Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Holden's Birthday

Some scenes and a quick video of Holden's 2nd Birthday celebration in Alexandria:

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Inauguration

We went to Old Town Alexandria to watch the inauguration on a large outdoor screen.  Some woman behind us kept screaming "That's my cousin!"  (We decided not to join the two million people on the Mall.  We couldn't bring bags or strollers or much of anything on the Mall.)  These are photos from Old Town.
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Aimee, Grace, Holden, Lisa and Isabel in the cold air, on the cold bricks, watching the big screen.

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The gathering crowd.

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Holden was unimpressed.
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I think this guy in the brown coat was a secret service agent.


Monday, January 19, 2009

The Day Before Inauguration

We went down to the DC Mall today to see the pre-inauguration crowds. 

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The Lincoln Memorial - scene of last night's concert. The worker are taking down the stage - this is as close as we could get to the memorial.

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Grace and Isabel dipping their feet in the frozen Reflecting Pool.

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The World War II Memorial.

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The WWII Memorial.

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I'm not sure what they called this Memorial - but they were everywhere.

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Grace & Isabel scaling the Washington Memorial.

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Aimee being interviewed by a reporter for a Spanish language newspaper.

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The BIll Frye Memorial edifice. (Where Bill used to work.)

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Gareth Brooks wishing us a Happy Freedom.

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The crowd is mobbing a television crew - we couldn't see who they were trying to see.

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Grace attempting to figure out the Metro subway map.

Holden and Rudy

Holden and Rudy, this morning, looking out the front door in Alexandria.
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Friday, January 16, 2009

Alexandria

We have safely arrived, having battled ice fog in Indiana and overnighting in a hotel in South Bend, in Alexandria.  The kids were good on the trip, though we kept them zombified with a steady diet of movies - mostly Annie and Cars.

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Sledding in the New Year

We took our first sledding trip of Winter to celebrate the new year. (And Holden's first sledding trip ever!)

From sledding


and some video of the sledding: