We are having so much fun with Amy, Cody and baby Ella who are visiting from Utah. The weather has not been perfect but slowly we are visiting the memorials and having fun. Ben loves having a younger baby to pick on. Sorry baby Ella for getting attacked by Ben. We were so lucky to borrow a friends van so we could all go together. Dave took us out Sat and we actually just drove around and everything we looked at was blocked off because of a marathon but we finally made it to Arlington Cemetery. We went to the unknown soldier tomb and then walked around. Codys cousin was burried there last year so we went to his gravesite and it was just amazing to see how many people have died serving our country. We have been to the national mall and I have visited some new sites that I haven't been to. We went to national archives and library of congress. It was fun and the kids were surprisingly good and it was fun to see new things. We also went to WWII, Lincoln, Korea and Vietnam memorials today. We thought that was a big accomplishment with kids in tow. Siena found a new baby doll to love and walked the whole mall distance pushing her baby in her stroller. We got lots of coments from people passing by. It was a big help for me. I was thinking about it and I think this was the first time Ben has gone to these monuments. He tried walking up to the top of Lincoln but couldn't make it up the whole way. I think sometimes we don't get out enough and enjoy all the fun monuments to do here in D.C. Then later tonight we went to the new Pentagon 911 memorial. It was so cool. We went at night so it was all lit up and it was nice. It is full of benches with people's name on it that died in the pentagon or on the plane that hit. I realized it was kind of hard explainng all these things to Siena. I tried explaining war to her and why there were names on benches and things and then I tried to describe the Pentagon and how people crashed into the building and how they are living with Heavenly Father now. Honestly I don't know, she was respectfull though. We are glad that Amy and family are here and sad that we couldn't convince them to come live out here.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Amy, Cody and Baby Ella visit!
We are having so much fun with Amy, Cody and baby Ella who are visiting from Utah. The weather has not been perfect but slowly we are visiting the memorials and having fun. Ben loves having a younger baby to pick on. Sorry baby Ella for getting attacked by Ben. We were so lucky to borrow a friends van so we could all go together. Dave took us out Sat and we actually just drove around and everything we looked at was blocked off because of a marathon but we finally made it to Arlington Cemetery. We went to the unknown soldier tomb and then walked around. Codys cousin was burried there last year so we went to his gravesite and it was just amazing to see how many people have died serving our country. We have been to the national mall and I have visited some new sites that I haven't been to. We went to national archives and library of congress. It was fun and the kids were surprisingly good and it was fun to see new things. We also went to WWII, Lincoln, Korea and Vietnam memorials today. We thought that was a big accomplishment with kids in tow. Siena found a new baby doll to love and walked the whole mall distance pushing her baby in her stroller. We got lots of coments from people passing by. It was a big help for me. I was thinking about it and I think this was the first time Ben has gone to these monuments. He tried walking up to the top of Lincoln but couldn't make it up the whole way. I think sometimes we don't get out enough and enjoy all the fun monuments to do here in D.C. Then later tonight we went to the new Pentagon 911 memorial. It was so cool. We went at night so it was all lit up and it was nice. It is full of benches with people's name on it that died in the pentagon or on the plane that hit. I realized it was kind of hard explainng all these things to Siena. I tried explaining war to her and why there were names on benches and things and then I tried to describe the Pentagon and how people crashed into the building and how they are living with Heavenly Father now. Honestly I don't know, she was respectfull though. We are glad that Amy and family are here and sad that we couldn't convince them to come live out here.
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Sounds like you guys are having lots of fun! I wish I could've joined you...instead I'm here packing boxes! :) Keep smilin' and enjoying time together! :)
we have decided on byu suprisingly but we are very excited. thank you again for an awesome vacation. oh and you are a genius, ella goes to bed on her own now, we still have to master the amount of time she sleeps but at least she falls asleep without any help from me! yahoo, thanks love you!
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