Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Memorial Day in DC!

We had a list of places that we wanted to visit while living here in Pittsburgh and Washington DC was one of them! We finally were able to plan a trip to go over Memorial weekend. It was really great to take our little family and get away for a few days! The hotel we stayed in was awesome, the view looking down from our window into the hotel was really cool. We did a ton of walking and saw some amazing things!















The Whitehouse was really neat and was the first thing that we decided to go see once we arrived. The security was crazy and we kept hearing the sound of a helicopter really close to us but never actually saw it until we got around to the other side. We finally saw it take off and got some great shots of it right in front of the Whitehouse. We learned on the news the next day that the President had left for Camp David around that time. Maybe we were able to see him take off!? It was pretty cool! Landon was fascinated by the whole thing!















Landon with the statue of Jackon. Funny!













The city was full of amazing buildings, statues, and structures. I wish I was a better photographer to better capture all of the amazing things that we saw!




















Unfortunately a 1 year old and a museum don't really go together so we really had to rush though a lot of the museum's faster then we wanted but we still were able to see some great pieces of history and learn a bit more about our country.















Landon had a ball playing in the hotel pool! He was splashing so much that it was hard to get a good picture! His poor little eyes were red from the chlorine but he didn't care! I am glad that he loves the water! It's so fun.

7 comments:

libby said...

That's such a cool picture of the helicopter in front of the white house. Wow. Sounds like a fun trip!

Elise said...

Sounds like a fun trip! How cool you were able to see the helicopter take off! I don't blame Landon for loving the pool the most, your hotel pool looks awesome!

Ahren said...

I love the view from your hotel room. How cool to get to see all those things in DC. Sounds like a fantastic trip.

breymom said...

Is that Washington in the statue, that looks so fun! I'm with Ahren that hotel looks like da Bomb!

Our family of four said...

Hey Rachelle,
What a fun trip! Washington DC is a definate cool place to see at least once in your life! It looks like you guys had a lot of fun. I loved looking at the pictures of your Mom's trip too! It was fun to see her on your blog. Landon is so cute! I can't wait until you guys are closer, so we can get together more! We have been putting in our yard the past three weeks and just laid sod today. Also a friend came to see me from Amarillo over the holiday, so we've been busy! I'll post pics of the house soon too! Talk to you soon!
Teriann

Thompson Family said...

What fun! So I totally didn't know you like to scrapbook. I'm thinking that we will have to get together and do just that, I really need to get back into it!

Woolstenhulme Family said...

We found your blog!! It was fun to catch up on all that you have been up to. Looks like you had a great time in DC! It also looks like there were a ton of people. We went to DC in October of last year and it must have been off season for tourists because it was not that crowded.