Taking Washington DC by Storm

Here is Great Grandma Wright with a whole heap of grandkids and great-grandkids. Luckily we had let them bounce first so they would sit still for the picture. 

I'm not sure why we didn't get any awesome pictures at the zoo. Maybe it was too crowded to separate our crowd easily from the rest. Next time we should perhaps all wear hunter orange.

Here we are at the Washington DC temple. We loved the visitor center.

Grandma had a brilliant idea that we eat pizza in her garage. The kids loved it and the adults loved that none of Grandma's things were broken.

Were all 52 flavors of chalk incorporated into these stunning designs? Yes. Were they all worn to the nubs over two days? Yes again.

So I found out what is more fun than taking your family on public transportation -- it is taking another family on public transportation! We got to use all our favorite phrases like, "mind the gap," "stay in one seat," "don't touch the stop button," and "everyone get out briskly, this is our stop."

Who loves the National Mall?

Here we are contemplating the size of Abe Lincoln's foot in comparison to our bodies.

We tried something new for our cherry blossom picture this year. Clearly we needed shorter trees or taller kids.

I included this picture just so you could grasp how many benches the Finch's and Hackett's need in order for everyone to get along while eating.

You've seen one Air and Space Museum, you've seen them all.

Here we are living it up at Grandma's church in a game of dodgeball with all sorts of aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins and other relations. We've decided that the Hackett kids need more experience with contact sports, as they each dissolved in tears if they we even grazed by the ball.