DC

Washington Mon.

Lincoln Mon.

Mount Vernon

Temple! Felt like home here :)

WWII Mon.

Vietnam Mon.
We got caught in a crazy rain/wind storm!! We were SOAKED!!
We found out later this storm uprooted huge old trees and our hotel lot power for the whole night!!

Yummy Pizza from "We the pizza"
Sorry for the picture overload, but I use my blog as a memory keeper for our family :)

My Dad, River and I were able to go to DC for a jewelry show being held at the Gaylord @ National Harbor. It was such a fun place to stay right next to a shopping area and of course the beautiful harbor. We did have some work to be done, so we tried to get that out of the way first so we would have some time to go see the amazing sites DC has to offer. We were a little nervous about going in August with the humidity, but we really lucked out and had amazing weather with just a day or two of humidity. My Dad and I had been to a show at DC years back, but really didn't have a chance to see much because it was Winter and FREEZING!! We went to the National Mall of course where most of the sites are. We visited the Lincoln, Washington, Korean War, Vietnam War, WWII monuments all there in the Mall. We were lucky enough to have a coworker who is interning on Capitol Hill for the Summer and he took us through a tour of the Capitol, which was really fun. We visited Mount Vernon (Washington's home) and got lost several times in DC :) On one of our lost detours we ended up in Georgetown and saw Georgetown Cupcakes (TLC reality show) the line was around the block so we didn't stop. It was so much fun just getting to see everything and realize how much this country was built on God and the belief in his power. It was a little sad to feel that now of days you can barely talk about God in public without being criticized. It makes me that much more thankful for what are founding Fathers did for us though.