Post of Many Pictures, Part 1

We now have the correct camera cord (I still have no idea how we have accumulated so many!), so here are some pictures of what we have been doing this summer. Last week I flew home to Salt Lake for my friend Morgan's wedding. It was fun to be home for a few days to catch up with friends and family. We have now ended our stint in Virginia, and are living with in a family friend's apartment in southern Maryland. We can't believe how fast our time has gone--we have only 3 1/2 weeks left! Then it will be back to school and work for us! Yesterday we also celebrated our 4 month anniversary with getting Ritas---an east coast phenomenon. Our favorite thing to get is the gelati...which has italian ice and frozen custard. AMAZING!!!! We have to stock up as much as we can since they don't have them in Utah.

Alexandria Sight Seeing...

I LOVE salt water taffy (it is amazing, seriously). They have a fun candy shop in Old Town Alexandria with an entire room devoted to salt water taffy. Delightful!

Down by the pier there is a man (I saw him last summer too) that plays the water glasses. It's pretty incredible. When we were there we heard him play a ragtime song.

 

 

Down by the water. It was HOT, HOT, HOT that day! They were passing out free water bottles!

 

Some sight seeing at the monuments...

The Capitol! Don works right across the street.

World War 2 Memorial

World War 2

Sept. 11th Memorial at the Pentagon with our friends, the Halls.

This was a first for us (it's a bit blurry...welcome to our camera at night), it's the Air Force Memorial in Roslyn, Virginia. Pretty neat.

Also a bit blurry. 

Then we had Don's sister, Lauren come and visit. The first weekend she was here, her Peace Corps friend, Amber came to stay. The second weekend (Fourth of July), Eliza came!

Capitol tour. We need a new camera.

This was the highlight of our tour. This is a famous bath tub that a certain president got stuck in, that is located in a certain building with a dome! 

Roasting.

 

RNC, where Don works, and their eternal mission! We may or may not have all sorts of paraphernalia of this sort.

Inside the studio.

RNC studio

In between these pictures and the next, Lauren and I did the "shopping tour" of DC.

Dinner out with Lauren and Eliza, Fourth of July weekend.

The Fourth is not complete without a flag cake.

BBQ with some intern friends. Red, white and blue attire was not optional.

They're ready for the Capitol concert!

And so are we! Don may or may not be having visions of Long Beach.

Capitol concert dress rehearsal.

And of course, fireworks at home.

Hooray for the Fourth of July!