Washington D.C.

Ben had the chance to travel to Washington D.C. for 4 days with 40 students from the district.  He had been looking forward to this trip for a long time, and we were so excited to send him on his way.  He had a great time and rated the trip 10 out of 10.  I got as much detail as you would expect from a 13 year old boy, but I know it was an experience of a lifetime for him!


I've chosen several of his favorite pictures to share.  I'm looking forward to putting together a photo book for him so he'll have these memories to look back on forever!

Jack and Ben

En route!

We updated the flight tracker frequently.

It's official!

Mt. Vernon

National Cathedral

Guess which phone is Ben's?

The Spirit of Mt. Vernon - dinner cruise & dance

Washington Monument

The White House

Great photo!

MLK Jr. Memorial

He appreciated the beauty of the cherry blossoms.

The Capitol

The Supreme Court

WWII Memorial

Jefferson Memorial 

(He shared with the group that I threw up here when I was pregnant with him.)

Iwo Jima

Korean War Memorial

The Reflecting Pool

The Lincoln Memorial

Proof he was there!

A view from the Newseum

The changing of the guard

Arlington National Cemetary

Gettysburg, PA

Space Shuttle Discovery at the Air & Space Museum

Remember...he's 13!  Fortuantely he didn't buy it.

He didn't buy this either.