The Jefferson Memorial

Some of my favorite memories of the first few years of our marriage include going down to the Jefferson Memorial. We would hang out there and look out at the Tidal Basin. We would see the Cherry Blossoms. It was a beautiful spot at night too.

Picnic lunches were always fun in front of Jefferson.

We decided to splurge and rent some paddle boats in the Tidal Basin. It was hard work! But we loved it. Sandy even loved it because she didn't have to paddle. Matt and Andrew were her paddle boat chauffeurs.

I don't think the boys and girl were quite as enthralled with TJ as we were back in the day.

But I hope that someday they'll look back and see things with enough perspective to truly appreciate it all. I think Andrew as trying to look very serious in this pic.