The Strobels Visit the East Coast!

Jan informed us that the Strobel family would be coming out East for their spring break...which just so happened to be the boys' spring break as well.  So we got to spend some time with them as well.  We went to the BYU vs. Baylor basketball NIT final four game at Madison Square Garden.  It was way fun to see our boys play, but they ended up losing even though they put up a good fight.  

On our way to NYC...typical.

NYC

NYC

Empire State

Inside the BYU Baylor game

Group shot!

Playing

Dad and Evan

Outside of MSG

Shots of the city

Warming Up

Coming out and being introduced on the court!

Shots of the game

We also got to head down to Washington DC too!  We stopped at Mt. Vernon.  This is Washington's tomb. 

Mom!

Dad and John taking a look at the map

Nate was really happy to be there...

Zachy

Posing with the Washingtons

Group shot in front of the Mt Vernon Mansion

George Washington's farming section of the property 

The boys and a VERY old tree

Mom thought this was a little inappropriate...

The shore of the Potomac 

Nathan and I in the Upper Gardens

Ben did not like taking pictures...

Katie: "Every time you hug me, you hurt me!"

Zach did NOT like pictures.

Nate, why.

Nate and Mom

Nate and I

The backyard

The group

Strobel Family

Foulk Family

Walking back 

The mall

Lincoln Memorial

It says New Jersey but is pretty hard to see! 

Nancy was walking all around the sites that day...

Nate at the memorial

Looking across the pool

Korean War Memorial 

This is the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial...VERY COOL!

The cousins at the Jefferson Memorial

Little family, minus mom.  She was a good sport driving us around for the beginning part of the day

We made it to the Smithsonian too...

These are for you, MOM.

Evan would LOVE to be the President...but I am afraid the world would be a very scary place!

Chess Tournament winner posing in front of the chess board

Abraham Lincoln's top hat

The sun stone from the Nauvoo Temple

Cast of Lincoln's face when he died, along with his pocket watch

Einstein's lightbulb! 

The original 13th Amendment

In front of the white house, where we are pretty sure the President drove by with all of his Secret Service!

This is as close as you can get now...

It was a great trip!  So nice to catch up with cousins and spend time together seeing the sites.  I love Washington DC!  So excited to spend some more time with these guys in the next couple weeks in Idaho when I go back to school.  Thanks Jan and John for coming and Mom and Dad for taking us!