Washington, D.C.

That's where Tyler is as I type! He left at 8 pm on Monday evening with his 8th grade class (approximately 225 students) and chaperones. This is supposedly the best trip that the school system offers. Trenton attended a couple of years ago and he still talks about it to this day and claims it was the most awesome trip ever. Maybe it's the age that they go...I try to think back to 8th grade and it was a great time of life...no worries, you pretty much got along with your parents, lots of friends, had lots of fun (clean fun that is), just starting to fill out and ending the puberty stages. It's only later on that trouble seems to find you...in your high school years...more temptations, more stress, more peer pressure. Eighth grade has to top it all.

Anyways, I am so glad that the boys were able to go...we are very anxious to hear about Tyler's trip...here is a sneak peek of what he is able to see and you can see some of them here:

Gettysburg

Pentagon City

Washington Cathedral

National Archives

Korean and Vietnam War Memorials

Washington Monument

Supreme Court

Mount Vernon

White House

Police Officer's Memorial

Jefferson

Lincoln

Iwo Jima

Air Force

Kennedy Center

Arlington Cemetary

Changing of the Guard

Kennedy Gravesites

Lee Mansion

Capitol Building

Holocaust Museum

FDR Memorial

World War II Memorial

Museum of Natural History

Air & Space Museum

Dinner and Dance Cruise on the Potomac

How exciting and jam packed of awesome sights and memorials!!! He has been communicating via his cell phone and he sent me a pic this morning of him by the Korean War Memorial...

We are thinking of you Tyler and can't wait to hear about your trip when you get back on Saturday morning! Have lots of fun and soak in all the info and history...it will be a trip worth remembering!