A Lovely Spring Visit!

This past week, we were lucky enough to have my mom come visit!  Yet another wonderful visit that we didn't want to end.  Here are some photos from our adventures...

One of my favorite parts of my mom coming to visit, is that she spends 3 days with my class!  It's something that she used to do every once and a while, when I worked for West Irondequoit, so it's pretty awesome that we're continuing the tradition down here in VA.  Plus, the kids LOVE it!  

p.s. trying to get 20 children, on a Friday, to face forward and smile is quite the challenge, as you can see.

 On Thursday evening, we stopped at Wegmans (love) and picked up all the necessary ingredients to make my moms delicious sauce!  

Proof.

Every evening at 6pm, The Kennedy Center has a free show!  We have been saying, for a very long time now, that we'd like to check one out.  So, on Friday night we made our way over to the lovely venue to listen to the impressive music of The Mike Dillon Band!  

p.s. The Millennium stage, which is where the free shows are held, is located right outside of the Eisenhower Theater - where we got ENGAGED! 

Speaking of Engagements...guess what we witnessed after the show!?  That's right, another couple got engaged, this time in the foyer of the Opera House!  The guy hired (we actually think he may be a music teacher and work with the kids - the way he was taking to them led us to assume so) an acapella group to sing to them during and after it happened.  It definitely brought back happy memories - it's safe to say tears were welling up in my eyes. 

*sigh*

The next morning we woke up early to get tickets to Fords Theater.  FYI - if you're ever looking to visit the theater in the Spring, get your tickets early!  Between the Cherry Blossom crowds and overwhelming amount of school trips, the tickets are a hot commodity!  

Isn't this a great photo?!

We made it!  

Such a great shot of the Presidential box where Lincoln was assassinated, compliments of photographer, Wesley D. Juliano. ;)  

We were able to catch the show, One Destiny, which recounts the events leading up to the assassination from the perspective of 2 men who were at the theater that very day - Harry Ford (theater owner) and Harry Hawk (actor in the show that was playing that night). 

Where else would we go while in that neighborhood, but District of Pi??  Mmmmm, mmmmm, good!

All-in-all, it was another wonderful visit!  Can't wait to be together again in just a few weeks!!