Day 5 of our trip

Today we decided to see the sites of Washington DC. We really weren't thinking about what day it was (the day after the 4th of July). So it was very crowded.

Our first stop was the Holocaust Museum. This stop was mostly for my benefit. I've always wanted to see the museum. Walking through each of the rooms and seeing everything that happened to the Jews and those under Hitler was heart wrenching. When we walked into the rooms with shoes everywhere and the piles of hair were the most memorable for me. I would love to go back someday (without the kids) so I can see and read everything.
Lacey and Trenton at the Air and Space Smithsonian.

We went to the Air and Space Smithsonian. We had lunch there and walked through a "rocket". Unfortunately, we didn't stay very long. Max was a little disappointed because he wanted to stay longer, but the kids were getting tired and anxious to leave.
Max and the kids with the White House behind them.
Museum of Natural History, where we saw the Hope Diamond. It was beautiful- but wasn't half as big as we were expecting. The kids enjoyed looking at all the different animals that they had on display here.
Garron holding up the Washington Monument.

Trenton, Garron, Lacey, and Kaylie in front of "ARIZONA" at the WWII Memorial
We were amazed at all the people sitting around the WWII memorial, soaking their feet in the water. It was a very muggy, hot day and I'm sure they were relieved to have their feet cooled off.
The reflecting pool was closed off. But you can see that the ducks didn't follow those rules. They were messes everywhere from those "Cute Ducks".
Garron in front of the Vietnam Memorial. Trenton was curious why people were scribbling over peoples names with paper. When we explained to him what they were doing (penciling over the engraved names) he thought that was cool and wished he knew someone that he could get a pencil scribble of.
In fron of the Lincoln memorial. Did you know that the sculpturer, put his profile in Lincoln's hair? (I don't know how true that is. But if you look at Lincoln's hair, you are able to see a man's profile.)

Garron holding the "Flaming Sword"

We ended our day by driving down to Viriginia and stopped at a BBQ restaurant called Red, Hot, and Blue- Very good BBQ!!!