Wednesday, April 17, 2024

D.C. Part 3

Our last full day we started out in Arlington Cemetery. It's so beautiful. We didn't know it, but we were there early enough to see the changing of the guard AND the wreath placement ceremony. It was really cool. Sam was in heaven.

The eternal flame


Made it to the White House!



The boys favorite, longest escalator out of the Metro to the zoo!


Proud of the boys for trying new, delicious mid eastern food! It was spicy!

Our cute Airbnb

Mt. Vernon





Our friends told us about an awesome museum by Dulles airport. It was totally worth it. Way better than what's in the city.

The space shuttle is HUGE!

While we were on the other coast, this was happening! Yay!

 


Sunday, April 14, 2024

D.C. Part 2

 

Since the blog just loaded all my pics from last to first - we're going to go backwards through our day! We ended the day in the city by seeing all the monuments in the best of both worlds - day and night! We got there as the sun was setting, it was beautiful! Lots of walking, the boys were exhausted!











We made our way to the D.C. temple, we didn't realize it was just as school was getting out so it took FOREVER to get there through school zones and bus drops. But we LOVED our time there. It's such a beautiful temple and I tried not to cry too hard as I watched Max baptize all of our family. We also got to talk to the sister missionaries and that always makes me happy!


                        After Gettysburg we went back into the city to hit some more museums.

No one can beat Toby in a fast walking competition. It's all in the hips.


We were so happy to see Cars!


Proof we were on the trip

Gettysburg cemetery where Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address


This is where the North held the line and the war finally changed in their favor after this


Sam loved all the guns
We started the day off by driving to Gettysburg. I think we were all surprised by how much we enjoyed it there. We all learned a lot and are grateful we didn't live back then. They went through a lot.