This weekend we decided to go into D.C. and visit honest Abe,  Abraham Lincoln that is.  

It was an amazing trip for so many reasons.  We decided to let Bella have her afternoon nap, and head in after she woke up.  I was a little worried about how Logan would do without an afternoon nap, but he was phenomenal.  There were no major melt downs or anything.  

Here we all are on the metro heading into D.C.

We decided to take the long way to the monument, because there was more shade.  Plus we got to see the backside of the White House.  We even got a photo in front of it.  Logan wasn't too happy about the idea.

This is what we would see peeking out of the stroller most of the time.  I love that little smile.

We stopped and watched a little bit of a street hockey game.  Logan loved it!

Bella got to sit back and enjoy the ride, while Daddy did most of the pushing.  Thanks Daddy!

Jeff and I crack up every time we see little Bella cross her legs like this.  She has done this ever since she was a little baby, and we love it.

Logan enjoyed sharing some of his crackers with a squirrel we saw along the way.

We got to see Marine 1, the helicopters that transport the President.

Finally we arrived at the Lincoln Memorial.

Here we are waiting for the elevator to take us to the top, because we didn't feel like climbing... 

all of these stairs with two kids and a stroller.  Thank heaven for elevators!

It was such a neat experience to finally get to see the Lincoln Memorial.  It was breathtaking and awe inspiring.  

The kids especially enjoyed playing with the rope chains.  What ever floats your boat, I guess?

Here is a picture of the large carving of the Gettysburg Address that is also in the memorial.

The view from on top of the Lincoln Memorial.  Isn't it beautiful! 

After leaving the memorial we took the kids over by the reflecting pond to run off a little steam.

Headed back to the metro, after a wonderful day.

Once we got on the metro we enjoyed a great snack of animal crackers and everyone was happy.

It was such a perfect day.  I kept telling Jeff how nice it was to be together with our two amazing kids, and just spending time as a family.  I love days where the kids are happy, everyone is healthy, the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and we are together.  I can't think of anything more perfect.

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I'm always trying to snag a few pictures of the kids before we are rushing off to church in the mornings, because I know it won't be any better when we are coming home.  

For some reason I can never get a good picture of the two of them together.  In this picture it looks like Logan is saying, "You go over here!", and Bella is saying, "Kiss this!"

So tonight was rather a bust.  I think Jeff is kind of sick of me telling him that I don't feel like I have very many friends here in Maryland.  He decided that it would be a good idea to invite people over and have me make a dessert.  I'm not quite sure if guys understand all the work that goes into 'just having people over'.  You have to clean the house, make a dessert, get everyone fed, make cookies because I wasn't sure if the original dessert that I made turned out, clean up all the mess that you made while making the dessert(s), and so on.  It's a lot of WORK, but I decided that maybe Jeff was right and I should give it a try.  We invited four different families, and no one was able to come.  Fun times!  I think I'm just going to give up.  

Anyway here is a picture of the chocolate torte that I made.