We decided to visit the Civil War battle field called, "Bull Run". This is a monument to Andrew "Stone Wall" Jackson. Bernice and I are with our son-in-law, Kent Hamilton and Sarah Jones, our grandson David's wife. The two little ones are Olivia and Ann. David is working on his doctorate in Michigan. They drove down to D.C. to visit his mother, Debra, our daughter. We made this visit on June 13, 2011.

Here we are with David and Sarah Jones with their two little girls, Olivia and Ann. We took this picture just before going to church, Sunday, June 12, 2011. Today is June 15, so we will be returning to Arizona day after tomorrow. We have enjoyed seen many places in Washington District of Colombia. There are still a few more we haven't seen.

We feel fortunate to have four of our grandchildren close enough in Mesa, Arizona, to be able to visit with them regularly. This picture was taken on December 29, 2011, the day of Michelles wedding. Chad is kneeling. Jeniffer is at the left, then Tiffany, Michelle and to the right is Rachel. They are son Randall's children. They are really good to us.

The statue on the right is of Brigham Young. Each state is allowed to put the statue of a favorite individual in the particular room.

If the dome of the Capitol Building is so high above the rotunda that the Statue of Liberty would not touch the ceiling, what kind of scafolding would they have needed for the artist to do this painting?

We had the privilege of visiting the Library of Congress and the Capital Building today, June 7, 2011. We even sat in on a session of the United States Senate for thirty minutes. The bill that was being presented was regarding the amount of money being collected by banks every time a debit card is used. According to the senitor from Illinois, the large banks don't need to charge such a high fee. We disappointed that only a few senators were in attendance. They evidently don't have regular working hours.

On May 26, 2011, we had the pleasure of visiting George Washington's plantation in Mount Vernon. We think about how much time he spent away from this wonderful place sacrificing for the benefit of a new nation. How grateful we are for his tremendous sacrifice.

The last of May and the first part of June we have been in Washington DC enjoying the great history of our wonderful country. This picture was taken June 6, 2011, after we had finished going through the aironotical museum. They call the space between the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building the mall. I am standing in the mall after coming out of the aironotical museum. It is wonderful that our leaders have tried to make history live so up-coming generations will be able to form a picture in their minds of what went into building the wonderful nation we have. My hope and prayer is that we will do what it takes to preserve our great nation.

Here we are with Randall and Donna Patricia in their home with Donna's son; Michael, daughter, Jessica, son-in-law Corey and granddaughter, Abry. We, VerNon & Bernice, are the ones on the left. Michael is now in the Misson Training Center on his way to the Detroit Michigan Mission. This picture was taken on May 8, 2011, the day after the wedding.



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Getting things done...

Vision shows me what to do.
Discipline helps me follow through.
Passion opens wide the gate.
Conscience keeps me going straight.

I wrote this after reading a chapter in Stephen R. Covey's book "Eighth Habit"