Week 8: Oscars and Conference

We had a great week of good things. Stake Conference was amazing and very inspiring. We learned about the importance of modern prophets, the Disney song "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins, and the divine nature of womanhood.

We had a great President's day, and went to the Library of Congress' reading room. I snapped some pictures, and as always some are of Kassie while she waits for me to finish shooting.

Here is another shot of the Barlow Center. We are on the top floor on the right.

This is where I get off each morning from the bus. I walk through the smokey hallway of Union Station to the Thurgood Marshall building which is on the far end.

We went for a walk today. It was very nice compared to recent days and the sun was pretty strong. It is nice to see what our running path looks like in the day time!

It was with great joy we went to the National Archives and watched the Academy Award Nominated Short Films for 2012. See all the titles and info go here. I enjoyed them all a great deal and thought it was pretty neat to be watching them in DC with Kassie for free in the same building that the Constitution and other great documents are kept.

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