| On Tuesday we headed to DC...Jess and her boys were going to met up with us later. But Sarah wanted Samuel to come with us so she had him sit on her lap and they were ready to go! We got up and got going and were on the road about 815. Nicki drove us around DC and dropped us off if we needed. We drove into DC on Tuesday so we could see lots of different places. We first stopped at the Washington Memorial; Jonathan was really excited about seeing the memorial and really wanted to go up the Memorial. Well we got to the ticket line and I didn't think we were going to get tickets for the day...but we got tickets for 330. Jonathan couldn't wait and he asked all day if it was time to go up the memorial. We then headed to Thomas Jefferson's, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Martin Luther's Memorial, then to DC War Memorial, World War II Memorial. The kids like to play in the water at the different memorials...it was fun to be with Nicki and Jess. And have Connor and Samuel along for the day. Then we headed to the Vietnam War Memorial; the little boys stayed with Jessi and we walked down along the wall. Then we headed up to the Lincoln Memorial which is one of my favorite. Dave really enjoyed the World War II Memorial. Then we had a picnic in the grass at the foot of Lincoln's Memorial. Then we finished the Memorials with the Korean War Veteran Memorial. We then headed to Arlington Cemetery to go see the changing of the guards which was pretty cool and very hot. It was a hike up to the guards. Then we had just enough time to get to the Washington Memorial to go to the top. Jonathan was so excited that it finally was time to go to the top. By the time we got there, the little ones were done. When we got tickets we almost had to get 430 tickets but the ticket lady made a mistake and figured it out when we stepped forward to get tickets. SO we were able to get 330 tickets which was a tender mercy. It was really cool to take the elevator to the top. Sarah was very leery about going to the top of the Memorial. It was cool to see all the different views of DC. We then headed to the van and Nicki drove us around to the White house and The Mall. Then we headed back to Loretta's to eat and hang out. The kids were excited to be back at the house and to jump on the trampoline and play outside. It was a great long day. The kids did really well. |
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