Washington D.C.

Fun times these past few days in Washington. Usually I'm glad to be home from trips, but not so this time---I'm pretty bummed and have a little empty spot in my heart. Alright, that was pretty cheesy. Anyway---Jared's sister and family were there on vacation so we crashed in on them and made it a party! :)


Natalie and Mikey in the car on the way there.


We hit the National Zoo first...Nat was in love. Isaac wiped out in Jared's arms and was actually pretty content just like that. Jared's arm was not.






My favorite thing in D.C.: the Metro. It feel like I'm in a movie jumping on and off trains. Does anyone else think the Metro is glamourous? Jared says his favorite thing in D.C.: the escalator leading down to the metro which I'm pretty sure he just say's to poke fun at me. It was pretty cool though and this picture does not do it justice.



This is the booth where President Lincoln was shot at the Ford Theater. I'm so glad we stopped here and listened to the details surrounding his assasination and that period of history. Last time we went to D.C., when Natalie was Isaac's age incidentally, we visited Gettysburg on the way home. So this really topped it off for us as far as continuing the story of President Lincoln. Amazing to see the Lincoln Memorial. Awesome in the true sense.


On Saturday we opted for a "Go Buckeye's" look in their honor and we should have counted how many people were either also sporting Scarlett and Gray or stopped us to talk about the Bucks. Nice.

Seriously, is he really 2 1/2 months?


This door is giagantic!!!! "Welcome to the National Archives" can't be said much louder than that can it?


Heh heh heh. Age jokes are never old in our house.

This photo we are forwarding to the National Parks Service. We were at the Jefferson Memorial (really probably my favorite favorite place on our trip) at Sunset and caught the light juuust right.



I visited the Holocaust Museum by myself and am grateful to have witnessed it (just because the way things worked out since appropriately kids are under 11 are not allowed). Things I had always wondered about, cleared up. I didn't leave feeling overwhelmed or depressed. The museum is organized in such a way that the focus is on real people, not just the atrocities which occured. I didn't feel like it was a freak show to come and stare, but part memorial, part document, part look forward. I really, really wish my brother Byron could have toured it with me because he would have had a lot to say about it and I missed him there. Also, I think having read a lot about it and seen quite a bit as well helped not feel so shocked---not that a person could ever be prepared for a place like that, it just helped me grasp it better.

Anyway, great time with family. Can't wait for our next trip.