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| Here he is! Well, "Speical Brother" hasn't made his entrance yet. I'm glad we took pictures on this side of the White House because there were less people and no visible construction machinery. |
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| "Special Brother" almost made an appearance here, but we thought that the docent taking the picture would of thought it was a do-over shot. |
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| I just liked the building and I knew other family members would too. |
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| The Washington Monument... It is closed due to last year's earthquake. Even from the distance that we were at, anyone could see where pieces had been broken off. We kept calling this monument the Cathedral of Learning of Washington D.C., because you can see it where ever you are located. |
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| The Lincoln Memorial... Great view with the geese flying. |
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| Meow (but you have to say it Me-you, because that's how James says it to me when I'm whiny or one of us is in a not-so-fun situation). It started to rain... and actually the rain wasn't too bad. Every time we have traveled this summer it has been cloudy and stormy, which is only odd because this summer has been surprisingly dry. It made walking around bareable because by DAY 3 it was sunny and HOT!... I was also waiting for James to take a picture of the American flag with the Washington Monument. The wind was not cooperating, hence why there is no picture present. |
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| Us with Abe |
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| Why the pic? Don't you ever wonder if there are any payphones around anymore? Well, apparently there are at our CHEAP hotel! James says there wasn't even a dial tone. |
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| This is the George Washington Masonic Memorial... This is a pic from the Metro |
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| The National Archives... The movie "National Treasurer" made this trip a little disappointing. It fooled up into thinking what it looked like inside. It was still cool to see documents such as: 1 of the 4 Magna Carta(s), The Declaration of Independence (which is almost completely faded), the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, etc... |
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| The Smithsonian Castle... I thought there was a museum inside, but it's really all the other surrounding buildings (museums) |
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| This is the newest addition to the Smithsonian collection. This building it the American Indian Museum. You can't tell from the picture, but they did a great job mirroring the architecture of what we considered to be the landscape of Southern Utah and Arizona |
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| Aww, the rain had passed... Here we are in front of our Nation's Capital |
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| Oh, and "Special Brother" finally decided to show up! |
We also visited Georgetown University or as our niece called Pitt, "a smart person school". We drove up to the National Cathedral but when James asked if I wanted to go in, I said "no", because I knew that if we did a trip with my parents, it was a destination that they were most definitely going to want to see. He said "to-shay". We also went to see the Washington D.C. LDS Temple but I forgot that the temples are closed on Mondays, so so much for doing a session inside... next time. I absolutely loved D.C. I would move there in a heart-beat... Now, just to convince the hubby that it's not too expensive.
