A House Full of Britts

We toured the North Carolina State Capitol Building with Dad - and we discovered the State Geologist room on the third floor. He was so excited!

For those of you who don't know, my brother Ben is leaving on his mission to Santiago, Chile in January. I'm so proud of him! Because we aren't going home for Christmas this year, we decided that he should visit us before he leaves. After we made the travel arrangements, word came through that Dad had some business to take care of in Washington, DC around the same time and so he decided to visit us before heading up to DC. It was so great to have them both here and to get to show them some of the highlights of life here in NC.

This is an actual piece of "art" proudly displayed on Henderson's Welcome Avenue. We thought Ben and Dad should see it.

The first highlight (and the main one in our lives) is school. Dad not only came to school with me - but he taught all of my classes all about Dinosaurs. It was so amazing. He was a great guest speaker and had the kids laughing and askin questions. That's what happens when your Dad is a world-renouned paleontologist and you happen to teach Earth Science. Thanks for sharing your great wisdom with us, Dad!

On Saturday we spent the morning playing tennis and bacci ball. It was a little chilly, but a great time. Dad got to use Andre Agassi's raquet and played like a pro! Ben showed off his tennis skills recently acquired during his Senior year. We hadn't played together since he joined the team last spring, so it was really awesome. Check out some sweet action shots!

That night we all went to a University of North Carolina basketball game. Jackson got us some "upgraded" seats at half time and we enjoyed the game in comfort.

Saying goodbye to Ben at the end of the weekend was hard, but I'm so proud of him and I know that he'll be a great missionary. I love you Ben!! Thanks for coming out and spending such a wonderful weekend with us. Dad, I hope you'll come out again soon!