On Friday, we took them to Gardenhood and the Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. The Oakland Cemetery is huge Victorian style garden cemetery that dates from the mid 1800's. There are some really cool monuments and mausolea to check out.
....well....one thing led to another.......
Glenn on the wall
The grandfather's, "still very active" or "still not grown up"..... :>)
They somehow managed to squeeze their feet into our two-sizes-too-small climbing shoes.
I can do this, no problem.
What a pro!
Graduation was Saturday,
then on Sunday, we had Brisket!!!! Our favorite! Thanks DAD!!
The last couple times Mom and Dad have come to visit I have wanted to interview them, so we would have an archive of our family history. Before they arrived, I purchased a great little microphone that you plug into the computer and the sound was GREAT! It was very easy to use.
I spent about an hour or so with each of them, asking question about their childhood and family. It was really cool and we listened to the recordings after each interview. Then, I made them each a CD before they left.
I also made reservations with Storycorps so we would have a recording of them at the Library of Congress. Since, we had already been through the questions at home with my recording, I don't think this interview was as smooth this time, but it was really fun! http://storycorps.org/
Here we are in the sound booth. The boys are in the room outside, listening with earphones.
The ladies who run the sound booth were really cool and one of them told us the microphones were the original ones purchased for Storycorps. So, many famous people had used these devices and she rattled of a list of names, but the only one Mom got really excited about was Yoko Ono........yes, that's right, Yoko Ono.
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