Monday in DC

The last couple of days of our vacation we had trouble with our Internet. Now we are home and back into some sort of routine. Here is what we did on Monday. Monday we started at the Library of Congress. We took the tour and it was great. It is a beautiful place. We also went to "The Spy Museum". It was pretty interesting. First thing you have to do is quickly memorize a "spy cover" through out the museum you answer questions about your identity. If you answer correctly you get another assignment if not they suggest you find another line of work. Kyle and Jessi did great. Devin did better than me, I didn't do so great. Afterwards we went to the National Archives to see the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and The Constitution. It was very busy but we enjoyed it especially since we had just watched the movie "National Treasure" again. The best part of the day was seeing my Uncle Phil. He is in the House of Representatives. He gave us a personal tour of the Capital and the kids got to go on to the House floor. I truly enjoyed watching him work. It was the high light of our trip. Enjoy the pictures!

The ceiling of main hall of The Library of Congress.

They had the signs of the Zodiac on the floor of the Library of Congress.

Devin standing by his Zodiac sign Leo.

Jessi by her Zodiac sign, Cancer.

The Declaration of Independence. It was very impressive.

I was struck by how faded the document was.

This is the Old Senate. It is a beautiful room. You can feel the history.

Jessi, Devin, and Uncle Phil. Each state has two statues in the Capital building.

This is one of the statues from Hawaii.

It is so heavy that is can not be moved because it will fall the floor.

Kyle, Uncle Phil and me.