Site Seeing in Washington DC

Saturday (November 23) we went to DC, where we went to visit all the DC monuments and sites. This was Ben’s first time visiting these monuments and he really enjoyed seeing them all. It was a beautiful fall day and we enjoyed walking around and seeing the beautiful DC leaves. As we were at the Lincoln Memorial we saw two helicopters fly over and land at the white house- we decided they were bringing the presidents dog back from the groomer (ha ha). Later we were going to walk by the white house, but they had blocked out the road (because the helicopters were still there) and we weren’t able to go past until they left. It was cool and made us feel like we had just witnessed something famous...haha.

Baltimore Science Center

While in Maryland we went to the Baltimore Science Center (which is on the bay- and that was cool). This was really cool and was so interesting. They had a lot of hands-on science experiments and so much learning. It had things for children and then stuff that was interesting to the adult’s also- it was really fun.

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving (Nov 22) we decided to take the bus down to Cockeysville, Maryland (right outside Baltimore) and stay with Ben’s brother, Jesse and his family. We got to their house late Wednesday night (Nov 21) and were able to stay till Sunday evening. It was so wonderful to be with them and to be able to play with their kids and do many fun things with them.

Becky (and Jesse) prepared an amazing thanksgiving feast for us. And, to follow ‘Newson Tradition’ we had a pie for every adult there (four pies- WOW). The food was amazing and we ate a LOT!! Thanksgiving day we just played with the kids and lounged around- it was very relaxing and FULL of reasons to be thankful!!

Reasons to be Thankful: Amazing Blessings

Last week (Sunday November 18th), Brea got sick again. She was so sick that she didn’t go to work and her boss (a Physical Therapist) called one of his referring Doctors and got her an appointment. She was sick about a month ago, but because she has no active insurance, she would not go to the doctor, however she felt bad enough to chance a high priced doctors visit. Tuesday she got herself out of bed and started for the Dr office (which was in Manhattan- 1+ hour away). When she got there he took her in and did the regular check up and decided that she had a sinus infection. The Dr gave her some prescription samples (enough for two weeks) and then as she was going to the front to pay he told her that she was pro-bono and there would be no charge. We are so happy and feel so humbled and grateful for this amazing blessing we have received. We are so grateful to this doctor, to Brea’s boss and to everyone who prays for us. This was a huge blessing to us and was well worth it (Brea started getting better quickly and was her normal self again by Friday). We are so grateful and thankful for this blessing!