The Walker Family

Friday, September 3, 2010

Abby Doesn't Need Training Wheels!

For weeks now, Abby has been begging me to take her training wheels off her bike.

Yesterday I finally gave in.
May I just say that my daughter is amazing.
I practiced with her for maybe 10 or 15 minutes,
Then she told me she wanted to practice alone.
That little stinker got it right off the bat.
I'm so proud of her.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Abby and Bree's First Day of Preschool

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Washington DC Day 5

I missed these pics the first time I downloaded pics. Sorry for the confusion everyone!

Super delicious mini burgers and onion fries at Matchbox

This policeman was killed at the Holocaust museum

John McCain's office

More pics of Orin Hatch's office

The subway that takes you from the senator's offices to the capitol building

Underground tunnel (We felt special)

On Monday we woke up and had another yummy omlet for breakfast in out hotel. After breakfast, we took the metro to the Holocaust museum. The Holocaust museum is a must do if you've never been. It really makes you appreciate what you have. Following the museum we stopped to get some souveniers. RuthAnn had to leave for the airport at 3:00, and she wanted to get a few things for her family. After she left, we weren't sure what to do. We sat in our hotel for about an hour, while Roxanne made a few calls. We took a taxi to the Heart Building. Roxanne scheduled a tour of Sen. Hatch's office! Christy (One of his staff) tried to give us a tour of the Capitol building as well, but it closed at 4:00. We got to ride their subway though, and that was really cool. After our tour we wandered over to Sen. Crappo's office and Sen. McCain's office. We were all starving when we were finished. We decided to eat dinner at Matchbox again. Those mini burgers and onion fries are the best I've ever had! On the way back to the hotel we bought a few more souveniers.
Pics from my phone

Sen. Crappo's office (Idaho)

Sen. Orrin Hatch's office

Pics from the internet

The Holocaust Museum

Hall of photos from Jewish families

Shoes

Oven

Pics from my camera

Building where John McCain's office is

Yummy cupcakes

Washington DC Day 4

Sunday morning we woke up and had a yummy omlet for breakfast. Afterwords, we watched an interview with Chris Wallace and Glenn Beck. I really admire Glenn. I think he's a very genuine person. What you see is what you get. He's very open and honest. He doesn't try to "Decorate" himself like other well known people.

Other highlights from Sunday. We got to tour Ford Theater and the house across the street where Lincoln died. We went to the National Archives Building and saw the constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence. We went to the Museum of Natural History and saw the hope diamond, a lot of bones, mummies, cavemen, etc. We took the metro to Union Station and had dinner at Rocket Burgers. After dinner we did a night tour. All of the monuments were beautiful at night. Following the tour, our guide (Bill) gave us a ride to our hotel.
Pics from my phone

A mummified bull

The Hope Diamond

Ford Theater

Pics from my camera

The Washington Memorial. This photo was in the basement museum of the Ford Theater.

Aren't we silly

The booth where Lincoln was shot inside Ford Theater

Inside the home where Lincoln died.

We weren't allowed to take pictures inside the national archives. This is a post card of one of the murals near the constitution, bill of rights, and the declaration of independance.