DC, my love ;)

Wellll it took me a long time to get these up, but I had 1,000 pics and a lot of work to do when I got home. So, here are my pics, even if they are two weeks late. :)

We were just a *little* excited to be in DC again! :)

 

Pretty ballroom. :)

My sister in front of the Washington Monument!

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

Gorgeous trees. Aaaah!!!

Selfie at the WW2 Memorial.

I got to see Esther and her family!!

Aaaand I visited PHC. 'Nuff said. XD

  

I think I have a very handsome brother.

Oh, and I happen to love my family too. :)

Coolness.

We didn't actually go in (gov shutdown), but we went there!



  

And we visited my mom's alma mater.

And played giant chess.

Then we went to the beach late at night.

O beautiful for pilgrim feet,

Whose stern, impassioned stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness!

America! America!

God mend thine every flaw,

Confirm thy should in self-control,

Thy liberty in law!

And then again in the morning. :)

O beautiful for heroes proved

In liberating strife,

Who more than self their country loved,

And mercy more than life!

America! America!

May God thy gold refine,

Till all success be nobleness

And every gain divine!

 

My daddy and me. <3

BOARDWALK!!!!

Then we visited Yorktown.



And stopped in front of Jamestown for Mandy. :)

Aaaaaaah!!!!

I felt really epic as a debater walking up the Supreme Court steps.

Then came Gettysburg. This is on Little Roundtop.

20th Maine memorial.

Rural Pennsylvania. So gorgeous.

Mandy, right in the center of DC.

Heritage Foundation!!!

Yes, Stoa-ers, be jealous.



Someday...

O beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam

Undimmed by human tears!

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

And then we went home. :)