Playing Hooky

It was the end of a very long week and when we woke up Sunday morning, we just couldn't face going to church. We woke up late and we were exhausted because we had been too busy lately. I had been working long hours at the bakery and I needed some quality time with the family. Plus, I didn't feel all that well so Lorne suggested we stay home and spend time together.
A few hours later, we decided that we wanted to do a little day trip together and so we decided we would go to Monticello. Monticello was Thomas Jefferson's house and it was only a couple of hours from us. Jasmine decided she wanted to have a picnic so we thought we might find a place along the way for one.We took our time getting there and consequently, we ended up having our picnic in the car because we didn't have time to find a better spot. We got tickets to take a tour and we headed up the mountain to start our adventure.The property was beautiful and innovative for the time. They wouldn't let us take pictures inside of course but the ones we got of the outside give you an idea of how beautiful it was.During the tour, Jasmine decided she wanted to participate so she asked the tour guide to tell her a story about Jefferson. He indeed had a story for an almost 5 year old. He told her the story about when Jefferson was the President and got a huge wheel of cheese delivered to the White House and it was a most humongous wheel that stayed in the white house for many many years. He told us that it had been written into a children's book (it is a true story by the way) and Jasmine was fascinated by it. We found the book in the gift shop so we bought it for her so she could remember her trip.After the tour, we strolled the gardens and walked down the mountain a bit back to our car. I felt so happy and so relaxed to spend some quality time with my family. I did feel bad that we played hooky but I am sure Heavenly Father understands and it bonded us a little more as a family. It was a most wonderful day.