Hair Cuts

Well, two members of our family had hair cuts recently. Me, last friday, and Buster this morning. Here are some pictures:

Buster before his hair cut

Buster after his hair cut.

And me! Yes, I cut it short (for Locks of Love!)

The Nation's Capitol.....Washington DC!!!!!

We got here to DC last Monday and saw our friends. Tuesday, we went to Arlington Cemetery, the Pentagon, and the Iwo Jima memorial and the Lincoln memorial at night - it was really cool! My friend and I even got matching t-shirts at the Pentagon. Wednesday, we toured the Capitol building (so cool), sat in on part of a senate session, and toured the Library of Congress. Thursday, we went to the Smithsonian Air and Space museum, and then to the National Archives (and saw the real Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights). I think all of us girls got bored of the Air and Space museum - it was HUGE!!!!! Friday (yesterday) we went to the Ford's Theater (where Lincoln was shot) and then to the house across the street where he died. After that, we went to the Smithsonian museum of American History (and you should have seen Daniel's face when he saw Apolo Ohno's skates! I got a pic of him..... I'll post it below) - it was.....pretty fun though it was huge and we were tired after it, and then, on the way back to the metro, we walked by the White House. Today, we went up in the tower at the "Old Post Office" building - third tallest building in DC (taller than the Capitol!) and got a really good view of everything in DC. After that, we went to the Washington Monument and the war memorials. Everyone was tired (and hot!) after that, so we rode the metro back to the stop near where we had parked nearer our hotel and came back to the hotel (after eating supper in the food court in a mall that we walk through to get from the metro stop to our van). So..... I guess I just basically summarized our trip so far..... I think everyone got souvenir sunburns today :).

Sunset

Jefferson Memorial

Jefferson Memorial

Marine One - the president's helicopter! It looks like it's about to crash into the Washington Monument in this picture!

Washington Monument

View of the Washington Monument from the Old Post Office tower

The White House with the fence separating us from it

The White House (without the fence)

Daniel........ when he saw Apolo Ohno's skates..... just so happened to click my camera at that moment :)

National Archives building

Washington Monument as seen from outside the Capitol

Capitol building

View from the front of the Capitol

The Capitol (again)

Statue of Joe Wheeler in the Capitol

Rotunda

Statue of Freedom (the statue on the top of the Capitol is the same size and all as this one inside the Capitol)

Helen Keller statue

Washington Monument at night (as seen from the Lincoln Memorial)

Lincoln Memorial at night

View from the Iwo Jima memorial

The house at Arlington Cemetery

Rows and rows of white grave markers at Arlington Cemetery

Family picture at Arlington Cemetery

Iwo Jima memorial

We stopped at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) on the way to DC and this is a pic of Stonewall Jackson's uniform and the coat he was wearing the night he was shot.

Stonewall Jackson's horse