Washington DC

This September the kids and I drove over to Washington DC with my parents to help send off my niece McCaela to her mission to New Mexico.  We stopped along the way at this beautiful overlook in West Virginia.  It was so beautiful!  When I think of WV, I think of rhododendrons the size of trees and beautiful overlooks like this.  It was nice to swing through my home state. 



 Even though we used to live only an hour away from DC when we were in Delaware, the kids hardly remember all the times we went, so we decided to spend a morning seeing the sites.   
 
 Here is where my dad used to work for the Department of Labor on Constitution Boulevard for a few years in the 60's after finishing his Ph.D. in Albany and before my parents headed 3 hours west to West Virginia University.
 American History Smithsonian


  Natural History Smithsonian butterfly incubator.
 Air and Space Smithsonian 
 These two are definitely related!  Cousin twins!
 We hung out at Jan's house on Saturday in Alexandria.

 And then we hung out at Cara's house in Manasas on Sunday after church and McCaela's awesome farewell talk.  
 The kids enjoyed the hotel pool, as always.

It was a fun trip and so nice to visit my sisters in their own stomping grounds!  Super excited for McCaela's misson call and can't wait to see her growth and transformation in 18 months!  

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Jennifer's Kitchen said…
That is a really special trip! So great to spend that time with family, and see all of that amazing stuff in DC. I LOVE DC. Best wishes to McCaela in NM!
October 28, 2015 at 10:41 AM
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