4th of July In Our Country's Capitol!

today i had the honor of being able to spend fourth of july in Washington, D.C.! 

this was very exciting and tiring experience (especially since i have never been to D.C. before)

we woke up at 7:40, got pretty and then headed to the metro. we then rode the metro to D.C and walked a few blocks and sat down from 9-11:45 waiting for the parade. in my opinion the parade wasn’t even good. so then we got up and decided to walk to the capitol and wait in line to get in for the concert. we walked over and it wasn’t allowing you in til 3. so we walked there for nothing. so we decided to walk over to Johnny Rockets and get food and then walk back. so at 2 we walked back and waited for them to let us in… in the SUPER HOT SUN. gosh it was so hot. we finally got in and it was 3, and we ran to get seats in the grass and got super good seats! but then… the show doesn’t start until 8. so we waited in the hot sun for 5 hours. yes, 5 hours. we took hour shifts of sitting in shade so we could keep our spot. 

 i'm just a girl, sitting here on capitol hill (to the tune of schoolhouse rock)

just chilling with laura and her mom! waiting for the concert to begin!

the capitol is so pretty at night.

in the end... it was worth it. i got to be on national TV (singing my heart out), and i heard Neil Diamond sing Sweet Caroline, LIVE. so it was great. i also got a tan so that was lucky bonus. 

Fourth of July was successful, even though my feet kill.

you probably could see me on tv. capitol fourth concert on PBS. 

xoxo