Some fresh air!

After having lots of sick people in the house for the past two weeks of winter break, everyone is finally relatively healthy!!  We celebrated with some forced marching down by the Lincoln monument. The weather is great and we live in the most beautiful place ever - so a walk is always a fun time!!

DC Mall with Cousins!

 Since everyone was still around after Brendan's promotion, we did a little sightseeing - even though the weather wasn't that great.  We toured the FDR memorial, the tidal basin, the Lincoln, Vietnam and all the way up to the Washington Monument!  It was a lot of walking but we had a lot of fun!!

Visiting the Monuments with Mimi

 Mimi came to visit us this weekend and it was so warm on Sunday afternoon that we decided to go for a walk around the monuments.  It was so nice to be outside for the first time in a while!!

The Lincoln Memorial

 We took advantage of another beautiful day here in DC to take a trip down to the Lincoln Memorial.  It was so beautiful - especially for August - in the 70's and breezy!  We parked right by the MLK Jr. Memorial and walked right up to the Lincoln Memorial.  It's funny - we've parked there before but the walk with tiny children felt so long and today we got there in about 5 minutes!!

We enjoyed the Korean Memorial and then walked over to the Lincoln.  We took the elevator up and walked around the statue - you're supposed to be quiet and respectful.  Declan was unable to be either so we made a quick exit.  There were soldiers from Ft. Myer outside taking pictures with tourists and my kids thought it was so weird that anyone would want to take a picture with soldiers!  We did it and they couldn't stop giggling!  After that we walked over to see the Vietnam Memorial and then walked down the reflecting pool to the WWII Memorial.  We walked around all of the fountains and took a little break from all of the walking.  Then we walked back to the car with a quick detour to the MLK Jr. Memorial with a great view of the Jefferson Memorial.

We had a fun time and it was nice to get out in the city!!

Enjoying the Korean Memorial

 There is such a beautiful view from the Lincoln Memorial!!

 Get me out of this stroller!

 Freedom!

 I'm outta here!

 Unable to be quiet or respectful:

 Vietnam

 Walking up the reflecting pool!

 I was born WHERE??

 Virginia girls!

 My redneck boy!

 Where's Declan??

 A picture with the Washington Memorial in the background:

 Look how much we've changed in 7 years!!!!

 Sitting???

 Enjoying a break at the WWII Memorial:

 The MLK Jr. Memorial