Thursday, June 5, 2008

All American BBQ

Ed and I were invited to the White House for a BBQ Tuesday evening. Usually when we have visited the White House for the Christmas and Garden Tours it is more like a cattle line and Mr. President is never home. But when we showed up, we were pleasantly surprised! There were numerous food, drink and dessert tent without a single line. There was a band, line dancing, hay rides, potato sack races and games and balloons for the kids. We even got to meet and talk with Pres. and Laura Bush. Apparently, they just wanted to thank all those who worked for the administration and thought that we would enjoy having a BBQ at their home with our families.


Ed posing with Uncle Sam....

Betsy Ross was great! She had a wonderful accent and she gave out flags. She also showed us how to folder a piece of paper in such a way that with 1 cut of her antique scissors you could make a perfect star!
What a view!
This was a great surprise....President and Laura were both so hospitable and happy to meet us.
Look what my great husband "designed" for me at the dessert tent! Grandma Richins would be so proud!
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3 comments:

Donna said...

Alicia and Ed, I love your blog, maybe you can show me how to set one up when I come to visit you this week. The pictures are great! See you Thursday, love MOM :)

June 9, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Lake House said...

Okay, this is so funny...I showed Sydney the picture of you guys with the President and asked her if she knew who was in the picture with you and she said...Uncle Mark?

June 11, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Holly said...

You guys had such a boring weekend. I am sorry you live in boring D.C.! You really should think about coming to Oklahoma sometime, why, we could.....well....we could go and....to the national cowboy hall of....k, nevermind that is awesome!!!!!!! We miss you guys and it is so awesome that you have a picture with the President. As Napoleon would say, LUCKY!!!!!

June 15, 2008 at 9:48 PM

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