Adventures in DC

It's been a while since I've actually made it into DC and this week over spring break, we managed to make it there twice!  Over the weekend, we hosted a German family who is friends with my pastor.  On Monday before they headed out, we made the most of a beautiful day and spent the afternoon at the national zoo.  Between the three families, we had 10 kids, so it was quite an adventure.  We tried to get everyone to pose for a photo, but Tyler was pouting off to the side because he couldn't get a seat on the bear statue.

Yesterday, it was 70 degrees and we headed back into the city with Brennan's friend Gavin and his mom.  We rode the silver line in from Reston, which was my first time riding the new line.  It was easy and convenient, though the boys grew a bit restless from the 45 minute ride.  We packed lunch and planned to just soak up some sun on the national mall.  It was lovely!

We headed into the Air & Space Museum to see an IMAX movie.  We saw Journey to Space in 3D.  It was really fascinating.  I had heard about these supposed 1-way missions to colonize Mars, but I didn't realize NASA was actually working on a manned mission to Mars, of course one that would involve a return home!  It was a lovely day and now we are looking forward to Easter this weekend!