Our Last Washington D.C. Pictures



These poles would light up and play a soft note when you touched them.They looked really  cool at night.



We did a lot of walking!

We also rode the Metro a lot, which Carrington really liked.  :-D

Inside Union Station.  It was really pretty!  There were quite a few shops and restaurants.

The Capitol.  We had to go through security before going in.  We couldn't even take a bottle of water with us.

The dome inside the Capitol.

There were statues of bronze and statues of marble, representing every state.

This painting is in the Capitol and is called "Baptism of Pocahontas".

Inside the Library of Congress.  It was beautiful!

Warren and I in front of the Capitol.

People inspecting the cracks in the Washington Monument.

Clayton in a Metro station.

Arlington Cemetery

We got to see the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

The National Archives ~ which contains the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights!!! I was THRILLED to see them!

The view from our hotel room window ~ not very exciting.  :-)

Getting ready to leave for the airport.

My kids went through this door at least 50 times, just for the fun of it.

Waiting for the airplane to head home.

Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Message

On Christmas Eve, 1968, astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman were orbiting the moon on Apollo 8.  They were on a live television broadcast and showed pictures of the Earth and Moon seen from Apollo 8.  (I don't think that these are the pics they showed.)  This is the message that they shared on the most watched TV broadcast to date.  They took turns reading from the book of Genesis.  I love it!

Washington D.C. Continued............

Smithsonian Castle

The Capitol in the Capitol

Carrington in a fun kids' section at the Air and Space Museum

Orville and Wilbur Wright's airplane

The Jefferson Memorial at night

Clayton, Carrington, and me

This would have been a neat picture if it wasn't so dark.

The other side of the Jefferson Memorial ~ it was so beautiful!!!!!

The Metro

Mt. Vernon ~ george Washington's Plantation!!  this was Carrington's favorite place.

sitting on the front porch......not sure why I'm leaning over so much

outbuildings on the plantation

The garden was really pretty.

Carrington going into the garden.

View of the front porch.

A copy of Martha Washington's wedding dress.

The museum at Mt. Vernon was really great!!