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Washington DC: Day Two- Korean War, WWII and Washington DC Veteran Memorials
Our walking tour continued and we went. The next two monuments were by far my favorite! The Korean War memorial had three sections. To the left of Brent is a mirrored wall with soldiers faces etched...
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Day Two: MLK, Roosevelt, and Jefferson Memorial
The monument touring continued. Many of the monuments were along the same strip in line with the Capitol building down to the Lincoln Memorial. Then there are other memorials that go all the way...
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Washington DC: Day Two- Capitol
Can you believe we are only half way through day one!?!?! I sure can't! I have to admit this was the most difficult part of the day and here is why:After the Jefferson Memorial I told Brent "okay, I...
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Washington DC: Day Two- Smithsonian
Seriously, we did to much in Washington DC because it is over a month later and I am still blogging about it. After the capitol we ran over the Smithsonian's. There are a ton of them which is why we...
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Washington D.C.: Day Two- Subway, Subway, Subway
After the museums, we were tired so we went back to the Driscoll's. Only a few hour later Brent was itching to get back out into the city. I wasn't thrilled by the idea, but we were only in DC for a...
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Washington DC: Day Three- The George Washington Masonic Memorial/BIRTHDAY DAY!
Day Two, or more importantly BIRTHDAY DAY! After waking up Spencer and Erica made me a delicious breakfast of fruit waffles and eggs!Landon was really into the party as well.After breakfast we hit the...
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Washington DC: Day Three- Christ's Church
After walking about 15 blocks, we made it to our next destination, Christ's Church. This is the church where George Washington and Robert E. Lee went to church. There was a service going on, but we...
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Washington DC: Day Three- Alexandria
Alexandria was really a nice part of Washington DC. I also think it is one of the oldest parts of DC as well. This portion of street was actually left as cobblestone- just like it would have been back...
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Washington DC: Day Three- Torpedo Factory
As we were walking to the waterfront, there was a torpedo factory. It looked semi-interesting to so in we went. This is the first thing we saw, and that was the only torpedo piece of memorabilia. The...
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Washington DC: Day Three- National Arboritum
After resting up, we hit the Abroritum. It is this large scultpted nature area which is really gorgeous.The major stop was these pillars. They are old pillars from the capitol buildingWhen we first...
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Washington DC: Day Four- Monuments at Night and Thunder Storm
Sunday night Brent wanted to go out and see the monuments at night. I had heard it was a pretty awesome experience so we saddled up for another night out on the town.We loved this sign... apparently...
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Final Day in Washington DC
Our flight didn't leave until the afternoon so we made sure to take advantage of the time we had.Brent wanted to see the amazing view from the post office. We set the monopod with our expensive camera...
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Visit from the Vice President
My job has let me do some pretty awesome things at my job. Recently, my executive director got a call from the office of the Vice President... who wanted to vist our site. That is weird, I didn't...
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Family Reunion- Day One
FAMILY REUNION! Yes, we are barely big enough to have official family reunions! This trip was to Eagle Crest, Oregon in Redmond, Oregon. I had never heard of this place and really didn't care... I...
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Family Reunion- Tumalo Falls
The family reunion was off to a great start and it only continued! On Friday Morning the whole family (minus my dad, who had to work) were off to Tumalo Falls. It is about 40 minute outside of Eagle...
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Family Reunion: Smiths Rock
After the fun times Tumalo Falls, we spent the day relaxing and playing tennis and having a great time! The next morning we were off on another family outing! Smiths Rock. This one was only 30...
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Eagle Crest: Petersen's Rock Museum
After hiking around Smith Rock, my mom had desperately wanted to go to Petersen Rock Museum. Brent and I were more than happy to tag along. The rest of the family wanted to come but the little boys...
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Family Reunion- Random Photos
As I mentioned earlier Brent spent a lot of the vacation taking some great scenic pictures, but that does make it difficult to actually document how great this reunion was. Brent had a little shadow...
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San Diego!
Do you know how fun the beach is? Oh, I do! I love the beach and luckily I have an amazing husband who loves the beach as well. In fact, over labor day, Brent and I decided to hit up San Diego to...
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San Diego 2!
After a little whale watching, we went back to get a better look at the lighthouse. This was the actual home of the lighthouse keeper lived and maintained the lighthouse.The staircase was so steep it...
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