Monday, August 20

see, you were born in virginia

so we figured we needed to go take some pictures of the girls in the city to prove that they actually did live here (official countdown: one month till take off!). saturday was beautiful, all of the sudden it feels like fall and it's not so amazingly hot! ivy had her first metro ride into the city- she slept through it of course. we meet up with my favorite city dweller leslie and off we went to cruze around a little of the city. (i found a new program on our computer and have been messing with our pictures) we had never been to the jefferson monument so that was our first stop. on our way there we saw a guy catch a fresh water eel, so cool.i never imagined that i would be one of those people who you look at and say "i bet they are mormon" but after looking at this picture i realize that we totally do.anyways, moving on around the tidal basin to the FDR monument. which i also had never been to, and it was super cool with tons of water falls. luke decided that when he dies the monument made for him will have to be like this one. velzy paying her respects:when velzy first saw the statue of his dog she climbed up and gave him a kiss, but was a little shocked when he was really hot and ran away all sad saying "hot hot hot"on the other end of the tidal basin we went to visit my favorite person in the city. mr. abe. love him.this is les- our family photographer for the day.by then we were a little hot and had to get velz the popsicle we were bribing her with. ivy enjoyed her first patriot pop too.
a quick stop by the white house (which we were too close to meltdown time to really get close to) and we were on our way home.just like last week when we came back from the zoo, as i look at these pictures i am realizing that d.c. really is a pretty cool place. and as i think back over the fun that we have had here i am happy that we lived her- i can say this now because we are leaving- but really it is a neat place. there is so much to do and see and you can't help but be proud of our country's history and all of the great people that helped to make our country great.

12 comments:

The Bradys said...

hahah the last picture is priceless! i love fingers in the nose. so cute!looks like you guys had some fun too... before its back to hawaii! lucky girl.
ps. no sophia is my oldest bros little one. our ash doesnt have any kids yet, thank goodness!

Missy said...

I love DC! I'm glad you got the girls pictures around the monuments so they can always say that they've been (and lived) there. So cool.

Any details on your move? Do you have a place to stay when you go over there yet?

lauren said...

i guess im never going to see that cool stuff, now that your moving. cuz im certainley not going to just "go" to virginia. too bad.

Melinda said...

Good idea to take pictures of the gorgeous places surrounding you so your kids can have those memories. Too bad you can't stay partially through the Fall, because it is so beautiful. But whatever, Hawaii is probably even better.

I like how you played around with the pictures...so artistic!

Jessica Brown said...

What an awesome day. I'de love to visit DC sometime? But I'll be honest its more likely that we'll stop by Hawaii sometime to see you guys!

chanel said...

LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY! You move to Hawaii and are coming from the DC area- do you know you have THE LIFE! GOing to DC is on my Life List. That city does just make you so in love with this country and our history!! LOVE ABE!
You're so awesome to take this chance to be visitors, what a great experience! Ivy and the popsicle is too cute! ANd your little nose picker- so funny!

Candace said...

A Popsicle already!!! Naughty, naughty parents. Ha ha.

you guys look too cute in all these photos. I like your shirts...are those little red buttons on the shoulder?

maryam said...

I have some fam in DC and have been itching to go. Love the pictures- what a cute family.

Tonya said...

You guys are so lucky! What a great experience this has been for you, right? I can't wait to that the boys to DC once they are a bit older and can appreciate it.

Your pics are awesome!! Do you have Photoshop?

Becky said...

how did you take those pictures all wierd like that? i love them, they look so cool. i love d.c. i spent a semester out there for my internship and had so much fun. you are moving to an awesome place though.

leslie said...

Ash! it was so fun to play with you. thanks for letting me be your photographer slash nanny for the day.

Anonymous said...

You do look like a Mormon family. I wonder if we do too? I can definitely recognize them at Disneyland, but sort of like to think that we don't stand out like that...

Looks like a fun day! Definitely a must before you leave so your girlies will have proof they lived somewhere cold and un-tropical.