After the blessing we went to their home for lunch and a few pics, then we were off to DC. We first checked into our hotel then rode the Metro to the National Mall. My cousin Liz saved us a spot to watch the fireworks, we were right in between the Washington monument and the World War II memorial.
It was one of the hottest days on record in D.C. The boys had to keep cool. This is a pic of Beckam running in the water.
This is Kenyon and Aunt Sharee just wasting time.
This is a pic of the boys with my cousins ED and Liz. And Liz's Boyfriend Danny. We were there with all of Liz's friends from her ward. Liz thanks so much for letting us crash your party. We had a great time.
This is Kenny and I right before the fireworks were about to start.
and here are the boys with a few of the fireworks.
The fireworks were amazing and well worth the crazy two hour fight to get back to our hotel. The metro was crazy. I have never seen so many people in such a small place.
On Monday we purchased the double decker bus pass. So we could get on and off at each memorial. This first pic is of the Boys waiting for the Metro. They did not want to get back on, after what we went through the night before. But when they saw that there were hardly any people, they were just fine.
Our first stop was at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. I wish I could blame the cutting off of his head in this pic on the boys. But I know it was me who took this pic.
Then we went to see Lincoln. Kenyon was most excited to see this. He was a little disappointed that Lincoln did not stand up and talk with us. We just watched the Night at the Museum and I think he was expecting us to see everything as it was in the movie.
This pic is out in front of Lincoln, looking over the reflecting pond and towards the Washington monument. Later on Monday night we took the Night around the city tour, and we saw all the monuments lit up. It was absolutely beautiful.
On Tuesday we went over to the Natural History Museum, here are a few pics of the boys and stuff we saw.
We went over to the D.C Temple later that afternoon. Kathy and Sharee did a session while we played with the boys, and when they were finished we switched. This was my favorite part of the whole trip. This was our first trip to the temple since we have been out here. The DC temple is our temple we attend, but it is 3 and a half hrs away so it is hard to get up there.
We had a wonderful 4Th of July. I suggest that everyone at one time in their lives has to see the 4Th of July fireworks in DC. It was amazing. Hope you all had a great 4Th too.
