DC

Adam and I had a weekend away from the girls recently. We went to Washington DC for his cousin Micheal's (and Cristin's) wedding. We stayed in town, at the Capitol City Hyatt, right down the street from the Capitol building. It was so pretty. It rained on our drive in from the airport and was beautiful after that. We were there with his parents and Tyler and Lauren. We packed in as much as we could in the two and half days we were there. And we had time to spend with family as well. The first day we ate lunch and Union Station, which was beautiful and HUGE, and then went back to freshen up for dinner at his aunt and uncle's house. Dinner was nice and it was great to have time to catch up with family.

The next morning we got up early and were at the museums before they opened, so we decided to go eat breakfast. Turned out we were going to need it for our marathon day... We started with the Air and Space Museum, went to the American Indian Museum (not much to see), went to National Museum of Art (I could have stayed there ALL day), Museum of Natural History, and the National Zoo (and saw almost everything). To put the amazingness of our schedule into perspective, we started our day about 10:00 and did all this and were showered, dressed and at the rehearsal dinner 45 min away by 7:00. We met at a Japanese restaurant, my favorite, and had a great meal. We ate more than should be allowed. It was a fun day/night and we went back to our hotel stuffed and worn out!

Saturday started the same as the day before, breakfast and then we hit the museums. We started at the Holocaust Museum. We had heard great things about it and Adam's aunt and uncle spent 4 hours there the day before. We didn't have 4 hours to spend, but we wanted to see it. It was really interesting. Adam teased me about almost crying a couple of times. If you're ever there you should go see it! It was sad but very well done. You felt like you were really there in the ghettos. After the museum we went shopping and then back to the hotel to get ready for the weeding. The wedding was really sweet and at a beautiful little church. It was a gorgeous day for a wedding.

After the reception, we headed back into the city to see the monuments. It was a beautiful night, warm and breezy. There was a pretty sunset while we were at the Lincoln Memorial and a full, orange, moon at the Jefferson. Standing on the steps of the Jefferson, facing the Capitol with the city lit up and the moon huge and orange was quite a sight. After we saw all of the monuments we went in search of dessert. We went to a French bistro we had been told about, right up from the White House. It was SOOO good!! Pastries are my weakness! We ate outside on cute patio and I ate until I was ill, really! I had the best hot chocolate and choc-banana tart in the world! Then we walked back through the city to the car and headed to our hotel. It was a great weekend!