Yay for Family!

I've finally regained my energy after a full weekend with my family. My parents, Uncle Ken, Tim, Tami and Jericho came on Thursday and left Monday. We did a lot of sight seeing. Friday went to the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and the Supreme Court. I had never been in the Supreme Court before and we got to sit in the actual courtroom and hear a short speech about it. I found out anyone can go to hear oral arguments so I will have to check that out before I leave. In the afternoon I had class and sent my family off to a museum, where they got a parking ticket and nearly had the van towed.

Saturday we spent the morning at Arlington Cemetary and saw the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In the afternoon we took a drive out to Mt. Vernon even though we knew we were not going to pay the $15 to go through the whole exhibit. We got remarkably far into the grounds though and were even able to walk outside some and try to "get the essence" of Washington's old stomping grounds.

Sunday we went to my church...well part of it. Knowing full well the Baptists are longwinded, we decided to leave after the first hour. We visited the National Archives, had lunch at Union Station and made a brief stop at the Air and Space Museum. The last big thing we did was checking out the memorials and monuments. Unfortunately we chose arguably the worst parking spot in the city and had to walk ridiculously far to get to where we wanted to be. Even though it was tiring I think we all had fun, and were glad that Jericho behaved pretty well.