Kent and I were so happy when we learned that Tyler and Rachel's family would be coming to visit us in December. There are always cool things to do in Virginia, and especially at Christmas time!
As my Christmas gift Rachel had made a very special artwork that I put right up on the wall of my piano room. I love it! They gave it to me as soon as they arrived.
The day after the Carsons arrived they went to the Zoo Lights display at the National Zoo.
While I was giving piano lessons they drove up to DC and met Kent after work to go to the zoo.
The next morning we went to the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
It was decorated for Christmas inside.
Granddad and I tried to keep the kids occupied so their mom and dad could look around the museum. Kids always love to go fishing in the children's area.
Looks like Tyler found some interesting reading material.
Here's everyone chill-axing in another children's area.
Sylvia was pretty good about letting me hold her.
Another day we went to the playground. Sylvia did some swinging with Granddad.
As you can see the weather was very mild and we hardly needed coats.
Andrew did some jogging with his mom to burn off some energy.
This was a sweet brother-sister moment between Andrew and Sylvia.
Kent is always happy to have some young muscle around to help him with yard work,
so he put Tyler and Andrew to work.
Andrew liked feeling like one of the big boys.
We women folk came out to give them moral support.
Time at Grandma and Granddad's house always includes lots of book reading.
Sylvia was a good sport about getting her hair put up.
Andrew and Sylvia playing with the vintage Fisher Price toys we saved from when our kids were little.
Kent and I had been asked to present a musical number at the ward Christmas party, and Rachel and Tyler graciously agreed to do it with us.
Tyler and Kent did a rhythm cup routine
while Rachel and I played "Sleigh Ride" as a duet on the piano. It was really fun to play a piano duet with Rachel. She's so good that we didn't even have to practice that much together. (She didn't see the music until they came Virginia.)
I can't figure out how to make this go the right direction, and the recording is blurry at the beginning, but at least it's an idea of how our number went.
The next day we went to the National Cemetery at Quantico to help lay wreaths on the graves as part of the "Wreaths across America" program.
Andrew had a bit of a melt-down, but that's what two-year-olds do!
The graves look so nice with the wreaths on them.
You can see it was another unseasonably warm day.
We made some Christmas cookies and had Andrew help us roll them out and cut out the shapes.
Then he helped to frost the cookies.
I thought this was a cute picture of Andrew and Granddad, looking at pictures on the computer together.
On Sunday evening we went to see the lights at the DC Temple.
Andrew liked the life-sized nativity.
Inside the Visitor's Center.
This is another pretty view.
After we got home we had Christmas a bit early and opened some presents. Here's Andrew with the car caddy I made for him.
He really liked playing with the little cars.
Tyler gave Kent and himself a smart watch.
This is Sylvia wearing the same Christmas outfit that Andrew wore on his first Christmas.
Here's Sylvia with the Christmas stocking I made for her.
We had such a fun, fun time with the Colorado Carsons and were sad to see them leave!
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