It's a small start, but here is our first pond. I think Hank likes it! We have three :o( 2 Koi and 1 Comet. Like Scooby and Xena the fish are $2.⁹⁹ mutts.

Gustavo and Celina, our friends from Chicago spent Thanksgiving with us. We really had a great day just catching up with our newly weds.

Right, Hank and Paul in front of the Capitol Build­ing wait­ing with Gustavo and Celina for tickets to tour the Capitol Build­ing. You may notice that it was really cold that morn­ing around 9:00 AM. We hit the tour day just right as few people were in the city the Fri­day after Thanks­giving. Small groups gave us a great view of the Capitol from the inside.

We gained a great deal of history about the building. Early on, the Capitol rotunda was designed (not built at that time) to house George Washington to lie in state after his death. A large round opening was originally in the center of the rotunda so one could look down where our first President would be entombed for eternity. This was never to happen, and the opening in the rotunda floor would be sealed and replaced to complete the floor.