Washington.
Our nations capitol.
It may be shut down- but we took it by storm!
First we stopped and ate the biggest sandwich ever in Pittsburgh
Beautiful colors all the way!
Sophia on hearing about congresses inability to compromise.
Toddler approval rating- 0%
Saying 'hi!' to President Obama
So these signs were everywhere.
And everywhere people were disregarding them!
Yay for civil disobedience!
Sophia and Rick breaking the law and going into the WWII Memorial.
Everyone was doing it!
Even Glen Beck!
Hahaha- if anyone knows us, then you must know how insanely ridiculous we think this man is.
It was beyond hilarious seeing him doing a publicity stunt here.
Jefferson Memorial
As close as we could get- womp. womp.
At the FDR Memorial
I didn't even know it existed?!
It was awesome!
Love this quote.
Rick is America.
Next stop- MLK Jr Memorial
Was super excited to see it.
Sophia just being cute.
On to the Capitol!
Taking a break on the steps of the Capital.
Good to see at least one reasonable person there.
I couldn't stop singing "I'm just a bill..."
Dreaming of being a future Congresswoman???
Best. Burgers. Of. My. Life.
Worthy of documentation.
Stop at the National Building Museum
So beautiful!
Would have never gone here if not for the shutdown.
So there's something good?
Building, in the National Building Museum.
Meta.
Even the subway's architecture is fantastic.
And we got to spend a beautiful morning at Mt Vernon
Overlooking the Potomac
Sophia, once again, not impressed.
(tired baby face)
This is as good as we get folks.
George's fantastic gardens.
And we got to see the National Cathedral
I've never been here before, and was so impressed!
So beautiful! And we attended a service, which was awesome to experience the quiet reverence of the building before it opened to al the tourists again.
And not to mention- fantastic sermon.
Sometimes paid clergy ain't so bad, you know?
Inside- just beautiful.
It has all the 50 state flags.
A lot of the architecture and symbols are focused on unity of purpose- meaningful for where it's located.
All the architecture very reminiscent of Notre Dame
The organ- sounded SO phenomenal
The wood coral seats- loved it
Rose window
I just love the detail in cathedrals.
Beautiful mosaic
George Washington.
I loved where they had this, and the light coming in on him.
Big.
And truly the BEST part of our trip was seeing some great old friends.
Meeting up with Christian- haven't seen each other since High School!
Alicia- my old college roommate, and best friend!
Then we both got married- and Rick and Mike became best friends too!
And now all our kids are best friends!
(at least they all really liked to play together)
It was such a blast to see them
These two were so cute together
Cute kids...
...wonder where they get it from?
Nah- we still got it!
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