washington d.c. day 4.

bolling inn had overbooked their rooms. 

so, as a courtesy, they put us up in the general's house, free of charge. I was soo bummed out that we had to sleep there instead of in our original $45 room. (not! hello!) they gave us keys and directions, and lizzie, jon, and i went to check out the house. it. was. so. nice. we dropped off our belongings, and went to pick up gary and mei from the airport! it's okay that their flight was so delayed, we didn't have to get up early (sarcasm). we just listened to tunes and chatted until they landed.

this is the house the next morning. not bad, right?? i wish i had gotten photos of the bedrooms and bathrooms, but i didn't think to do that. i love the covered back porches that houses in the east/south seem to all have. Jon flipped through the guest book and saw that only ONE other enlisted family has stayed there before us. and that enlisted person was a lot higher ranking than jon is. all the rest of the family's were officers. we thought that was pretty funny, and even funnier when jon signed it "CORPORAL Jon Hagerman and family"

we only stayed one night, it was fun while it lasted!

like i said previously, a perk of having my dad travel to DC with us was having his knowledge of the city and options to do really fun things. he contacted utah's senator? to get us a private tour of the U.S. capitol! it was so awesome. our tour guide was cute, and she told us lots of fun facts about the capitol. this is us with the statue of freedom, who sits on top of the capitol. she faces the east, because "the sun doesn't set on freedom". she is 19'6" tall and no other statue in washington D.C. can be taller than she is.

this is the very center of washington d.c.'s grid. 

there are two statues for every state represented in the capitol. Philo T. Farnsworth, the 'father of television' and the other was Brigham Young, the second prophet of the LDS church.

the dome of the capitol.
it was difficult getting everything in a picture. it is huge and very beautiful. 

after the tour of the capitol, we went to the library of congress. i didn't get any pictures, but it was so cool! the architecture was amazing.

lizzie had to go to work straight from the library of congress, so the rest of us tried to see as much as we could. this is one of my favorite pictures from the trip, jon and i in front of the capitol with the washington monument behind us.

gary&mei.

we went to: the united states botanical garden.

funny photo combination.

the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum:

we ate a hearty meal, that only cost around $10. yep.

 we watched a 3D vid about the hubble telescope.

the video was so amazing! stars in 3d are so worth it.

and we explored.

we explored some more outside of the museum. walked around dc, looked at beautiful statues and architecture, and even shared messages with people who have big doors.

(as jon's punishment for making horrible faces, those photos are not going to be hidden)

after allll that walking, we decided to call it a night and head home. 

i wore my sensible shoes the entire time, and my feet STILL hurt. 

jon on the other hand....