Our Morning with Alan

Sarah got to enjoy watching Rapunzell while Uncle Alan prepared breakfast.  Ben tried to undecorate their Christmas tree!

Alan was nice enough to make us Grandpa's famous waffles...

The kids had Eggo's, since we didn't think they'd appreciate all the hard work going into those waffles

Phillip looking all grown up, reading the newspaper!

Grandma was supervising...

I had to document this delicious feast... These waffles were so good!

Uncle Alan is such a good host. He made sure we were full!

I wanted to get a picture of Grandma with the kids.  I love it! Except it is missing Ben.  He wouldn't cooperate.

Grandma said, "Just take a picture of his fit."  So I did.

The kids were loving the stairs. I decided to take a picture of them but obviously it was more than Ben could handle!

After breakfast, Alan took us up to the Pentagon Memorial.  It was amazing and heartbreaking all at the same time.  He showed us around and told us about the events of that day from his point of view. (He works at the Pentagon)

Alan took this picture for us. Hopefully we don't get arrested... (you're not supposed to take pictures of the Pentagon... and a corner of it is in our picture!) Maddy was rebelling and turned away for the picture. Ben was just bundled up really good!

You can see the benches to the right of the picture.  Each bench represents a person.  If it is facing the Pentagon, it represents a person killed on the plane.  If it faces away from the Pentagon, it represents a person inside the Pentagon.  Each bench is arranged by birth year, and has the person's name on it.  There is also a reflecting pool just under the bench that lights up at night.  The youngest person was born in 1998, and the oldest in 1930 if I remember correctly. 
It truely was a very humbling experience, and we were grateful to Alan for giving us a tour.

Walking back to the car
The kids LOVED the tunnel that lead to the parkinglot
Left to right: Grandma, Alan (my dad's oldest brother) Phillip and Ben

The girls ran the whole way!  It was pretty exciting for them!

We headed back to Alan's to eat some lunch and say our goodbyes.  I really hope to see them more often. We really enjoyed getting to know them better.  We love you guys!

We loaded up the car and began our journey to Andrew's house in Richmond.  He had the rest of the day planned with Christmas festivities!