Sunday, May 31, 2009

Washington DC

For Mother's day, we went to DC spend some time with Jay's family. We stayed at Liane's who now lives in Arlington. It was a great weekend, way too short. We need to come back during the Cherry Blossoms Festival :)
We did get to walk ALL AROUND the National mall and to see the beautiful National Cathedral.
And Jay got to play with his new camera too.


DC by night


The Washington Monument


The National Cathedral, completed in 1990


The builders of the cathedral incorporated a moon rock in this window. So cool!
The last supper
The Cathedral's gate

The Jefferson Memorial, at the very end of the National Mall




The Vietnam War Memorial





Korean War Memorial




Lincoln Memorial

Lincoln





Jay's dad going up the stairs toward the Lincoln Memorial



The World War II Memorial




World War II Memorial amd Lincoln Memorial in the background


At the Capitol






The Smithsonian Castle


A pretty merry-go-round by the Smithsonian Castle



Union Station.
The statues of Roman soldiers all around used to be naked, but since it shocked people, capes and shields were added.



Jay's dad with president Barack Obama. He he he.


Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Derby

We went to the derby at Lone Star Park about 2 weekends ago, it was in celebration of the Kentucky Derby . It was a lot of fun and rain!
Here are some pics that Mike took.
Enjoy!

P.S: Pictures from our trip to Washington DC coming soon!





Terry, Laurel, Lizzie and me



Lizzie and I with our fancy hats




Pink 8 won the race.