The Cherry Blossoms

We took a quick trip down to DC to smell the Cherry Blossoms and to visit some of our favorite parts of the Smithsonian.



It was gray but still beautiful. The I can't believe how amazing the blossoms look all around the Tidal Basin. This was one of my favorite parts of the day and the kids tolerated it.

On our way back to the Mall we stopped at the Tulip Garden. We were not the only ones to take in the delights of the day. There so many different types of tulips.

Then we took to Jack and Addy to the Air and Space Museum on the Mall. It was their first time to this specific Air and Space Museum and it was a hit. I am pretty sure that Jack's entire body was shaking with excitement the entire time we were in the museum.

Jack got to sit in a cockpit and try his hand at flying.

Addy found these SWEET Aviator goggles in the gift shop. She's been wearing them on and off since we returned. You may see her in Target or Wegmans with them on but I have not yet let her wear them to church. I chuckle every time she wears them. My favorite souvenir ever.

We then took a walk over to the Natural History Museum, rode the Metro back to our hotel to swim in the pool and then had dinner at our favorite Cafe Rio. (secretly, this may have been the entire reason for the trip. Sad, I know.)

The next morning we headed out to the BIG part of the National Air and Space Museum the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. We've been here twice before and Jack has the entire place memorized so he was our personal tour guide of his favorite parts of the place. It was like he was visiting his friends. "Let's go see Concorde." "There's Blackbird." "Addy, there's your favorite Orange Bi-plane." It was a great morning.

Loves Fighter Jets.

We'll have to go back to see the Shuttle Discovery now that it is being moved to this site. Can you see Jack pointing out his favorite Rockets?
This is my favorite photo of the day. Jack ran to the landing gear of his favorite SR-71 or Blackbird and sat in awe. The girls followed suit. We sat here for several minutes. Blackbird is Jack's absolute favorite airplane so getting to see it in real life is probably the most exciting thing in the world. If you don't know anything about Blackbird, I dare you to ask Jack. Just make sure you have enough time to hear all that he has to say.


We rounded out our trip with another trip to Cafe Rio, a visit to the Washington D. C. Temple and visitors center and were treated like celebrities in my Aunt and Uncle's temple missionary ward because we brought kids to a group of grandparents missing their grand kids. Absolute Celebrities. I recommend attending this ward quarterly:)