Washington DC: Part the First

Since my wonderful sister lives in DC and has a great place to stay, we visit as often as we can.  The DVD player decided to not work on the way there (9 hour trip), but the kids did remarkably well.  We arrived in time to have dinner and go to sleep on Saturday.

 Sunday we went to church where the Branch we attended was bigger than our Ward in Queensbury.  After that we went to the DC temple visitors center and walked around the temple grounds.

Monday was the first of two trips to the National Mall.  We always seem to find a parking space right in front of the Washington Monument, so we always end up with a few pictures.  It didn't take long for Gwen to decided she was, "tired of walking."  I'm glad she still fits in the sling.  A little while later she decided the sun was too bright.  I lent her my sunglasses.  When you live in NY the sunshine in DC seems very bright.  I've always claimed that I would never spoil my youngest child.  I am such a liar.

We stopped by our Congressman's (Chris Gibson) office to get a pass to see the floor of the house.  He wasn't there and his staff let us play in his office.  Gwen is the only one who would sit at the desk for a picture.

We toured the Capitol, but didn't end up going to the see the floor because the kids were getting too tired and we were worried about finding a big expensive ticket on our car for exceeding our parking time limit.  

It seems that when we visit Ely there are two things that we always do.  We go to the Mall and always find something new to see there.  The other is the Lego Store that just happens to be at a shopping mall on the way home from the National Mall.  That is usually the highlight of the trip for the kids.