The White House Blog

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama share a private moment in a freight elevator at an Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama rides the elevator to the Private Residence of the White House after attending 10 inaugural balls being sworn in as President.

President Barack Obama holds 3-D glasses while watching the Super Bowl game at a Super Bowl Party.

President Barack Obama takes aim with a photographer's camera backstage.

President Barack Obama examines the Resolute Desk while visiting with Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg in the Oval Office.

President Barack Obama runs down the East Colonnade with family dog, Bo, on the dog's initial visit to the White House.

President Barack Obama hugs First Lady Michelle Obama in the Red Room of the White House.

President Obama lifts up a baby during the U.S. Embassy greeting at a Prague hotel.

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speak together sitting at a picnic table on the South Lawn

President Barack Obama pets the family dog, Bo, during a brief break from meetings on the South Lawn.

President Barack Obama meets with Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

President Barack Obama cheers for his daughter Sasha's soccer team.

President Barack Obama chest-bumps a graduate at the U.S. Naval Academy commencement ceremony.

President Barack Obama jokingly shows off the hat he was given during his tour of the Pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt.

President Barack Obama ducks his head to get through an entranceway on a tour of the Pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt.

President Barack Obama and celebrity chef Bobby Flay grill steak, corn and barbeque chicken at the Kick Off Young Men's Barbeque.

President Barack Obama and former First Lady Nancy Reagan walk side-by-side through Center Hall in the White House.

President Barack Obama leaves a presidential coin at the gravesite of 19-year-old Medal of Honor recipient, Specialist Ross McGinnis.

President Barack Obama looks at the Nobel Peace Prize medal for the first time at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.

President Barack Obama looks through a telescope during the Astronomy Night event on the South Lawn of the White House.

President Barack Obama uses a Star Wars light saber as he parries with fencer Tim Morehouse during the U.S. Olympians youth sporting event.

President Barack Obama plays with his niece Savita during the family's vacation on Martha's Vineyard.

President Barack Obama talks alone with Sen. Edward Kennedy in the Green Room.

President Barack Obama casts his line while fishing for trout on the East Gallatin River near Belgrade, Montana.

The President visited Joplin, Mo., following a devastating tornado. Here he greets Hugh Hills, 85, in front of his home.

The President and his daughter Sasha read one of Thomas Jefferson’s speeches at the Jefferson Memorial.

Much to Sasha’s chagrin, the President starts dancing to the music at the Fiesta Latina event on the South Lawn of the White House.

This photo was taken about 4AM after the President made an unannounced trip to Dover Air Force Base to pay respects to fallen troops back from war.

The President plays peek-a-boo with the daughter of White House staffer Emmett Beliveau in the Outer Oval Office.

President Barack Obama tours the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama enjoys a beer with Dakota Meyer on the patio outside of the Oval Office.

First Lady Michelle Obama reacts as President Barack Obama soothes a crying baby at the Congressional Picnic.

President Barack Obama, Ruby Bridges, and representatives of the Norman Rockwell Museum view Rockwell’s "The Problem We All Live With”.

President Barack Obama plays soccer with children at the Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela Community Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The skies opened up on Memorial Day outside of Chicago. The President ended up canceling his speech due to the weather.

President Barack Obama, with family, react as they push the button to light the National Christmas Tree during a ceremony on the Ellipse in Washington

The President and his daughters playing in the Rose Garden in the midst of a snow storm.

President Barack Obama sits with daughter Sasha during a barbecue with family and friends.

The President and Bo, the Obama family dog, ride in the presidential motorcade en route to PetSmart in Alexandria, Virginia.

President Barack Obama sits on the famed Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum following an event in Dearborn, Michigan.

President Barack Obama fist-bumps custodian Lawrence Lipscomb in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building after the opening session of the White House

The President tricks White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson by stepping on the back of the scale.

President Barack Obama blocks a shot while playing basketball with personal aide Reggie Love at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York, N.Y.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama watch the retiring of the colors aboard the USS Carl Vinson.

President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head.

The President and his then personal aide, Reggie Love, filled in as coaches for his daughter game one Saturday.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulates President Barack Obama on the House vote to pass health care reform.

President Barack Obama demos Joey Hudy's Extreme Marshmallow Cannon at the second White House Science Fair in the White House.

President Barack Obama looks at the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

President Barack Obama "meets" with speechwriter Cody Keenan, dressed as a pirate for a photo taken for use in a humorous speech.