Washington National Cathedral.

To start the day today we went to the Washington National Cathedral. I was breathtaking in beauty. It was also very sad at the same time.  Remember about a year ago when Washington had the earthquake. Well the Cathedral unfortunately was one of three landmarks in the area that sustained significant damage. They are currently working on trying to fix all of the damage places from the earthquake that is why in all of my pictures you see the tops or the Buttress are missing, they have all been taken down because they are going to reinforce them all so in case something like this would happen again then none of them would get damaged.

 National Cathedral.

This is some of the Stone that fell during the Earthquake.

Inside the Cathedral.

Arlington National Cemetery.

After the memorial we went to the cemetery. It was so moving. Always remembering the fallen soldiers for our country. We also got to see the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. 

 Never.

 Forgotten.

Fomer President John F Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy.

Tomb of Unknown Soldier.

Changing of the Guard.

Washington Masonic Memorial.

To start our adventures we went to the Masonic Memorial for Former Present Washington. It had amazing views of Old Town Alexandra. Also we got to learn the history of the free Masons. 

 Masonic Memorial.

When you walk in the Memorial right away you see this statue of George Washington, this is Erin, Me and Kevin in front of it.

At the very top they let you go out and look around Old Town this is some of the Shots that we got!

 

This is where I am at right now!! :) 

Washington Masonic Memorial.

And We are Off.

Today we started our Washington DC adventure. We left Des Moines bright and early this morning. We had to be up and at the airport at 4:45am. Ekkk! Anyway after we got going and got to DC with all of our bags – we had 5 large ones, 1 computer carry on, 1 small carry on and 3 purses for 5 people – that’s SEVEN bags total and 3 purses. They were all underweight and passed security! We tried to check in to the hotel however we couldn’t (and the front desk people are not the nicest in the world) so we let our DC adventures begin.

 All of the bags getting ready to go out the door....

Kevin and I at Des Moines International Airport Super Early!

Erin and Me in Washington DC after we landed.

Showing off the bags Vana White Style.

21st Jubilee.

To day is my little sister's 21st birthday. She is calling it her 21st jubilee. We all went to dinner with some of her close friends tonight. It was great. I hope that she had a fabulous day. Love you sis!

Erin and her Birthday Cake that Kevin made her - it was a Strawberry-Lime Margarita Cake.

Erin with her Sombrero.

Can you guess which one is Erin's, I will give you a hint, It is NOT the empty one, the almost empty one or the one that lookes like it has been drank.

Erin with her lady friends.

Me and the birthday girl.

Tequila Shot!

Saturday Nights.

After church or work you cab usually bet we are never going to be home on a Saturday night. Lately because the weather has been so nice lots of people from the church head out to play volleyball. I enjoy watching, Kevin enjoys playing. Tonight I deiced to come out after work. Their are so many people out! The weather is also kind of nice as well! Hope you have a great weekend.

July 4th.

I had to work that morning, but after we were able to celebrate the holiday with some family friends. We went out to Lake  Panorama. We were able to float on the lake, tube, grill out, and just spend some good time with some great friends. We were also able to see some fireworks, and make friends with people across the lake! Thank you for the great memories Swett family.

Lake Panorama - So relaxing.

Floating in the Lake.

Happy 4th of July!

Red, White, and Blue! Happy Birthday America!

Me out on the Tube!

Kevin and I tubing together.

Love.

Kevin out on the Tube.

Enjoying some fun in the Sun.

Ashley and I doing some sparklers.

Boom! Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July.