Obama family`s White House life in pictures

  10 October 2016    Read: 2414
Obama family`s White House life in pictures
It’s hard to forget the emotional impact of seeing the victorious Barack Obama walk across the stage in Chicago’s Grant Park with his wife, Michelle, and young daughters, Malia and Sasha, on Election Night 2008. Over the past eight years, the world has obsessively watched the family as the president and First Lady attempted to give their girls a semblance of a normal childhood. Here, a collection of moments from their life in the White House, ranging from the mundane (a tween’s dance recital, a dad’s birthday barbecue) to the extraordinary (after-school visits to the Oval Office, Easter portraits in the Rose Garden).
1. January 20, 2009



At the president`s inauguration.

2. January 20, 2009



Backstage at the inauguration.

3. February 22, 2009



Dancing at the Governor`s Ball.

4. April 5, 2009



Signing the guestbook at Prague Castle in the Czech Republic.

5. August 8, 2010



Celebrating the president`s 49th birthday.

6. August 8, 2010



At the president`s 49th birthday barbecue.

7. August 14, 2010



Swimming with Sasha in Florida.

8. December 27, 2010



Eating shave ice in Hawaii.

9. January 19, 2011



The president and First Lady entering a state dinner with Chinese president Hu Jintao.

10. March 2, 2011



Preparing to greet recipients of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal.

11. June 11, 2011



Celebrating Sasha`s birthday at Camp David.

12. July 4, 2011



Watching fireworks from the roof of the White House.

13. January 1, 2012



A New Year`s Day swim in Hawaii.

14. July 16, 2012



Caught on the kiss cam at an Olympic baseball game.

15. September 6, 2012



Backstage at the Democratic National Convention.

16. January 17, 2013



Singing `Happy Birthday` to the First Lady.

17. January 20, 2013



A family portrait on the president`s second Inauguration Day.

18. January 21, 2013



Riding in the inaugural parade.

19. June 16, 2013



Backstage at Sasha`s dance recital.

20. February 11, 2014



At a state dinner for President François Hollande of France.

21. June 16, 2016



On the South Lawn, returning to the White House after a trip to California.

22. June 29, 2014



The president and Sasha during a hike in Virginia.

23. September 14, 2014



Viewing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln at the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

24. December 3, 2014



Under the mistletoe at a dinner for combatant commanders and military leadership.

25. February 23, 2015



With Malia in the Oval Office.

26. March 7, 2015



Listening to the remarks of Representative John Lewis in Selma, at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

27. April 5, 2015



A family portrait on Easter Sunday in the Rose Garden.

28. July 17, 2015



With Malia at the Whitney Museum, in New York.

29. August 22, 2015



Malia biking in Martha`s Vineyard.

30. April 7, 2015



Exiting Air Force One in Chicago.

31. May 18, 2015



Malia in her yard.

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