WE MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU DARREN! WISH YOU WERE HERE. XOXOXOXO T&M
Couldn't get too close to the Capitol Building - they're getting ready for the Obama Inaguration!
I went to the capitol today and got a tour. I went into Representative Rick Larsen's office where everyone meeted up to go on tour. I started out in the House offices and walked through tunnels full of wires and tubes. The representatives use the tunnels so they don't have to go outside... for safety.
I saw the rotunda. There were tons of statues; most of them were bronze and some were marble. There were lots of historical paintings too.
We went into the old senate chamber but they don't use it anymore because there's one spot where if you whisper, everyone can hear it. So now it's called the Whispering Room. Guess what... what was originally in that spot was John Quincy Adam's desk. It was amazing.
The first place we went into was the crypt where they were going to bury George Washington in the 1800s but didn't becasue his wife was buried in Mt. Vernon and he wanted to be with her. They didn't want to disrespect Washington's will, so they changed plans and he's in Mt. Vernon.
In the tour I got to stand in the very center of the whole district. There was a white star on the floor that's in the very center of the district. (This was where Washington was going to be entombed.)
In a stair well, there was a chandelier with 4,500 hand cut crystals... I just can't believe it.
I also went to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and I saw the Hope Diamond (below). It's the biggest diamond that has ever found. I thought it was going to be dclear, but it was dark blue. You could mistake it for a sapphire - so don't be tricked!
There were dinosaur bones and tons of dinosaurs - a T-Rex and a triceratops and so many others. So many that I couldn't even tell you all of them. The T-Rex was about as long as 5 or more grown men. It had big teeth and they were probably once very sharp. The triceratops I saw was a baby and was probably as big as a pillow. (Below is a Land Sloth).
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Hey,
I don't see another day here. I hope all is well. Had Billy over last night to watch fights. I cleaned the Goat Barn and put new product down - nasty. I won't get much else done, but am hoping to get the chickens done and the rest of the poles down below.
I may be able to move some of the dirt too. We'll see.
I will be at work today, most of the day. I did not wake up until 1:40pm Saturday. I was amazed when I opened my eyes and saw that it was past 1 and thought it was 1am, to then look outside and see that it was light out. What a shocker. I must have needed sleep.
I will have the house ready and clean for your arrival though.
I love you and am looking forward to your next posting.
Love Dad.
I left a posting three times now. Once here, once on more day one pictures, and once on day one. I got confused on day two comments and put them under more day one pictures.
See you soon :)
Ddaddy Mac
Colin Powell endorsed Barrak this morning on Meet the Press.
That should get some attention.
Darren
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