Our family just took the most amazing trip to Washington D.C. and North Carolina. A few months ago, Mike told me he had a surprise trip for me but would not tell me where we were going to go. (He likes to do this sort of thing.) So anyway, a few weeks before the trip I did end up finding out the surprise and wow! I was so excited. This would be a first for us to go to the east coast together! So we took Mike's mom along with us so that she could help us with the kids and we would be able to do some sight seeing without them. He had actually planned that from the beginning but it turned out to be even more of a blessing after Mike hurt his arm and wouldn't be able to help carry luggage or anything like that. So with Mike's mom's help...it turned out awesome. I don't know where to even begin...
I guess I will just tell about some of our favorite parts!! One of the days we left our kids with Mike's family and Mike and I had the day to ourselves! We left in the morning and caught the Metro and went out on an adventure in D.C. We went to the Smithsonians, the Holocaust Museum, Lincoln's Memorial, Wahington Monument, the Old Post Office, and the Union Station. Honestly, my feet were killing me by the end of the day. We walked so far!! It was so nice to be able to have that time with just the two of us and see so much!
Another day we got a private tour of the Washington D.C. Capital building and the White House. It was pretty amazing. Thanks so much to Heather for hooking us up with the tickets for that. It was interesting to get a whole different perspective of D.C. We also were able to go to the Arlington Cemetary. This was incredible and so touching. If you have never been there, it is hard to explain the miles and miles of headstones and how it makes you feel so grateful for our country and the heros that are buried there. The tomb of the unknowns and the changing of the gaurds was really so amazing.
We took our kids to the D.C. Zoo and they loved that. After the first week of our trip, we went to North Carolina to visit my brother and his family. The kids had so much fun together. We went out on his boat into the sound and swam in the ocean. We docked the boat on this island that had about 200 head of wild horses that have been there for hundreds of years. It was really cool. Steve and Mike went fishing in the ocean and caught some fish for us for dinner. He loved it! We also saw dolphins and Mike saw a huge sea turtle while they were fishing. It was such an awesome experience.
I am so blessed to have such an awesome husband and the fun things he plans for our family. None of this would have happened if he wouldn't have planned it. So of course now he thinks he needs to plan a surprise vacation for our family every year.....hey, I won't complain!!
