Good news & Gettysburg/Harper's Ferry

It's been a long time since we've updated the blog, so here is the exciting news:

JASON IS GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY!

Other exciting news:

JASON WAS AWARDED A FELLOWSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY!

This means tuition is going to be cheaper than we thought. Hurray!

Here is the letter awarding him the fellowship.

Pretty darn exciting, huh?

The only noteworthy thing I did today was wake up, take a shower, look at the clock and realize it was 1:00 a.m. and I'd only gotten one hour of sleep, and go back to bed. I'm not sure why I did that. It was pretty bizarre.

In other news, we went to Gettysburg and Harper's Ferry on Saturday with our Washington Seminar group. We left around 6:40 a.m. (too early!). We first went to the visitor's center, where we saw a pretty cool museum exhibit, an explanatory film, and the cyclorama. Yes, cycl-o-rama! It's a giant, 360 degree painting of the battlefield.

Afterward, we went on a tour of the battlefield. This is a field.

This is a giant tower, built in 1890. We climbed all 121 stairs to the top and took some pictures.

Jason looks so tiny next to it!

Here is Jason at the top of the tower overlooking the Gettysburg battlefield. FYI: This battlefield was much cooler than Valley Forge and we didn't have to stay at a crazy America Camp during a snowstorm this time.

The Frosts at the top of the rameumptum...I mean, giant observation tower.

Jason looking pensieve on the battlefield. I tried to take a couple of candid pictures, but he looked sad in all of them.

Me by the Eternal Flame of Peace. You may be interested to know that the natural gas flame was extinguished during the energy crisis of the 1970s.

After our Gettysburg tour, we went to General Pickett's Buffet for lunch. It certainly wasn't Chuck-a-rama, but the macaroni and cheese was half decent.

We drove to West Virginia and stopped at Harper's Ferry, site of John Brown's anti-slavery uprising.

This is a train.

Me overlooking the town and the Shenendoah (or perhaps the Potomac?)

Harper's Ferry is right in the middle of the Appalachian Trail.

The Frosts at Jefferson's Rock. Supposedly Thomas Jefferson visited this rock and spoke highly of its great view when he returned to Washington.

Me on the footbridge next to the train tracks.

This is below the railroad. Jason is quite the photographer.

When we got back, we hurried over to the Jazz vs. Wizards game. The Jazz won by a lot (thirty points or something)!

That's about it for now. I gave a tour to our neighbor's parents today, which was fun. Tomorrow we are having our friend Mitch over for dinner. We'll try to post some pictures from my parents' visit tomorrow!