The glass has fighter jets flying in the missing man formation. It is just to the side of the large memorial. 
Here is our first glance of the White House- on our first weekend in DC! On the way to the front of the White House we saw Old Executive Office Building (now known as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building) and Blair House. But of course, this was the building that we were most excited about!
Gracie was thrilled!
We are blessed to be in the position of having a little more house than we are used to. When you walk in the door, there is a formal living room on the left. It leads into a dining room. Next is the kitchen and then a family room. It is a great space.
Right now, we don't have furniture for a formal living, dining and a family room. So, we turned the dining room into an office, put our couch in the family room and did what we could with the living room.
Lucky for us- Elizabeth came to the rescue! She knew just what to do with this room and we have put many of our Japan treasures in the front room along with the piano. It makes the room look very nice and gives us a lot of open space to use as needed. We like it- Thanks E!
This is also one of Daisy's favorite rooms. She loves to monitor the neighborhood and bark as needed :)
The deck chairs that Mike and Danny Harris and Ryon made in Kansas look great on the new deck! 
The backyard is steep and tiered into three levels. Our landlords very graciously closed off the back fence on the first level so Daisy dog has a small yard. Daisy enjoys the yard pretty well but really gets excited to stand up on the deck and bark like crazy at anyone who walks along the trail at the bottom of the hill! She also enjoys sunning herself up on the deck. 
On our third travel day, we made it to Virginia. We met our new landlord at the house that afternoon and spent our last night in a hotel in Alexandria. 
We spent most of Monday in Tennessee- a beautiful state and filled with folks that appreciate Daisy dog! (Bluetick is the mascot for Univ of Tennessee).
As we were getting ready for our picnic, Gracie and I were moving stuff in the van. An extended cab pickup truck pulled up next to us. (Like Dan Cone's pickup- there was a full backseat in the cab, but they had those half doors that opened with the main front seat doors.) As G and I were watching, the driver went around to the passenger side of his truck, opened the door and out popped a llama head. He put a leash on the animal and proceeded to coax the thing out of the backseat of the truck cab. Grace and I were completely amazed! He pulled her out with her leash and walked over to the pet area. Of course, we had to send Mike over to meet this guy!
Mike asked if the kids could pet his llama. The man replied that he didn't have a llama. They looked at the animal at the end of his leash for a second and the man informed them that it was an alpaca. He then proceeded to let the kids pet her. He had sold her to someone and was meeting him to deliver- since he just had the one animal, he just got her to ride in the truck with him. We were slightly disappointed to learn that we would not have the chance to watch him load her back into the truck!
