Washington D.C. Cherry Blossoms

Where do I begin. We decided to drive to D.C. and our main goal was to see what the hoopla was about the blossoms and maybe get a picture in front of the Lincoln Memorial. We left at 8 in morning hoping to beat the rush. Well, everyone else decided to do the same thing. It was crazy. The park where the majority of the blossoms were was crazy and no parking. So we finally gave up, parked illegally, took some pictures, jumped back in. Then drove another hour to find a handicap spot, and parked illegally again. We walked to the Washington Monument, only a few blocks away, the kids started crashing, walked back, got lost driving out of D.C. and drove home. All in all, it was a surreal experience seeing all of these sights you only hear and see pictures of. But was so crazy to try to maneuver around. The only cool part for the kids was walking to the monument. Our next visit we are obviously taking the metra in and seeing more sights. But this was just a taste and feel of D.C.

Keira in front of the blossoms. Aidan just woke up and did not want to stand solo.

Daddy with the kids

Mommy with the kids

A nice man took our family picture.

The cherry blossoms up close.

The Washington Monument from our car

Daddy and Aidan in front of the Monument

The Lincoln Memorial . It was cool to go to the Washington (the only one we walked to) because you got a great view of the Lincoln Memorial and the Capital. Keira and Aidan loved it up there!!

Keira was amazed as to how big the Washington was. Here she is in front of it.

Lincoln Memorial up close

We got lost driving out of D.C.. But to our luck, we drove right past the White House. Very cool. This is a picture from our car while driving.

About 15 minutes from our house we were driving thru Sudlersville, MD and noticed this statue. It was a statue of Jimmy Foxx. Darin had to get out and get a picture in front of it. I guess he was pretty good player?!?