White House Garden Tour

Some good friends let RuLynn and I tag along on the day of the White House Garden tours. It was fun to read about which presidents planted the various trees and other interesting things that have happened on the White House grounds. It really is a beautiful house.

Strasburg?

This was our brilliant attempt at seeing Steven Strasburg pitch this year. It would have been perfect. Sunny weather, dollar tickets, he was pitching, Matt could come...only I looked at the time wrong and so when we got to the gate the game was already in the fourth inning. We saw him for one inning and then they took him out and they lost the game. Boo! I guess the other thing that wasn't so perfect was Cam throwing up twice on our way out. Gross!

Memorial Day 2010

This year we chose the Iwo Jima Memorial. We also were able to walk over to Arlington Cemetery and sit on a wall overlooking the thousands of graves there. It is a beautiful spot to overlook DC from. I hope the kids are soaking this in.

Cherries

Our early morning cherry blossom walk. We often have gone at sunset but I'm a new fan of the colors in the morning, and less crowds. The pinks are so soft and tranquil. The reflections are clear because the water is so calm. It is exquisitely beautiful in person. I am always disappointed with my pictures. I'm hoping someday to get one that matches the real life experience.

Airplane Park

This park is really called Gravelly point but we call it airplane park.  On the right kind of day it is soooo fun.  You are literally under the plane as it makes the final turn and lands at Reagan airport.  The air does this whooshy thing and it's loud.  This time they had fun trying to race the planes.  They never won.  I think the other people in the park were looking at me like I was crazy because I show up with these four boys who can't stop wrestling and running all over.  But, I let them be boys and I hope they remember this day.   I will.

I guess I need to lose some weight.  I'm killing Spencer.

Silence please

We hadn't been to Arlington for awhile so I thought the boys needed to see the changing of the guard again.  It is a very impressive ceremony that made quite an impression on the boys.  They were immitating it for a week.  

Higher Ground

A great day for a visit to the temple and a little kite flying at the National Kite Festival.

I love spring in DC.