Monticello

I have always wanted to come to Monticello and learn for myself more about the interesting life and education of Thomas Jefferson. We ended up spending the entire afternoon touring the house, the slave quarters, and the gardens. There was a lot for the kids to see and do. We finally left in the evening when it started pouring rain. We love being in such beautiful gardens. Everything is so green and lush. Even the rain was welcoming. It will be hard to go back to the dry desert after this.

Katelyn writing out the Declaration of Independence from memory with a quill pen. When in the course of human events...

Zach, Amanda, and Josh tried it too. They spent a long time on this. It must have been pretty fun.

It was easy to see why he spent so much of his time designing and building Monticello. It was a beautiful home and garden--with an amazing view. I wouldn't have wanted to leave it either.