Washington DC

Our trip to Washington DC was so fun! We went to Gettysburg the first day we were there. (There were a lot of really cool red barns! So I had to include a picture of one.) I think that this was one of my favorite parts of our trip. I learned tons about the civil war that I didn't know before.


Our second day we went to Mount Vernon. It was so fun to see how George Washington lived. This is us behind his house with a gorgeous view of the potomac river. The trees back there were beautiful! We picked a perfect time to visit.

In front of George Washington's home.

On Sunday we were able to go to the visitors center, see the temple, and walk around the temple grounds.

The rest of the time we went into downtown DC. There were so many things to do there! When we went to the natural history museum, Parker loved looking at the bright colored fish.

We also got to visit some of the monuments. They were so neat. Going to visit all the historic places made me really proud to be an American...and also really grateful for the people who sacrificed for our freedom.

Parker loved his stroller most of the time. He also loved his little suit we put him in. He would be so calm and usually fall asleep in it. We started to call it his "magic suit" because it always put him to sleep.

In front of the capitol.

Most of all, we had a great time visiting Bill and Deanne. It was so fun to see them and let them see Parker for the first time.