Mt. Vernon & Liberty Bell (part 6)

One day we headed out to Mt. Vernon, George Washington's house.

We also did a quick trip up to Philadelphia to see Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.

(Uncle Lil)

The trip was a blast. It was great to see our family that lives in Maryland. And it was super fun to spend good quality time with my own family! Thanks mom for such a fun trip!

Williamsburg (part 5)

Probably my favorite part of the trip was visiting Williamsburg. It's a historic colonial village full of actors playing the part of colonial villagers. It was super fun--even though we hardly took any pics!

(I was chosen to be a judge in the court house!)

(Lily trying on colonial hats. She would have been the cutest colonial baby ever!)

DC-Congress/White House (part 4)

One of my favorite things we did was take a tour of the Capital building and the Senate. My little political science brain was in heaven!

(The front and back of the Capital)

(Trying to keep Lily on a leash...she's fast!)

(And of course, the White House)

Gettysburg (part 3)

We spent a day at Gettysburg. That was one of my favorites. We did the whole visitor center thing then we took a car-audio tour around the whole battlefield. Amazing. We were so enthralled we apparently didn't take pictures of the battlefield. But here are a couple of goofy ones at the visitor's center.

We thought these were kinda funny...quotes from newpapers about Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. (Click to make it bigger if you can't read)

DC-the Mall (part 2)

These are pics from our time spent walking all over the Mall and the Smithsonian!

(The Capital)

(Washington Monument)

(Modern Art museums)

(Lily by Monet's Lilies)

(Daddy trying desperately to keep Lily entertained with Cherios and the Bjorn in the museums)

(Lil finally napping after a long day of culture!)

Washington DC (part 1)

Finally, here are the pictures! They will be coming in parts. These ones are pictures of Arlington Cemetary. It was goreous!!

(Lil taking a break from all her walking in front of some headstones)

(Standing in front of the Arlington House with DC behind us!)

(Iwo Jima statue)

Riding

So, we've been out of town for the last week and a half (yes, that's my excuse for being the world's lamest blogger). My family has been in Washington DC. Awesome? Awesome!! We actually didn't take a ton of pics but I'm working on getting those posted...expect them in the next few days.

We've also had some visitors here for the last two weeks...Dave's sister Lara and her three kids Elaina, Blake, and Bryant. It's been so fun for Lily to get to know her cousins and try desperately to keep up with the big kids!

This morning Blake wanted to come on my ride. I couldn't exactly pull him and Lily the whole way so I just took up them up and down the street a few times. They were so cute all cuddled up in the carrier together!

(Lily's weird smile. At least Blake was being cute!)

(Cousin cuddlin'. That's Lily's attempt at a kiss.)