Our Dada ROCKS! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Today is Father's Day! I am forever grateful to my incredible husband, for the life he's created for our family, and for being the best role model for our son. Our "Dada" is 110% devoted to his family and I can't begin to count the number of memories and abundance of love he's left on our hearts, so far. I often wonder what I did to deserve such an amazing husband. DADA - YOU ROCK!




William made this rock for Dada during his preschool summer camp. He also posed with this sign and it's proudly displayed at Dada's office! YOU ROCK DADA!



We honored Dada by heading to 2 different Nordstoms' in search of some new dress shirts. After scoring him some new duds, we headed towards White's Ferry. It's the last ferry left on the Potomac River and a historical landmark. When Dada told William we were going to ride on a boat with our car, William's eyes got HUGE and he said, "Ohhhh yessss, a ferry boat with Dada's wheels!" He could hardly stand the 10 minute drive to the docks. Once we got there, we loaded the car on the ferry and enjoyed a quick 8 minute ride across the Potomac.

We decided to hang out for awhile and enjoy the pretty weather, so we parked the car and walked around the old canal. Of course, William had a ball because there was water everywhere! "More watertalls, more watertalls!" and "oh here comes the ferry boat!" and "ok, that car get on the ferry boat and buy tickets and then bye-bye cars. See you on other side!"



Notes on White's Ferry: After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Elijah White bought the ferry and named the boat after his commanding officer,General Jubal A Early.

More then a convenient river crossing, the ferry provided a place of commerce between the C & O canal and the community. Farmers from Virginia used the ferry to get their crops to market at Washington D.C and Maryland via the Canal. In the days before modern refrigeration, a farmers access to reliable transportation meant the difference between prosperity and watching a years worth of work rot in storage. Together the canal and the ferry shortened the time it took farmers to get their goods to market. Today White's Ferry continues to serve the needs of the community by providing safe passage over the river and a living link to the past.