NCTE in Washington DC

This post is out of sequence but back in November we went to Washington DC for the NCTE conference.  Kyle stayed pretty busy listening to speakers and participating in his round table session but we managed to fit in a lot of sight seeing and fun as well.  Our favorites by far were:

• Getting a private tour of the Capitol building from an intern for one of the representatives. It was so much more fun and informative plus we got to move at our own pace.  We also got to go out on the Speaker's balcony which hands down is the best view of DC.  Big thanks to our friend Jeff for hooking us up!
• Newseum
• Walking the National Mall (the Lincoln and Jefferson monuments were my favorite) - the emotion in Lincoln's face and the beautiful architecture of the rotunda on the Jefferson memorial
• National Air & Space Museum
• Holocaust Museum - very powerful and emotional
• Karaoke with Nick's friends - sometimes the most fun things are experiencing places that locals that live in the area frequent
• Brunch with Kyle's Uncle Mark & Aunt Itura - they live in the area and were so sweet to come meet us for breakfast while we were in town.