Dustin, Christianne and Preston came for a visit

Preston happy as usual.

Preston

Grandpa Beringer and Preston laughing.
Grandma and Preston

He is getting so sleepy!
Three pretty handsome Beringer boys.

Grandpa Beringer and Preston enjoying the pool.
We are all loving the day at the pool.
Grandma Beringer and Preston getting ready to go swimming.

A day at the zoo.
Grandma Beringer and Preston at the zoo.
Preston kicking back and relaxing.
Trying the Fish Market on King Street. It turned out to be a good choice for supper.

Grandpa Beringer and Preston down by the river at Kings Street.

Dustin and Christianne at the Awakening at the National Harbor.

A little play time.


Grandma Beringer and Preston enjoying a quiet time alone in the morning.

In this picture Dustin and Preston showing Preston in the sleeper that Dustin wore when he was Preston's age. It was one of my favorite cuddly soft sleepers.
Sad day - getting ready for the shuttle to the metro. We will metro to the airport to say goodbye.

Grandpa and Preston waiting for Joe the shuttle driver.

Grandpa and Preston saying goodbye.
Grandma and Preston saying goodbye.

Rick Pier and Bill Payton

We took our buds to O'Connell's. This is an Irish Bar we are fond of.

Rick and Jeff having a little fun at O'Connell's.
We took the Old Towne Trolley back to the metro, then the metro to the shuttle and then finally home for the day.
Rick and Jeff at the Nationals game
Rick, Bill, and Cindy trying to stay out of the wind at the game.
Just a little chilly for Cindy, Rick, and Jeff at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Bill is the only one to test the waters. Brrrrrrrr!!! That is it Bill is coming in the summer next time.

The Awakening at the National Harbor
The Awakening
Bill at the National Harbor.
Bill Payton, Rick Pier, Cindy and Jeff at Mt. Vernon

Mt. Vernon
(Laurie and Amie see what you did to Jeff. You taught him how to pose for pictures. )

Rick, Cindy, Jeff and Bill at Mt. Vernon
We went to Gettysburg to the battle field.

Jeff's folks visit us during the Cherry Blossom Festival

Dad and Mom at the Tidal Basin in DC. The cherry blossoms were beautiful.

Dad and Todd Tiahrt

Todd Tiahrt is the US Representative from the 4th Congressional District of Kansas

Cindy, Jeff, Todd Tiahrt, JoAnne and Ken in Todd's office


Mom and Dad at Mt. Vernon


Mom and Dad at Mt. Vernon with the Potomac River in the background



We went to the Grotto of Lourdes in Maryland. It is near the seminary where Fr. John Fischer was at.

The artwork and statues were beautiful as were Mom and Dad!

The natural spring has healing powers so we drank up. So far we are still alive so it must work.

Mom and Cindy at the Washington Wizards - Detroit Pistons basketball game. We had fabulous tickets thanks to George who is a friend of Jeff's.

Jeff, JoAnne and Kenny at the Wizards game. This is the Verizon Center where we also watch Georgetown play.

Ken and Senator Tim Johnson

We visited with Tim in his office. It was really nice.


Our tour guide that took us through the Capitol

Weller's come to DC

Sean Weller came to visit us in Alexandria. Jeff and I picked him up at the airport and he stayed with us for a night. On Saturday March 21, 2009, we took Sean to the Sheraton in Alexandria for a Leadership Conference. Erin and Ryan arrived in Alexandria on March 25, 2009, to sight see while Sean was finishing his conference. After the conference was over they all three took off to New York to brother Mac's house.

Erin, Ryan, and Cindy at the Crystal City Sports Bar and Resturant

Sean Weller, Cindy and Jeff

Cindy's Mom visted us for a month in February/March

Mom (Donna) and I at the Georgetown/Villinova Girls Basketball game. I thought we had to get there early to get a good seat.

Mom and I having a little fun taking pictures while sight seeing one day. Mom is showing you how tall the Statue of Freedom is. But actually it stands 19 feet 6 inches tall.

Waiting in line to tour the Washington Monument. We took an elevator ride to the top of the Washington Monument for a bird’s-eye view of the city. Standing 555 feet and 5 1/8 inches tall, the monument is one of the best-known landmarks on the National Mall. (As you can see by the flags we just about got blown away)

Mom with one of the reenactors at Mt. Vernon
Mom at Mt. Vernon

Baltimore's Inner Harbor is one of the most photographed and visited areas of the city.

We went to Baltimore to tour the National Aquarium.

A day out of the city. We went for a nice relaxing day at Lake Brittle. Jeff fished while Mom and I read and did puzzle books.

Leesa and Laurie Johnson were in town visiting friends and spent a couple of nights at our house. Jeff, Leesa, and Laurie at Chadwick's. We went to Chadwick's for Mom's birthday.

Mom and I at Chadwick's celebrating Mom's birthday.

Mom's birthday surprise at Chadwick's.

Laurie and Kim arrive to DC - February 6, 2009

If you follow our blog at all I am sure you have seen Laurie Johnson appear in many episodes of our lives on the east coast. We have been very luck to have her stationed near us on her traveling nurse assignments. This time she brought Kim along and as usual we had a great time. With each new friend Laurie brings there are always the trips to the National Mall. And Cindy really enjoys shopping with the girls which is something she does not get with me all the time. The following are just some more random pictures of Laurie's (and Kim's) visit.













As always we had a great time with Laurie and Kim. What you want to watch for at our blog is a return visit with Laurie and joining her will be her sister Leesa. Leesa has yet to make an appearance to our place so we are really getting excited for that. And anyone who knows these two, knows there is never a dull moment when they get together.

Ken and Nancy LaBrie arrive - Jan. 28, 2009

A while back I got a call from Ken and he asked me where I thought the next Goodyear National Convention was taking place. I asked him if it was Alexandria, VA and he said no. He did say they would be meeting at the National Harbor which for any of you who have looked out our window towards the Potomac River - well, the National Harbor is just across the river and we see it very clearly. Well arrangements were made and we picked them up on our way home from work at Reagan airport - rode the metro to the Huntington station - then boarded our shuttle bus to our apartment. The next five days were a blurr on many levels as we packed in all the sight seeing you could imagine and indulged on a variety of fine foods and drinks.

We introduced them to President Obama.

Made it to the Hard rock Cafe.

Of course we took them to all the sights on the National Mall.

Found a nice spot to replenish our dehydrated bodies.

Took Ken and Nancy to the fish market.

Ken and I relaxing at the pub table in our apartment.

Cruising around in DC near the FBI building.

Relaxing back at the apartment.

By Sunday Feb. 1 (Superbowl Sunday), Cindy and I needed our rest so we took them over to the National Harbor so they could begin their convention. Did I mention that Ken and Nancy took off for Florida after the convention? Oh how it would be nice to be young again. We had a great time with our good friends and certainly hope they visit us again before we move back to South Dakota.