The Greater Washington Tour

We gave my parents the Whirlwind Tour of the Greater Washington Area this past weekend! We had such a good time with them and we really enjoy it when they come to hang out with us. Jason and I took Friday off from work (the final version of my bill passed on Thursday, yay!), and we drove to Shenandoah National Park for a spin on Skyline Drive. Unfortunately, after a week of hard rain, the leaves were past their prime, but it was still a pretty fabulous view.

Saturday we went the other direction-- to Maryland and across the Bay Bridge for some crab. And boy, did we have crab! We ordered a dozen crabs AND the big seafood platter filled with mussels, shrimp, and disgusting-looking soft shelled clams with long necks sticking out of their shells. Crab eating is hard work, and after a couple hours of hammering away at the shells we were either too full or too exhausted to eat more and came home with lots of leftovers!

Mom and I dressed up as Mother-Daughter Bobsie Twins for Halloween and spent a little time helping out at our church's Trunk or Treat event. We loved having Mom and Dad come to church and Sunday school with us on Sunday morning. Jason recently started teaching a series on the spiritual disciplines, using Richard Foster's Celebration of Disciplines as the starting point, and it is awesome. It's exciting to watch our friends stretch themselves with us! Last night we also went to see Much Ado About Nothing at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Um, favorite Shakespeare play ever, and it was absolutely fabulous. I kind of want to go again. Or at least watch the movie a few times this week.

I love love love it when my parents come to play. Dad helped Jason with some woodworking, gave great gardening advice (as usual), and even sharpened our knives for us, and Mom and I had our long-anticipated chocolate molten cake at Chili's accompanied by long talks. And the best part is that we get to see them again in only a few weeks when we are in Idaho for Christmas!