The Smithsonian

Well, we made it to D.C. again, and this time to check off the SMITHSONIAN!!! It was so funny cause as we were walking to the museum I noticed that we were walking along some pretty huge sights as if they weren't even there. SO... we slowed down just a little bit... and breathed it all in.

Here we are displaying the Capital of the U.S. of A! Note to self and anyone else reading this, when spending the afternoon in DC during June... always bring a hair tie for a pony tail!

AND THIS.... is the Smithsonian castle! I wouldn't mind living in a castle like this one day. Cory can even be a mad scientist if he wants to. This castle was cool, the first floor was the only floor we had access to (bummer), but to make up for it Mr. Smithsonian himself was right there in the front entry way... in his gigantic urn!

And this lil beauty is an actual piece of the original American flag!!! How insane is that! The actual flag is on display but you aren't allowed to take pictures of it. Something about preserving it cause its so old. ha ha ha. We are seriously so blessed to have our freedom and live here in the 50 nifty United States! Most important I am grateful for 2 of those states in particular. Utah and Idaho (got to throw that shout out in for the Waters).

Our next stop of course had to be the kids fun stop. Cory loves all the hands on stuff! Such a little kid at heart!

This is the actual Mr. Potato Head! You get the eyes, nose, mouth and other such necesities. And you provide your own face, such as a tomato, the classic potato, or if you wanted to get real crazy... a green pepper! But seriously, Cory and I decided that this toy was by far better as the original! The new one takes all the creativity out of it!

Julia Childs kitchen. Not going to lie, didn't know a thing about her until I saw the movie Julie and Julia. I loved it and now am inspired to cook better... not professionally, just better.

The actual ninja turtle suit. It was really short, I always thought of them bigger, probably cause I was a youngin when that came out.

This is Jared, Cory's brother. He now lives with us as he's working on becoming a millionaire along with us in the summer sales thing... ha ha ha.

I think that this is the museum that was based on the movie "Night at the Museum". Ben Stiller offers virtual tours.

Isn't it weird that this is real???I thought so!

And there he is! The famous movie star himself!

This kinda captures the whole day. Jared would walk behind us everywhere with his phone in his hand and when Cory would stop to look at something Jared would run right into him. ha ha ha.

We got this shot with the help of 6"7 Jared! Look at those chompers!

This was kinda cool. They actually had a lab that you could watch the people as they worked on the bones.

I couldn't tell if the guy was for real, or if he was one of the workers on break pretending. Cory insists that he was real.

This guy was HUGE! Cant imagine if I had to run from him.

This little (ha ha ha) baby was an added bonus to our trip cause I had no idea that it was going to be there or it would have been on my list of things to see. The HOPE DIAMOND! 45.52 carats.

It is amazing to read about where this bad boy has been. They can get info back to 1668! It has so much history. Its crazy to me though, that now it just sits in a clear glass case with a sercurity officer guarding it. It needs to be out in the world making more history. I know just the girl to do it too! Okay, fine, I'll do it!

And of course when the diamond gets to the United States some lady puts it on her dogs collar and hides it in her couch cushions! What does that say?

Well, it really did take us a full day to see this grand ol museum. We didn't even hit everything but we did see so much! Our minds were enlighlened and we learned so much. We had so much fun just getting to spend some time together and seeing some insanely awesome things! And even though it was a blisteringly hot day, we didn't have any casulties.