Monday Morning Ramblings (the picture version)

Friday we traveled to Mount Vernon to meet up with my friend Kelli who's family were in DC for the week.

Kelli and I met back in 2004 after forming a friendship online at a Disney planning website. Over the years our family has gotten together and have formed a really special bond. Kelli has not only become a great friend and prayer partner but she is my soul sista! It had been a few years since we were able to get together (our last visit was back in March of 2007) in person so we spent most of the trip giggling according to my daughter Quisha. LOL

We had a great time touring Mount Vernon. George Washington had a pretty decent spread of land! Surprisingly we got a lot of stares (even before Kelli and her family arrived). I'm guessing from the looks that not many blacks visit the area, which is a shame because there is a lot of history to be learned from visiting different historical sites even if that history is tainted by slavery! Just as I believe its important that my children see this side of history I would hope that others would be just as willing to expose their children to the historic sites of Blacks and Indians! 

I love this picture that Kelli took of us on the Potomac. I thought it was neat that this same river flows down to my hometown. I can't swim a lick by I have loved the water since I was young; there is just something about it that helps to soothe my soul. We had a great trip, and it was just what we needed to kick the Fathers Day weekend off!

Saturday we attended a graduation party for my girlfriend Teresa's daughter. We have watched her grow up over the years and I still can't get over the fact that she is now heading off to college! Neither can our daughters who were both babysitters for her and her siblings when they were teens! I think Quisha and Nicki aged just a bit this weekend! LOL

Marc did a great job with his sermon on Sunday. It was titled "I Can Count On Dad"! Having never known my own biological father, I am so grateful for the men that God placed in my life to act as mentors, and for the loving father that he has provided for my children.....but I am especially grateful for the personal relationship I have with my heavenly father! He is the one that I know I can count on daily!