Family visitors!

Yesterday morning, Spencer's mom, dad, and sister flew into Reagan International airport. Even after a long red-eye flight, and only a few hours of sleep- they were excited to be here and ready for the site seeing to begin! With only 6 days to see ALL of DC and surrounding sites, we had to get going. Spencer, Madi and I met up with them at Gravelly Point and then headed off to our first stop- Arlington Cemetery! Before they flew out here, Spencer and I had typed up an itinerary for the week to make sure that we would be able to fit in everything they wanted to see. Jocelyn was the only one who had never been to DC, but even after living here for over a year, I had never done either of the things on our itinerary for Thursday!

Arlington Cemetery was nice. A very quiet and solemn place. We were able to walk along the grounds and even witness the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier. I was fascinated by this- a routine that happens on the hour, every hour- rain or shine, heat or snow, even in the middle of the night! If you have never done this-next time you are in DC, this is a must see. You can't help but leave feeling proud to be an American!



After Arlington Cemetery we headed off to Mount Vernon. Spencer's been dying to take me here ever since his first visit last year. Sure enough, it was definitely a place I'd like to come back to. Even after almost 5 hours, there was still more that I wanted to see.


Madi did surprisingly well for only having one 18 minute nap! This is right before we went into watch a movie depicting George Washington's life- where Madi got her nap (the length of the movie) in the dark theater.


George Washington had the backyard to die for! Who wouldn't want a backyard with a view like this!