Fredericksburg

On Saturday some friends and I took a little historical day trip down to Fredericksburg. We sure couldn't have picked a better day for it, it was a beautiful warm spring day. We started by vistiting the Battlefield of Fredericksburg. We got to see 'The Sunken Road', which was basically a dividing line between the North and South during the Civil War. We also got to see the Confederate Cemetery. There are a lot of unknown graves there. Ashley and I had some fun with cannon!

On the Battlefield there was the Innis House, where Martha Stevens lived during the Battle of Fredericksburg and refused to leave. We were lucky to be able to go inside the house because it is closed 95% of the year. The house is the original and you can see where bullets went through the house during the battle. It was really cool!

After touring the Battlefield we had a nice little picnic lunch by the Rappahanock River, walked around the little town and then went to Mary Washington's House, which is the house that George bought for his mother after she lost her husband. She was determined that she could look after herself so he bought and fixed up a nice house for her that close to some of her other children so they could look in on her. She passed away in that house not too long after she gave George a blessing when he became president. It was a very beautiful house.

What better way to end a fabulous sight-seeing day than by stopping at the local ice cream parlor for some amazing homemade ice cream? If that isn't enough for you, how about stopping at the Super Walmart on the way back? It is sad when going to Walmart becomes one of the 'must see' places to stop and visit. I sure took that for granted living in Logan!!

Happy Pi(e) Day!

March 14 (3.14) marked the day of Pi and what better way to celebrate than with pie? Plus it is a great excuse to have a party. My roommates and I were very excited about this party and Sunday afternoon was filled with baking for the occasion (I made a quadruple-berry pie). We also encouraged guests to bring their favorite pie if they desired. We sent out an Evite to a huge chunk of the ward and some of our good friends outside of it. I could not believe how many people actually showed up (my guess is probably around 70)! Our house was practically busting at the seams, both our kitchen and living room were filled with people and more people kept coming. People must really like pie! I have to say that I was very happy with the turnout, I got to meet and associate with a lot of great people! I am so grateful for the wonderful friendships that I have made out here, everyone is super great!! My only regret is that we didn't have more pie...

These aren't the best pictures for showing how crowded it was, I took these more toward the end.