The Sightseeing that Never Ends

When I said more walking was to come, I wasn't joking. We first had our tour of the Capitol Building, which was amazing. After our tour, we went to some of the museums that we had heard about. Then the next day we saw some more. The best part is that they are all free. Here are a few of our favorite pictures, well my favorite pictures : )

The Botanical Gardens. They had this cool exhibit where you could smell different spices, etc. from these huge metal flowers.

National Museum of the American Indians. It was a really unique building.

National Gallery of Art. We were speechless too..

What can I say...they were good chips. Actually, Casey got a hold of the camera : )

Casey's favorite picture. It was definately the most interesting one there.

National Air & Space Museum

Missles

A chess board used in space.

Meeting the Fam in Pennsylvania

During our trip to D.C., we went up to Pennsylvania for a few days to see Casey's family. It was fun for Casey to see his cousins that he hasn't seen in 10 years and to see and stay with his Uncle Gary and Aunt Venus (we haven't seen them since our wedding). They are such wonderful, generous people. We also saw a little bit of his Uncle Dwayne, Aunt Amy, their kids, and Amy's bookstore. Amy was was really nice and even gave Casey the book he needed for his book club: The Alchemist. It was fun to meet some of family for the first time and see what life on the farm is like. They definately live a different life than what Casey and I were used to.

In case you were wondering what Pennsylvania looks like...

Casey and Garrison riding on the dirt bike

Playing on the tight rope in the barn. The boys made this one afternoon when they were bored.
Me
Bryce
It rained quite a bit while we were there. Candice convinced Casey to play football in the rain with her, and this is Casey taking cover.

Candice giving Casey that, "You're such a dork" look : )

Casey and his Grandpa Plessinger

Casey and his Great Grandpa Crawford

Washington DC

We're still alive! I know a lot of you were wondering since I haven't updated in a while. Anyways, for our anniversary, Casey and I went to Washington D.C. to see the sights and visit Josh. The first day there we went to the Holocaust Museum (very eye-opening and Casey's favorite). They had excellent exhibits and there was so much that we learned about the Holocaust that we never knew. We also went to a Nationals v. Mets game. It was a lot of walking, but little did we know how much more we would do...

The Holocaust Museum. The architecture was really cool. It was all very plain and almost cold with a lot of steel, brick, and unfinished wood. It definately set a mood for the museum.

The Room of Remembrance. Above these candles they had the names of different concentration camps and you could light the candles underneath them.
One of the windows that I liked.
Throughout the museum, they had informational videos with modern day interviews with survivors, troops, trials, etc.One of my favorite pictures that we saw.

Children's Tile Wall. Children from around the United States made tiles themed around the Holocaust.

This museum definately made you think...

A flag outside the museum. Just made you glad for the country we live in and for our freedom.

The Nationals Game. We all got free Lincoln bobbleheads. This is Casey and Josh mimicking Honest Abe's stern expression.
Casey and I after the game.