Cheney weekend

Mom and Dad Cheney came over last Saturday to spend the day with us. We hung out at home for a little while, had lunch, and then headed over to St. John's Church. That's where Patrick Henry gave his famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech way back in the day. Did you know that he had 17 kids (two wives - not at the same time)? And that he was Virginia's first governor? Neither did I. There's also a really old cemetery on the property. We got a tour from a nice woman dressed in period clothes.

They have an impersonator come and do reenactments sometimes. We may have to go to one of those. I'm reading a book about James Madison right now. He has some not-very-kind things to say about Mr. Henry, but he sounds like a decent guy to me.

After our visit to the church, we went to a park. It was a BEAUTIFUL day. Mom and Dad had coupons for free cheesecake so we tried to hit up the Cheesecake Factory for dinner but the wait was TWO HOURS. What the heck? That was at like 5:30. Ridiculous. So they got their cheesecake (they shared - thanks!) and then we went to Chipotle. After which we went our separate ways. It was really fun to spend the day with them.

And on another note, I'm doing this thing I saw a friend post on facebook called "40 bags in 40 days." If you google it, you'll find the official site which is too long-winded. Basically you just find 40 places in your house and declutter them. One place a day for 40 days. It coincides with Lent, but even though I don't participate in Lent, I thought it was a good excuse to get my house organized. I've got in-laws coming in two weeks so it's more like 40 bags in 14 days. A good spring cleaning opportunity if anyone else is interested!