Louisiana State Capitol Buliding

While Stephen, Mel, Kyle, and Ryan were here, we took a trip to the Louisiana State Capitol building.

Here are the dads with the kids in front of the tallest state capitol building in the United States.

There are 49 steps leading up to the capitol building, and each step has a state (or two) and the year it joined the United States on it. (The building was completed before Alaska and Hawaii joined the US, so those two states are both on the last step). I just HAD to get a picture by Texas. I LOVE Texas!!!!


And Texas and Florida were right next to each other, so Mel and I took a picture together.


Then we went up the tower to the observation deck, and here's the view of the bridge over the Mississippi River.

Claire having fun at the top.

Claire with the bridge over the Mississippi

A view of the statue of Louisiana Governor Huey Long, who had the vision of this building and was instrumental in getting legislation passed to have it built during the Great Depression. He was later assassinated here, and he is buried on the grounds.

Then we went back down and played in the grass. Kyle loved rolling down a little hill.

Some people played frisbee. Here, Jordan is looking at a frog.
Mel played with Ryan.

It was really nice to relax, play, and spend time together without thinking of what we had to do next or what I needed to get done. It was nice to just BE.