Friday March 16, 2012

Friday morning we went to the Washington DC Temple. 

The tulip tree was just beginning to blossom.  Such a beautiful tree and beautiful spring day.

After the temple we went to Mount Vernon, the former home of George and Martha Washington.  Here we are standing next to life size replicas of George, Martha and two grandchildren.

The main house on the Mount Vernon property.  Originally the house was one story and about a third of the size.  After George married Martha the renovations began.  And soon the house was big and after he was such a great general and leader, they had strangers stopping by very often.  I think I heard they had over 600 strangers stop and visit in just one year.

Here's that cute husband of mine.

This is the back yard view from the house at Mount Vernon.  Imagine looking at that view each morning and evening and even during the middle of the day.

Washington and his wife are buried on the property along with other family members.  I love that idea, of being buried on the family property near other family members.

Mount Vernon is an active farm and they had a couple lambs along with two week old piglets.  Oh so cute.  I love that I grew up seeing baby animals in the springtime.  My grandmother had goats and in the spring they would drop their kids.  I loved petting and holding them.  I also remember playing with chicks, kittens, and once there was a baby monkey for a short period of time..

After touring the farm we went to the underground museum and interactive area.  It was really cool.  We didn't see all of it since closing time happened before we were finished seeing everything.

One last photo before we left Mount Vernon.