Jeff & Jill Come for a Visit!

We have been missing Jeff & Jill since they moved. We wished them well when they left and secretly (or not so secretly) hoped they would return here someday after Jeff's studies were completed. This hope was not to be realized. Jeff took a job in Utah after he completed his MBA and now the cute family has a lovely home and roots they are planting too far away from us.
That being said, we vowed to keep our friendship strong and do everything we can to get together at least once a year.
This time it was their turn to come to us and we were glad to have them for the weekend. First order of business was to have fun and we decided to go to Montpelier to visit the home of James Madison.They were having a steeple chase horse race on the grounds that day so we would hear the crowds cheering and the steeple chase call and it really set the mood.
We took a tour of the house and realized that they were still in the process of restoring this landmark and consequently much of the house wasn't furnished yet. That didn't matter, it was still interesting and the grounds of the house were fabulous.We strolled the gardens and took lots of pictures and took in the lovely scenery that is the countryside in Virginia.On our way back, we stopped in Manassas to have dinner at The City Square Cafe (somehow in all the years we had been friends Jeff had never been to my Uncle and Aunt's restaurant) and enjoyed the company of our friends.