Visiting DC

One of the things Bryan wanted to do during his stay with us was visit our nation's capital and see all of the monuments and historical documents. I love going to DC so we turned it into a field trip for Savannah and off the three of us went. We rode the train in and spent the day soaking up all our national treasures.
We were not prepared for the cold (thanks for the wrong forecast, weatherman!) and it was quite a gray morning. Pair that up with all the gray monuments and you get a ton of gray pictures!
I think the WWII Memorial is beautiful though this early in the year they did not have the fountain going - bummer!

The Atlantic side...

and the Pacific side.

Too many stars.

The Lincoln Memorial.

I just love him!

The Washington Monument in the background.  When we were there it was still being worked on;  I think they're just about finished.

The Korean War.

And Vietnam.

Still beautiful, even on a dreary day.

We had our own personal greeter in front of the White House...isn't he adorable?

He had no problem coming right up to us and asking if we had any spare food. Who can resist paws on your hands?

Savannah was a little hesitant at first but he was just so dang cute that we just had to give him a little treat.

He ate the grape that Bryan gave him and then buried the one Savannah handed him. It might have been the highlight of the day!

Not a fan of who lives there but it's still the beautiful White House.

After hanging out with our little squirrel friend, we went separate ways; Bryan headed over to the Holocaust Museum and Savannah and I decided to hit the Museum of American History. But first we grabbed some hot chocolate...we were freezing!

We saw some pretty awesome exhibits!

I loved seeing the sun stone from the original Nauvoo Temple!

And the ruby slippers are a must see!

Hangin' with some soldiers during the American Revolution.

One of my most favorite quotes by President Lincoln. If only he hadn't been assassinated, our country might have healed much more quickly.

Savannah and I then headed over to the Museum of Natural History. Savannah loves looking at all the animals.

We even saw Sven from Frozen!

After several hours of the museums we met up with Bryan to check out our nation's most famous documents - the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. We were not allowed to take pictures of them so we just took a picture outside the National Archives to commemorate what we saw inside. Unfortunately the documents are not doing so well, especially the Declaration. It's hard to see any of the signatures anymore.
We finished up our day with our nation's Capitol though this is the closest we got. It had been a long day and we were all ready to go home.

I am so glad that Bryan came for his visit and that we got to spend such a wonderful day together in DC!