Spring Break = Washington, DC

*WARNING* Ton of pictures. I took over 700 pictures- it's taken me a week to go through them. I've blogged this page for myself as much as I have for family/friends. I will scrapbook an album, but who knows when that will happen. So this will help me to remember. We have now been home for a week from our spring break trip to Washington, DC. It was a very nice trip. This is the motel that we stayed in. DOWNTOWN Washington, DC. A Holiday Inn Express. Room was about $200 a night. That was the SPECIAL!

We flew from Memphis to Atlanta. Atlanta to DC..coming home it was a straight flight from DC to Memphis. ALOT cheaper for us to fly out of Memphis than Little Rock.

Jacob took this picture coming home. Boys fought over window seat. Michael had it going, Jacob had it coming home.

Don't ya just wanna float on 'em?

Jacob going through security. That was an experience.

Rog and Jacob watching them get the plane ready.

Our plane.

I have a love/hate relationship with flying. I'll do it...but not my favorite mode of transportation.

Granny and Jacob.

We flew into Ronald Reagan. This is the airport where the air traffic controller guy fell asleep!! Seriously!? We were already in DC when it happened, but still had to fly back out. I can pick em!

The Cherry Blossom festival is this week. It's the peek week for the trees. This is what they looked like when we got to DC at the start of the week.

This is how much they bloomed within 4 days. They were so pretty. I know we didn't see peak, but I've always wanted to see the "Cherry Blossoms"- I think I got a pretty good taste.

WASHINGTON MONUMENT PICTURES:

Picture taken from inside Washington Monument. The reflecting pool didn't have any water in it...they were doing some repair work.

Getting ready to ride the elevator to the top.

Saw the White House from the Washington Monument.

White House

National Cathederal from inside the Washington Monument.

WW II Memorial

Mtn. Vernon:

I simply cannot get over the beauty of this home. Built in the 1700's. Its just amazing.

Martha and George Washington

Pictures taken down by the Potomac River.

Iwo Jima

Capitol at night time.

The artwork was simply amazing in the Library of Congress. Once again...so hard for me to comprehend what they did years ago!

You can rent this room for $40,000 to have a wedding reception or party. Yeah right!

Went to Ford's Theatre...where Lincoln was shot. I had a picture of his seat, but somehow or another deleted it! :(

HOLY WATER! The tour of the National Cathedral was absolutely gorgeous!

Vietnam Memorial Wall

Korean Memorial-pictures etched in the stone. Korean Memorial

Lincoln Memorial by night. (We went on a night time trolley tour-this was one of the stops)

Day time Lincoln Memorial...

Jefferson Memorial...

This picture cracks me up!! This was on Tuesday. We had walked a total of 15 miles seeing sights that day. The boys were DONE!!!!! This is at Jefferson's Memorial. This momma made it just as long as they did!

Went to the National Archives where the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and the Constitution are...original documents...WOW

CAPITOL...we took a Capitol Tour..

Once again...look at that art work...simply stunning...

Our tour guide in the red jacket. We had 4 groups in our tour...guess where everyone was from? ARKANSAS! Isn't that cool?

AH...the White House....

Standing in front of the White House

Funny picture...I've never "checked in" anywhere on my Iphone...I "checked in" at the White House...boys had to show me how to do it...we all 3 "checked in"...we got to tour the White House...the President was not there. Guess he didn't know we were coming!

Outside in the back of the White House..

Yep I was on Pennsylvania Avenue... We had fun with some of these pictures! Our future Presidents????

*Note where Jacob is....

Words can't even describe this visit to Arlington Cemetery...

JFK's eternal flame..gives me chills..

The horse drawn carriage had a coffin on it...

Bureau of Printing and Engraving...they weren't giving away any free samples of money the day we were there!ha

These guys spent alot of time in the Holocaust Museum..my least favorite. So sad.

We also went to the Museum of American History - saw the original flag-once again, WOW~

We then went to the Museum of Air/Space. Guess I was DONE taking pictures by this time.

DAY 1: (Sunday) Saw: Washington Monument, WW II Memorian, Mt. Vernon, and did a night time Trolley Tour.

DAY 2 (Monday) Saw: Library of Congress, Ford's Theatre, Natioanl Cathederal, Vietnam Memorial, Korean Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, and National Archives. Roger tried to kill us on this day..we walked a total of 15 miles! It was a gorgeous day that day.

DAY 3 (Tuesday) Saw: Capitol Tour, White House Tour, Arlington Cemetery.

DAY 4 (Wednesday) Saw; Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Holocaust, Museum of American History, Museum of Air/Space.

DAY 5 (Thursday) returned home. NO PLACE LIKE HOME!

Michael, Mom, and I went to DC about 11 years ago. A major change in security has taken place since we went in 1999. So glad that we did this as a family and that Jacob and Roger got to expereince it. By no means...is this a "relaxing" trip. Educational is the word. It has taken me over three hours to load these pictures and do this post. I could get use to going somewhere during spring break every year!