Day #1 in DC

On the Metro heading into DC....fresh and happy....we have no idea how long our day is going to be!

The Tomb of the Unknown soldier

Jason at the tomb....it was SO HOT!!

Me in Arlington. Walking through that cemetery definitely brought some tears

Jason at Arlington

Women's Memorial just outside of Arlington

The mold for the statue at the top of the capitol building.....the statue of freedom!

The top of the Rotunda in the Capitol building

Me outside the capitol building after our tour.

The National Museum of American History

We spent like 3 hours in this museum! It was so great! Seriously so fun to see a ton of pop icons and also read and see displays about a ton of different things in our nations history

The Ruby Slippers! I love the Wizard of Oz and Judy Garland

Abe Lincoln's Hat

C3PO

Sweet old dental chair :)

The Memorial Walk....

After the American History Museum we walked the mall to see all the monuments. It was dusk and they were lit up. They weather was perfect! What a great time to see the monuments and memorials!

Jason at the WWII Memorial...by the Philippines tower

Me at the WWII Memorial

Jason next to one of the end fountains at the WWII Memorial

WWII Memorial. It was so beautiful all lit up at night

Outside the Lincoln Memorial

Jason next to Abe

My turn :)

Night View of the Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial.

Jason Standing next to one of the Columns at Lincoln's Memorial

The Korean War memorial. It was great to again be reminded of my dad. All throughout our day at DC I was reminded of him. DC just represents so much of what my dad love and lived for....the freedoms and rights and privileges of this great country

The first picture Jason took of this I wasn't smiling, so he made me redo it...which I'm glad. It is always so hard to think of my dad and not be sad....but at the same time, it's hard not to be happy and full of love when I think of him as well....and I would rather be the latter!

The Korean War Memorial wall.

This was a World War Memorial funded by the people of DC. I think it was erected after WWI and they are planning on redoing it. We were trying to get to the Jefferson Monument, and this was on our way

We couldn't get to the Jefferson Monument or the FDR memorial park because of construction for the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial....bummer. I LOVE the FDR memorial. But...we saw the Jefferson Monument across the bridge all lit up and it was beautiful!

Riding the metro!

Jason in the subway

Waiting for our train down in the subway.

So tired after a super long day! Heading Back on the Metro to the Green Belt!