This weekend was a lot of fun. We had Chris's uncle come stay with us. It was so fun to take him around to see a bunch of the sights. On our last day we headed into the city again to explore on foot. We started out at the Lincoln Memorial and worked our way around a few other memorials before coming to the Washington Monument for our tour. We'd seen it a bunch, but had never gone inside. It was pretty spectacular. It's the tallest freestanding building in the city and it takes the elevator about 70 seconds to reach the top. Once at the top there are about 8 small windows that you can see out. It's a little bit scary because you feel like you are moving around up there. Like it isn't totally steady. From the inside you can see how the stones are all put together and arranged into the pyramid top. There is a small museum like area just below the window area, and then you take the elevator down. The way down is really neat because the elevator slows down so that you can see some of the unique stones that make up the monument. Apparently all of the states have a stone in the monument and there are a few foreign ones as well. Greece even donated a piece of the Parthenon to be a part of it. Anyway, it was pretty cool. If you ever get a chance I recommend seeing it.
Afterwards we headed over towards the White House where in the last picture above you can see the National Christmas tree. They had a really fun little area set up with Santa's workshop, a giant Menorah, and tons of trains circling the tree area. Neil loved the trains. People would try to toss coins into them as they passed.
It was a perfect day. We had a great time and we really enjoyed spending time with Uncle Troy. Can't wait to see lots of other family next week!
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