Whirlwind in Washington D.C.

Last week was Will's Spring Break (I know, it's still amazing to me that colleges actually GET spring breaks. I wonder when BYU will get hip and start giving it's students a well-deserved break in the middle of Winter Semester?) and we spent it in our nation's capital. We left early Tuesday morning and returned to the ATL late Friday evening. It was such a wonderful trip!!
Especially since my mom graciously agreed to watch Everett for the week. A whole four days without the little man??? We love the little guy to pieces, but it was so wonderful to be able to set our own schedule, take only one suitcase, eat when we wanted to, and not have to take into account E's nap/sleep schedule. Plus, it was pretty cold there, so we were glad we left Everett in 70 degree warmth.
Will and I fell in love with D.C. What a neat city! I had been there once before in 5th grade, but Will had never been. We crammed as much as we could into our visit and we still missed out on a ton of stuff. We've decided we'll have to do one of two things: 1) Move there or 2) Visit frequently. We're up for either option.
We took as many photos as we could and quite a bit of video as well. We were the quinessential tourists, complete with backpack, cameras, maps and of course, our Fodor guidebook. Here are some of the better pictures and I'll see if I can't figure out how to post video from our camcorder as well.

Oh! And many thanks to our friends, Craig and Jennifer, for letting us crash at their place. Plus, Shanna, Michelle, Eric, Ryan, Lacey and little Aubrey for making time in their busy schedules to visit with us and share a good meal!

At the Atlanta Airport waiting to board our flight. That BYU hat was such a conversation starter! We met someone at the airport, the Washington Monument and elsewhere who spoke to us simply because they recognized the "Y".


One of the first things we saw, besides the International Spy Museum, was the National Archives. It was awesome to see the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta (the Declaration of Independence wasn't on display due to some work they were doing on it). And for the record, the room didn't look anything like it did in National Treasure!


Next up was going up, up, up 550 ft. to the top of the Washington Monument. We could see all over downtown D.C.!









On Wednesday, we drove over to Annapolis to check out the U.S. Naval Academy. We saw the D.C. Temple from the interstate, we ate at the famous Chick and Ruth's Delly, saw the Maryland State House, walked down Main Street in the snow and visited the United States Naval Academy.

On Thursday we saw Ford's Theater, the White House, the Air and Space Museum, the Museum of Natural History, the Capitol, the Holocost Museum, the Supreme Court Building and the Library of Congress.


















Ok, I am now far too frustrated to continue this post. Pictures are taking forever to load and are being funny about placement. Sometimes I really, really miss the old Blogger. Sigh. Suffice it to say, we had a WONDERFUL trip, saw too many more things to list, and simply can't wait to return. Yea for Spring Break and Washington D.C.!!