Vacation-Part 2-DC

Our whole purpose in going on this vacation was because Jeremy had to go to a training thing in DC so we decided to tag along and have some fun. We drove out and the drive was so pretty. I love driving through the mountains of West Virginia and Maryland, it was so green too. I do not, however, love the traffic of DC. It takes forever to get anywhere. Thankfully we have GPS or we'd definitely be lost. I don't think we would have survived without it. And I especially love that if you do make a wrong turn it recalculates and still gets you there.

My mom's side of the family lives in the DC area so one night we went to my Aunt Windy's and had dinner with her and her husband and then my Uncle David and his wife Nancy came with their kids. It was so much fun to see them. We don't get to see each other all that often so it's great when we can get together.
This is my cousins and my kids all together.

After dinner we went to see the temple. On the way back we realized that we need to program the GPS to go the easiest route rather than the direct route. It took us through Georgetown (which was fun to see), but man it took forever.

There is a park just down the street from where we were staying in Arlington. We played there a few times, but it was so hot and humid it didn't last too long. This was near the High School where Katie Couric and Sandra Bullock both went. A little trivia tid bit for you.

Outside the FDIC headquarters. The hotel we stayed in was connected to this so Jeremy didn't have very far to commute.

This was our parking spot under the hotel. We literally had to fold in the mirrors and pray when pulling into this spot. Luckily we didn't scratch the van or this other car. On the other side we were next to a cement pillar.

Since Jeremy brought us along we got a really nice room. It was bigger than our first apartment. It had a big living room and a kitchen. Then it had a seperate bedroom with a walk-in closet. We had plenty of room to spread out and not be all on top of each other.

We also had a nice work-out room and a pool that even had a lifeguard (I've never seen one at a hotel pool before).
Everytime we came in we had to show ID which got a little annoying. But I love the grocery store we were next to. They had these flossers that are AWESOME. It's the only place we've been able to buy them. I should have stocked up on them a little more.