Sunday, March 8, 2009

The West Wing

Dad comes through again . . .
My cousin Matt and his girlfriend are visiting DC this week--and Dad got the 7 of us a tour of the West Wing! President Obama just recently reopened the White House to tours . . . so we feel really lucky to have gotten this chance!! We saw the Oval Office--way smaller in person than the movies make it out to be . . . the door for the "situation room" . . . the Cabinet Briefing room . . . the Rose Garden (sans roses) . . . and the press room. We were only allowed to take pictures a few places.

In the press room--minus J :(

Mr. President, um, I have a question.


The Rose Garden

You can BARELY make out the swing set behind the trees. You truly can see it from the windows behind the President's desk in the Oval Office.

Peeking
They were home (see the flag?)--they arrived back from Camp David RIGHT before our tour--infact, we had to wait for the helicoptor to take off before they let us in the gate! The girls must have had homework . . .



3 comments:

Brett and Jill said...

that is so cool!!! In that first pic John has his hand around your waist like he likes you or something . . .

Laura said...

ha! i treasure those moments . . . when he's not yelling "WOMAN" at me! :) he's such a goober

Clay and J said...

So cool! I look forward to taking Gracie there some day. DC is definitely one of the coolest places to visit (and for you live!). Love your jacket!