Day #2 in DC

So....we were kind of done taking picture our 2nd day....so it's not quite as well documented. But the 1st thing we did was take a tour of the....

Washington Monument

Here is a statue of George Washington right before we got in the elevator to go up in the tour.

We basically got to go the the top --- I think just the last 50 feet is the tip of the obelisk and that isn't accessible, so it was a pretty awesome view!

The National Mall and the Capitol building at the end

The ellipse before the White House

A closer view of the White House

The national mall, the reflection pool, Lincoln's monument and the bridge to Arlington across the Potomac

Jefferson Monument and the Dulles airport further back and to the left would be the Pentagon

Walking the stairs in the monument (we only had to walk one story to get the the elevator to go back down!)

Jason and I really liked this quote by George Washington. He really was an amazing man --sent and inspired by God.

Well, after the monument we went and got some food....the we went to the

Holocaust Museum

So we couldn't take any pictures in the main exhibit....but I have to say that it was an amazing experience to go through the museum. Pretty overwhelming, and I was brought to tears and even made sick a couple of times by what I saw. Tragedy, Travesty, and Horror are not even strong enough words to describe what happened during that time. It is something I will never forget!

After the Holocaust Museum we went to the

Natural History Museum

Again, not very many pictures....but I loved the Jewel part of the Natural History Museum! So here are just a few pictures of that....

The Hope Diamond

Some Amazing Diamond Earrings

Aren't they ridiculous! Definitely brought out a bit of envy!

I was exhausted after that day....

We came home around 7:00 that night so that we could watch the kiddos. We wanted to give Sheryl and Ian a date night out (Mostly we just wanted an excuse to play with the kids!)

Lizzy and I settled into the princess book (5 princess stories) which we read like 5 times (that's 25 stories -- and I'm not joking) She has Cinderella pretty much memorized! It was so cute!

Jason and Blake played horsey and master....of course Jason is the horsey (he plays so good with kids...he is way patient and just pretends with them forever and ever)

Jason Playing "Horsey with the Kiddos

Jason is a great horsey! Blake had to basically BEG Lizzy to go for a "horsey" ride with because she was content with her book (he is all boy and she is all girl!)...but finally she gave in, and they had a ton of fun!