Monticello

Jeff and I had the blessing of spending a couple of days in Virginia a couple of weeks ago. My friend, Julie braved watching all of our kids and both sets of my parents helped as well.

It was a wonderful time to get away as we had not really had time to process all that was going to change due to our decision to stay in the States for now, and we just needed some down time.

Virginia is beautiful with its gentle rolling hills, vast country side and southern hospitality. We stayed in a bed and breakfast where we just hid away in the afternoons in our room and feasted on delicious breakfasts in the mornings.

Here are some pictures of Monticello - Thomas Jefferson's life long work. It was an amazing place to walk through - especially his gardens. He also worked on some interesting inventions. Jeff wondered how one man was able to do so much (i.e. he wrote down every single plant that he planted and how it grew, and the weather and temperature every single day for about 40+ years.) I reminded him that he owned many, many slaves and he must have been good at designating.

Strange how he wrote in the constitution that all men were equal and had the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, yet he was never able to come to the point to free his own slaves.