The Graduation Weekend

So, as promised, I thought I'd post some details about last weekend with Eric's family, when they were in town for his graduation. We had a great weekend, and it was wonderful to be able to show his family our apartment and our DC life.

Everybody arrived on Friday morning, within a few minutes of each other. We got everyone their metro passes and then brought them back to our apartment before taking them to check into their hotel. We re-convened for lunch at our apartment, then took the metro to Arlington Cemetery to pick up a sight-seeing bus to take us around the hot spots in DC. It was a pretty thorough tour, but our tour guide certainly left something to be desired - he threw a complete hissy fit at Eric when Eric tried to point out a couple of things to his grandma, saying "do YOU want to give the tour? Do you?" and later he similarly demanded the attention of another passenger way in the back. Methinks somebody needs a vacation!

After the tour, we all rested up a bit, then Eric and I prepared dinner for our guests. Everybody seemed to get a kick out of seeing Eric all domesticated, in the kitchen - if only they could see our real life, they wouldn't believe it! He spends way more time in the kitchen than I do, and I love him for it. Especially for the doing-the-dishes part.

Eric and I cooking dinner

On Saturday, Toni, Gramz, Eric and I decided to take it easy at the apartment, while Ron and Suellen opted for some sight-seeing. Eric pointed them in the right direction, and they headed out to see the Hope Diamond at the National History Museum, among other things. I hear they had a really great day.

Meanwhile, the other four of us went out to lunch then to the grocery store to pick up the ingredients for Toni's always-wonderful sauce. Then we spent the afternoon at the apartment, where she cooked the sauce and let Eric watch for tips so he knows all the tricks the next time he makes it. Other than that, we just chatted and caught up, plus Eric and I showed Gramz and Toni some of our pictures and introduced them to some "internet celebrities," like the sneezing panda, laughing baby Ethan, the dramatic gopher, and the Numa Numa kid. (If you are unfamiliar with any of these, I sincerely recommend you click the above links and familiarize yourself with them immediately. The panda and Ethan are my favorites.)

Eric introducing Gramz to the wonderful world of YouTube

Saturday night we had dinner with Toni and Gramz, then a nightcap with Ron and Suellen after they returned from dinner out with a friend. Then everybody was off to bed to rest up for the Big Graduation Day!

Sunday is recapped below, so there is no real need to go over that once again. However, mentioning graduation wouldn't be complete without me saying how proud I am of Eric, so I guess I'll just throw that in one more time, for good measure!

Sunday night, after graduation, we ordered in pizza and Chinese for dinner with Toni and Gramz, and looked at all of the pictures we had taken of the graduation. Then we said our good-byes to them, as their flight left early in the morning the next day.

Monday we met up with Ron and Suellen in the early afternoon to do some sightseeing. We had lunch in Chinatown, then Eric and I gave one of our infamous walking tours, which included the Police Memorial, the Georgetown Law Center campus, the Capitol, and the Library of Congress. It was a beautiful day, so it was very enjoyable. We returned home to change for dinner, then had a wonderful meal at Legal Seafood. After that, we spent a little more time together at our apartment before bidding them farewell also.

Eric, Ron and Suellen on the Georgetown Law campus

The Supreme Court on a very beautiful day

And that was our weekend! Thank you all so much for coming! We love having visitors, so please feel free to visit again soon!