The State Fair and More

The last few weeks have been busy. A couple of weeks ago we went with some friends to the North Carolina State Fair. Between the pot-belly pig races and the deep fried...everything (no kidding, they deep fried vegetables, cookies, candy bars, and more), it was a nice taste of the South.



Then this week we had a ward Halloween party, Brian was all signed up to participate in the donut eating contest...but before he got the chance, one of the girls in our ward choked on a donut and had to get the heimlich (don't worry there are a gazillion doctors and med students in our ward, and one of them dislodged the offending piece of pastry), needless to say, the donut eating extravaganza was cut short. Last of all, today, we stopped by a pumpkin patch and got a pumpkin to carve for Hailey's first Halloween.

The Hailey Mills Show

Episode 1 - The First 5 Months

Mrs. Mills Goes to Washington

After 25 years of yearning to visit the Nation's Capitol, Lindsay's dream was finally realized. We spent about 2 full days walking, and walking, and walking...and walking around the city. We visited the Smithsonian, the FDR, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the National Archives, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress...and of course admired the White House and Capitol Building (which required passes for actual entrance).

We stayed with Lindsay's old friend from her time in China back in 2004. They were truly gracious hosts; they even made us homemade dumplings on Saturday before we hit the road!