Our trip to Massachusetts would have been incomplete without the glorious fellowship we enjoyed with the Thomas family. It was a pleasure to get to know the ones who “won the gold” from the Jamestown 400 treasure hunt. The Thomas’ generous hospitality was evident 4 months ago- just minutes after the award ceremony – when the Willi found the themselves invited to stay with them on their tentative trip to Plymouth! Although our conversations were very brief in Jamestown, we made up for it this past weekend. 
Thank you Mr. And Mrs. Thomas, Michael, Melissa, Melanie, Matthew, Micaiah, and Marscel for blessing us so much!
I shall take this moment to praise God for one of the many blessings He has bestowed upon us. One in particular…er…uhm… it may have been evident so some of you blog-readers (yes, I’m talking to you Kenny) that Angie Willis has not yet posted a thing. I could list excuses, which are actually true, like loosing and forgetting my password, but really I haven’t had the courage to chronicle any thing yet. This has changed! Three cheers for my very first blog post!
During our visit we were privileged to see Thing 1 and Thing 2 in action, live and personal. Yes their fame had proceeded them. This comic duo places Abbot in Costello to shame. It is our personal opinion that they should get into professional comedy!
And no one “despised cards” “and had no pleasure in anything else.” A couple new games were added to the Willi repertoire among them Nerts and Mr. President. Nate was (surprise surprise!) The undisputed champion of Nerts a loud variation of Squeak. Amidst the slapping and flipping of cards you would hear shouts of…
“7 of spades!”
“8 of spades”
“NERTS!”
Along with a love of playing music we were thrilled to discover that our families common interest in English Country dancing! Oh those homeschoolers… don’t they know that “It would be much more rational if conversation rather than dancing were made the order of the day.?”
“Perhaps more rational Caroline, but it would be nothing much like a ball.”
Yes we had an elegant impromptu ball! After our last dinner meal, it was decided that we would learn a few of the Thomas’ dances. Us girls were whisked away and offered Regency dresses to wear instead of our (sniff sniff) packed Pride and Prejudice costumes. Before we knew it the boys had disappeared and returned decked with tailcoats, top hats, and ties that contrasted rather comically with their blue jeans! With a roll of the carpet and a shift furniture, the ball had commenced and we were ready to dance! Well… after 15 minutes of straight laughing and snapping photos we were ready!
God bless and enjoy the pictures we took! Please take some time to visit Michael’s great blog!
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