Happily Hugging

I did a check in with the boys today - about the blog and things they want me to write about.

Kuba piped up - "write about how Anders and I are happily hugging."

That about sums it up.

The Obama Portraits

  The biggest highlight of our trip to Washington DC was visiting the National Portrait Gallery and viewing the recently unveiledObama portraits.  
I think we all felt so much excitement about the portraits.
They were just stunning. 

Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama 

Kehinde Wiley's portrait of President Barack Obama 

The Trip to Washington DC

The Monuments and Memorials 

The Washington Monument in the palm of our hands

The Washington Monument in the distance 

The Lincoln Memorial 

The Vietnam Memorial 

The World War II Memorial 

The Capital Building

The White House 

Walking the Streets of DC

 

Vermont Senator Leahy's Office 

The Smithsonian Museums 

The Hirshhorn Museum 

The African American Museum of History and  Culture 

The Museum of Natural History 

We spent a few days in Washington DC this week with our good friends,

Sue and Abbey and their daughters Remy and Ellis. 

The first day we walked ten miles and took in a gazillion sites.  

It was such a fun day.  

The second day of our trip, a bomb cyclone hit the east coast and the city was shut down.

All the Smithsonian Museums were closed.

The National buildings were also closed.  

Luckily, our Vermont State Senator's office was open and we got a very private tour.  

We were so lucky to have such a close look- it just so happened that our Vt. Senator's office was able to connect with the one Leahy employee in that day and she gave us the tour.

We spend the rest of the day dodging fallen trees, searching for a movie theater that had power,

and then finally making do with games and movies at our home base.

We hoped to wake early on Saturday and go to the National Zoo, but alas,

everything was closed again on Saturday.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.