soon springtime will come to DC and I'm sure it will be just beautiful. We have had gorgeous weather here in UT. Fresh snow a few days ago just in time for our arrival, and now they are calling for more tomorrow. I have to go home, but the rest of the crew are here til Tues.
Well, my friends, know that I am thinking of you and as always, wishing you all the best.
Your friend, Beth