Washington DC ~ Day 2 (Sunday)

Day 2 was pretty cool!

In between my meetings we went to see the White House. I was kinda bummed bc this was the back side of it where all the news stations do their thing. The front side is much prettier :)

I tried hard to get a tour of the WH before we went but it "was not honored" .

Then after my meetings we wandered over to the Jefferson Memorial. They were doing alot of construction to the "sea wall" in front of it so it didn't make for great pictures.

But still, an awesome thing to see!

You can really tell just how big these columns were in this shot..

Haha this big ol spider came crashing down right by me so I was checking for more!

After the JM we TRIED to walk to the National Harbor..yea that didn't work too well. We walked until we just couldn't walk anymore & finally caught a cab. We told him we were trying to walk to the NH & this was his comment: "You try to walk to NH...OHHHH THAT'S A GOOD ONE!!!" I've never heard someone laugh so much..

It was a 15 minute drive even from where he picked us up :P

Anyway they had some really cool shops including one of my favs..

Wish we could've eaten here!!!

The Gaylord

I met some pretty famous folks in there too!

This was just for Kinley, they had a PEEPS store!

Again, stay tuned for Day 3!

Washington DC ~ Day 1(Saturday)

Two words for DC... HOT & HOT!!!

We had the best time but MAN was it ever HOT! Much hotter than it has been here in a long time. The humidity there is just awful. HOWEVER, we had 5 great days & I already miss it! We saw SO much and took SO many pictures that I am going to have to break these posts up by day. So here goes:

Day 1

I attended 2 meetings the first day. I had about 1 1/2 hr break for lunch so I met up with the fam & had lunch & took in a few sights...

Here is our hotel: Embassy Suites

The view from our room

A very small part of the Convention Center..

For lunch we walked along Pennsylvania Ave bc they were having a major BBQ cook-off! They had small time locals to big time chains serving their food. It was pretty neat..HOT but neat :)

There were cool saying such as this engraved along alot of the sidewalks..

Ok.. this is the Willard Hotel. Prez Obama & his fam stayed here for about a month before the White House was ready for them. And I could see why!

The "Round Robin" bar

Check in..

Really can't remember what this building was but it was pretty!

Ugh~~sorry this was part of lunch but Blogger wouldn't let me put them in order.

This is a big 18 wheeler- the rig was a huge BBQ pit lol!

And for all my fellow cupcake lovers.. Curbside Cupcakes :)

Indeed, the Wiener Mobile!

FBI building..

Ford's Theatre (where Lincoln was shot)

Across the street: where Lincoln actually died

And after I went back to my meetings- Jeffrey & his rents checked out Union Station..

For dinner that night we went to Dubliner's for a fun end to our busy day!

Stay tuned for Day 2!

Surgery

My mom is having back surgery #3 tomorrow morning. But this time she is having a lumbar fusion. Doc will go in and insert this concoction around discs L4 & L5-S1. Let's hope this is the end of her surgery days! Please pray for my mom!

Packing

So, how do you pack a toddlers bag for 5 nights with the Grandparents?

Very carefully!

Thanks Nana & PaPa for keeping our favorite little girl while we were away!

We're Baaaack!

We are back from DC..and back to work!

I will post pictures this weekend!