Some landscaping 2009

Steven has been busy fixing an area of our yard. While I was gone back East, he cut down the "70's bushes" on the corner of our lot (not known to me). It hasn't been easy with all the rain we have had.

Boston/D.C. Trip June 2009

Sunday, May 31st, headed for Boston with 26 other social studies teachers from Madison School District. (Thanks to a Federal Grant we can share our experience and new found information with our students).

DAY 1 - Arrived in Boston at 4:30 pm. Used the Metro to get to the hotel. Looked around the city some (Harvard University) and went to bed.

DAY 2 - Went on the Freedom Trail (walked a lot) - including 298 stairs up the Bunker Hill monument. Went back to hotel for an hour and went on a Historical Ghost Tour of Boston that night.

DAY 3 - Went to Concord, Lexington and Plimouth Village (Mayflower II) - Cape Code.

DAY 4 - Went to Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox Baseball Field) Tour - oldest active stadium in U.S. Caught a plane to D.C. Bad weather and troubles with plane - landed in Baltimore. Had to take a van to D.C.. Arrived late and went to bed.

DAY 5 - Went to Capitol, Supreme Court, Library of Congress, Arlington Cemetery and Pentagon 9/11 memorial. Then went and saw all the monuments at night (back to hotel after midnight). Pouring Rain all day.

DAY 6 - Went to Newseum (really great museum about the history of news). Claudia and I made a news video (SEE VIDEO ABOVE) Flew home. Pouring rain all day.

Memorial Day 2009

We spent the weekend and memorial day with Michelle, Kyle and Brayden in Utah. It was great seeing them and as always they did a great job entertaining us!