We spend some time in WASHINGTON DC

We take a tour of the CAPITOL and the WHITE HOUSE.

Ford's Theatre, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

General Lee's house in the Arlington Memorial Cemetary.

We watch the changing of the guard and then check out the Ampitheatre at the Arlington.

Mount Vernon.

The beautiful Potamac River.

Lexi and Kylie- outside George Washington's tomb
The girls in front of Mount Vernon, George Washington's home.

Virginia's first capitol building that has since been rebuilt, since a fire burned it down.

Lexi marches along the battallion that is marching to the capitol building to announce the Declaration of Independence.

Lisa, Kylie and Amy

We spend time in the cute little town of YORKTOWN, which sits right on the York River.

This town is full of Civil War battlesites.

Jamestown Settlement- the kids get to see inside Indian teepees.

Lisa and Nikki- we climb aboard replicas of the 3 ships that sailed over from England on their first expedition to America.

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

The family out on the Governor's Grounds
Dylan in front of the Governor's Palace

The first church built by the first English Settlers.

The statue of John Smith, with the James River in the back ground.

Historic Jamestown in Virginia. The girls stand with a statue of Poccahontas.

The girls and Papa in front of the Jamestown Memorial
We go visit the Glasshouse ruins.

There we see how they make hand blown glass.

Dylan loves to take bubble baths. What a mess it always turns out to be. We end up with bubbles everywhere.

Matt and I spend the weekend alone in Oklahoma City! We go visit the site of the Oklahoma City bombing.

We go to the botanical gardens. The best part we didn't have to chase around any kids.


OK City Memorial

Matt and the kids at the carnival.

Nikki and Dylan on a ride at the Carnival.

Alexis' teacher sends me a photo of her while at school.

Valentines Day! My mom throws parties for each holiday for the grandkids. They love it!!!