CA Fails Visit
06 Jul 2005
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Pregnant panda, Mei Xiang. Baby panda was born just few days later (Zoo's Pandas Produce First Cub, High Hopes)
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Jolene, Jacob, Danae & Tony in front of the panda exhibit.
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Amanda & Danae both love giraffes.
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And Kurtis loves popcorn.
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Danae practicing pushing around Kurtis.
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Eagles at the National Zoo
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Tony took this picture of part of the Fails Clan.
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Jake liked to push around Kurtis.
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Kurtis was enthralled with the fish in the aquarium.
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Keeping our distance from the tigers.
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Danae liked this bug made of bugs.
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Here you can see how it is made of bugs.
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Jacob imitating the monkeys.
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Uncle Jerry, Jacob and Amanda.
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Jolene, Amanda, Elena Jacob and Karl at the Noyes Library in Montgomery County – one of the libraries where Elena works.
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Kurtis running laps at Tony & Elena's house.
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Sitting down at the table to eat another fabulous meal at Tony & Elena's house.
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Amanda and Jacob reading with Aunt Elena – a must when visiting!
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Another must, playing on the elephant.
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Everyone got a turn.
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Out capturing fire flies!
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Amanda digging for ... I mean showing the fireflies she has caught.
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At the College Park / Beltsville 4th of July breakfast. Aunt Danae, Uncle Jerry, Jacob, Amanda, and Sisters Seal and Hatch.
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Chilling and playing at our apartment.
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Amanda and Kurtis up close.
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Jake & Kurtis.
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Kurtis liked running around the apartment with a trash can on his head.
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Amanda loved listening to Aunt Danae play the harp.
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Woody Woodpecker at the 4th of July parade in Washington D.C.
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There was considerable concern about watching the Dinosaurs IMax, but the kids did survive!
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The kids liked feeling the rocks.
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Uncle Jerry and the Fails kids by the Elephant in the Natural History Museum.
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The group on the mall.
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Tony and Elena staking out our spot for the fireworks.
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Karl and Jake (and Uncle Jerry) had fun throwing around the football.
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Documented child abuse – Karl hitting Jake in the face! :)
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Amanda lost her second tooth in front of the Lincoln Memorial waiting to watch the fireworks.
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Kurtis liked taking off and playing with his stroller.
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The group looking at the Washington Monument.
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We're all there ... waiting.
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The monument from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Aunt Danae and the older kids in front of Lincoln.
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Karl & Amanda reading the Gettysburg Address.
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Danae & Jerry sitting waiting for the fireworks.
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Amanda and the monument.
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Deanna and Danae in front of the reflecting pool and Washington Monument.
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Danae, Amanda & Jerry in the Tourmobile seeing the sites downtown.
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The group in front of the Capitol Building.
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Amanda on Jerry, and Jake in front of the Capitol Building..
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Amanda's shot of the Capitol Building, a Tourmobile (like the one we are on), and Uncle Jerry.
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The JK Fails Family looking at the National Monument from the Jefferson.
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Danae, Jake, Amanda & Karl in front of the Jefferson.
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The whole group in front of one of the falls in the FDR Memorial.
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Monument reflected on Tidal Basin.
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The kids like cooling off in the water.
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The kids even ventured up close to the falls.
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The two of us! :)
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I love this pose!
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Jake pushing Kurtis and the rest of the group.
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The WWII Monument.
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Each of the gold things are stars, each of the 4048 gold stars represents approximately 100 Americans who died during the war
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You'd think that at 28, Jerry wouldn't be running through the sprinklers, but it was hot and he was glad to do it!
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Postcard picture of the White House.
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The JK Fails in front of the White House.
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The DJ Fails in front of the White House.
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Arlington cemetery, before getting drenched with rain.
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We were just able to see the changing of the guard before running to the bus and avoiding some of the torrential rain.
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The Visitor's center after getting drenched by the rain..
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RFK Stadium at a National's game.
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Amanda explaining the game to us.
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Jerry and Amanda.
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Go Nats!
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Saying goodbye at UMD
What happened this week ...
We had a wonderful time with Karl, Jolene, Amanda, Jacob, and Kurtis. It was so nice to see all of them as well as to spend good quality time with Tony, Elena, David, and Charles.
Love,
Jerry & Danae