Thanksgiving in D.C. and Christmas Fun

For Thanksgiving this year we decided to visit our relatives that live in Washington D.C. As luck would have it, the day we decided to drive down there it rained non-stop. Normally it would only take around five hours to get there, but because of the rain it took us seven hours! Once we were there we were excited to take it all in. Our relatives were amazing at taking care of us and letting us join in on their Thanksgiving feast. In the days that surrounded Thanksgiving, we were able to go to D.C. several times and we sure got our exercise in walking to all of the museums and monuments. We saw a lot of stuff, but there is plenty more for us to see the next time we go back.



Visiting the Washington D.C. Temple. It’s a very big temple and absolutely beautiful! The day we went there was a windstorm (Marc had surgery on his eye that is why he is wearing his glasses.)

Supreme Court Building

Library of Congress

The White House in the cold rain

Washington Monument

Capitol Building

World War II Memorial

Korean War Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Vietnam War Memorial

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

We also made gingerbread houses! A big group of us got together and spent the evening making gingerbread houses. We love making gingerbread houses!!





In preparation for Christmas this year, Marc got out the Santa suit and was Santa Claus for the ward Christmas party. He had to stuff a few blankets in his costume to fill it out, but he looked ok. He even had a Bluetooth in his ear so that the parents of the children could talk to him. That way he could call the kids by name and he already knew what they wanted for Christmas. It was quite the effort.