Merry Christmas from the US Botanical Gardens in Washington DC. We went last Thursday to see the Library of Congress and we stopped her as well.

Here is the Nations Capital. Behind and to the right is the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. It is the main branch. It houses the Arts and Humanities. There are two other buildings. The John Adams and the James Madison buildings. Behind and to the left is the US Supreme Court. Directly behind and in the distance is the JFK/Fedex Stadium where the Redskins Play.

Here is the interior of the Library of Congress, main lobby. It is full of marble and granite and it has all kinds of paintings and carvings.

Here is the main reading room of the library. Quite an awesome place to read a book. Unfortunately it is only open to people who are doing research and who plan ahead. We were not able to get into here.Here we are standing in front of the Capital.

The building behind us was our destination. The Library of Congress. You know the one in National Treasure.

Del Taco

Todd was pretty excited about Del Taco's sale of 6 tacos for 2$. Jer and I took on the challenge. Jer ate 6, I had 4 and Maddie had 2. We told them no lettuce in hopes of more good stuff in them, but it didn't work. Jeramy filled them with french fries and that helped. Anyone up to the challenge?

The Rec Room is done!!!

We have it all complete (I should say, Matt has it all complete) but surround sound. We are going to wait a little before we bite that bullet.

Way expensive.

These pictures are from Christmas Eve.

Sunday

Sad day in our life today.
'Rabit' had a heart attack and died.
I was there and holding him just before he give up the ghost.

A look at the Past

Coke Girl at Dance Concert

Christmas Challenge

Hello out there! Everyone's blogging has slowed down again. So, I have this challenge for you all. I would like each family to think about the gifts that Christ has given US. Try to find scripture references if you can. I would like to be able to share them on Christmas Eve, so get busy! What a great FHE idea!