Driving to DC

 This weekend Nate and I did a little road trip (We are getting VERY good at them)... When I say little I mean 6 hours, both ways. So kinda big I guess.. but well worth it. We were able to stay with some of Nate's family friends so it was prefect! 

 Friday night we made it to the temple! It's quite the view, especially from the freeway. I guess there has been so many accidents that they made them turn the lights on the temple down at night. It still takes your breath away. 

 We went to the vistor center and watched the new movie on the family. It was cute. As we were walking out there was a lady and her daughter wandering around the grounds. We said hello and they asked about the building and what it was. Nate went into missionary mode and told her all about it, even invited her into the vistors center and sent her off with the missionaries. She had some major misconceptions about Mormon's so I hope they got all cleared up inside! 

 Saturday morning we headed to the National Mall! We walked up and down it so we could see all the monuments. We learned a lot and were grateful we could google along the way :)

 It reminded me so much of my grandpa's and all they sacrificed! 

 Pretty cute boy! 

 Lincoln Memorial

 I loved this!

 This is where the Korean War Monument is. 

After the Monument walk we started on the museums. We did the Holocaust Museum first. Pretty amazing what they were able to document. Heartbreaking. It's especially sad to think about how not that long ago it was. 

After we spent a lot of time at the museum we realized we were starving! Nate's good friend recommended "Good Stuff" so we decided on that for lunch. We went to get on the Metro... but guess what? It was down due to computer problems. For some reason when Nate and I want to travel some other way than using our car it never works out.  We ended up walking the whole way..up a big hill.... to finally get some food. Needless to say we were exhausted and starving. 

If nothing else the Milky Way Shake was  DEFINITELY worth the walk 

 And now are treck back down the hill to the United States Capitol. It was huge. 

We made our way into the American Indian Museum, the Air and Space Museum, and the American History Museum. All cool but at this point Nate was basically dragging me haha. My feet were killing me and notice the hair.... I haven't been so sweaty since I was in Italy walking around the Vatican. 

Last stop the White House! 

 After a short little rest at home we made our way to Georgetown Cupcakes. It was pretty yummy and we got half a dozen! Don't worry we didn't eat them all in one night :)

 We decided Arlington would be a good Sunday Morning activity before the long drive home. Here are the Kennedy's Graves. 

 Couldn't believe there are actually 400,000 headstones 

We watched the changing of the guard, pretty cool. I was feeling bad for those soliders. I can't imagine wearing what they were wearing in that heat. Nate and I were dripping! Thank heaven for air conditioned cars. 

It was a quick trip but a lot of fun and full of history! It made us very grateful for our wonderful Country and those who have fought to keep it free!