so, long overdue: mom and kenny came to visit. they got here on friday afternoon and i took off part of the day to go on the dome tour that my sweet sweet friend shea hooked us up with. i didn't even know that you could go up in the tippy top of the capitol, but apparently, you can. and it is awesome!!!
here's where we're headed
the back stairs that lead up to the dome!
first level of the dome.....
clearly the stairs were built when folks were a bit shorter
second level of the dome!
what up, washington
helloooooooooooo
looking down on the little people
there was awesome acoustics- you could whisper and hear the people on the other side!
made it to the top!!! that's the washington monument at the back- so tiny!
columns
coming back down
aw!! mom and kenny out front of the capitol
the next day we went on a tour of the capitol, which i did not take any pictures of- because i'm awesome like that. but on sunday, we hit up mount vernon. i am terrible at planning and did not get tickets ahead of time so we didn't go in the house, but just tooled around the grounds.
mom and the washington fam
SHEEP!! (sidenote: i adore sheep. when we drove around ireland, i pointed out every single sheep i saw to lp. every one.)
george's house!
the view from george and martha's back porch
the fam
some of my favorite people
at the bottom of the hill of mount vernon is the potomac. i loved this view.
so, after visiting the grounds, we went and ate some good food in old town and then headed back for happy hour. it was a great weekend and i LOVED having my family in for the weekend. i can't wait until they come back!!!!
