Last week Chris' sister, Julie, and her husband, Zach, came out to visit. We had such a great time with them. They were troopers, too. It was incredibly hot and humid. I thought St. George was bad, but this gave us a run for our money. Kate was so good through it all too. Kate loved getting to spend time with Julie and Zach, they are gonna be great parents someday. (wink-wink!) Chris and I got to go to the D.C. temple because they babysat for us. It was so beautiful. We didn't take pics though but we will sometime. Thanks for coming out you guys. I will post more of our pictures soon, but this is all I could get done for now. We just had so much fun it is taking me awhile to document it all.




This is Chris and I with some of our closest relatives. Chris really liked the cavemen for some reason. They always remind us of the Geico commercials.




We walked around and saw all the stuffed animals (for lack of a better word). It was like going to the zoo. Except none of them moved they just stared at us. Kate loved it!

This is Kate looking at lion. It wasn't alive. It looked like it was growling. When we put her in front of it she kept going "ooh". You can see she is doing it right now.

That is a huge elephant behind them. It is front and center

when you walk into the Natural History Museum. It was pretty intimidating. It makes you feel really small.

This is Zach in front of Mount Vernon where George Washington lived. He had such an amazing house. When he first inherited it is was tiny. I think they said now it has 21 rooms in it. Washington's tomb was neat to see, too. He was a very humble man. In the exhibit emphasized a lot about how George Washington could have become the next King after he won the war, but instead he gave the power back to congress and went back to Mount Vernon, where he hadn't been for a long time. I had heard that but never really thought about it. It is weird to think if he hadn't done that we could be under monarch rule right now. He was a good man.

Kate and I went to Mount Vernon with Zach and Julie. I was a hot day there. This is President Washington and his wife, Martha and their two grandchildren that lived with them. That is me standing in front of President Washington. They digitally recreated him to look as closely like him as they could. It was pretty neat to get to see how he looked. They showed him throughout the exhibit as he got older.

Kate was really tired. She did so good though. It was tough being out all day in the heat and humidity all day.

This is the Washington Monument at sunrise. However, I did not take this picture. I owe this to Zach and Julie who got up at 4:30 and went down with Chris to D.C. Kate and I were still in bed. This is my favorite picture. It looks so peaceful and quiet.

Out and About

Chris and I went to Six Flags with a couple of friends two weeks ago. We had so much fun, it was Roller Coasters galor. Chris and I tried on all these weird hats. Kate thought they were pretty funny. Then we went there, again, yesterday and took some cute pictures of Kate swimming. After we went into this show and they made us leave our stroller outside. We thought we took everything in with us and also thought they guy standing there would be watching our stroller. Well he didn't and we came out of the show and all our stuff was pulled out of our bags. Our digital camera was stolen. I was so bumped out. I am mostly just sad about all the pictures I lost. At least we have these cute ones still.