I just realized I hadn't posted about our trip to Washington DC in February.
My brother and his wife live in DC, so we took a weekend to visit them while Keith had training in the area.
Here's a summary of our weekend (Feb 19 - 22):
We got in late thursday night. My brother and his wife were wonderful! They live in an apartment so we had to try to keep the boys quiet - which was hard for Kory to understand.
Friday- the boys and I hung out while Keith was at training and our hosts worked. We rested, played xbox, etc. It was good. Friday night we ate in.
Saturday - Keith was back in training. My brother and his wife worked. When my sister-in-law got home from work, we headed to go pick up my brother to see where he works. Then we went to the DC mall area with the monuments. It was great because it let Kory run around to get off some extra energy. Then we went to Illy for coffee. It was amazing.
We all worked together to get the boys to bed that night and then us 4 adults had a nice supper of crab and salmon cakes. We ended the evening by chatting while listening to music.
On Sunday, we all slept in and then took our time getting ready. We ended up leaving around 1:30 to get home and settled. The trip is only about 3 hours - which isn't bad at all.
Oh this was kinda funny from the weekend (although at the time it wasn't):
On Friday night, Kory didn't sleep well at all. He kept on crying about his ear. I thought, great he has an ear infection because he would only rest when I was holding him. As we were trying to get him settled down, all I could think about was 1. The neighbors are not going to be happy with this crying. 2. I don't want to have to take him to the ER here in DC. 3. Maybe I can beg his doctor in PA to send a prescription to DC.
And of course, each time we got him settled down, Cade would cough and Kory would wake up or Kory would cough and Cade would wake up. At one point during the night, Kory even cried out twice, "I need a doctor."
The next morning, I looked at his ear and it was full of wax. So I cleaned them both out and he said "that is much better!" On that Saturday morning, he was determined to tell Uncle Josh that his ears hurt. But he had already left for work. What a night... :)
Sunday, April 12, 2009
A little bit of Minnesota
We had an fun visit from Jess' parents at the beginning of April. Her brother and his wife even came up for a visit. I'll try to summarize our days with them. They always seem to go by so fast.
On Thursday the 2nd, the boys and I picked up grandma and grandpa from the airport and got settled in at home. Of course we had to stop for donuts to bring back :)
On Friday morning, Kory decided that since he was the first one up, he could have the last two donuts on the table. Oh the sugar rush! It was a rainy day on Friday so we stayed in for the morning and then all went up to Cabelas for a few hours to wander and shop. Kory was the most excited about seeing the elephant display.
On Saturday, we stayed home for most of the day. Mom and I worked on some spring cleaning while dad, Keith, and the boys worked outside. Mom, Cade, and I ended up going to explore a few shops in the area that afternoon. Saturday night, my brother and his wife came up to stay the night and into Sunday. How much fun to have us all together. But it made me realize how much I miss my sister and her family being with us too.
Saturday night around 10:30, my dad had a "brillant" idea. Let's watch a movie. So we all stayed up watching the latest Indiana Jones movie. I did end up snoozing through parts of it.
Sunday, we all decided to go explore Philadelphia. Even though we have lived in the area for almost 9 years, we hadn't gotten my parents down there for a visit. They usually come in the winter - which isn't the most ideal for exploring in Philly.
We started around the Liberty Bell - we didn't want to wait in line, so we looked through the glass.... Then we decided to explore on our own. We ended up walking for hours. It was so beautiful. Getting into residential areas and such. Just exploring together. We used our double jogging stroller for the first time so it was great for the boys (and for us)!
We had a late lunch at this little Italian restaurant on the edge of the Italian Market. It was very quiet inside. When Cade's food came, he was so excited he just started babbling at a very loud voice. It was quite comical and everyone in the small restaurant chuckled.
Then it was off for more exploring. We found a wonderful little Italian bakery and got some yummy things. We found a Starbucks to stop at and eat our dessert.
Then it was back to the car and home. We were all exhausted~
On Monday, we had a "pajama day" at the house with mom and dad and the boys (Keith had to go back to work). I think we ran a couple errands but I can't really remember.
Then on Tuesday morning, it was back to the airport to say good bye to Grandma and Grandpa.
As always, we enjoyed the visit with family and can't wait to get a little bit of Minnesota again.
On Thursday the 2nd, the boys and I picked up grandma and grandpa from the airport and got settled in at home. Of course we had to stop for donuts to bring back :)
On Friday morning, Kory decided that since he was the first one up, he could have the last two donuts on the table. Oh the sugar rush! It was a rainy day on Friday so we stayed in for the morning and then all went up to Cabelas for a few hours to wander and shop. Kory was the most excited about seeing the elephant display.
On Saturday, we stayed home for most of the day. Mom and I worked on some spring cleaning while dad, Keith, and the boys worked outside. Mom, Cade, and I ended up going to explore a few shops in the area that afternoon. Saturday night, my brother and his wife came up to stay the night and into Sunday. How much fun to have us all together. But it made me realize how much I miss my sister and her family being with us too.
Saturday night around 10:30, my dad had a "brillant" idea. Let's watch a movie. So we all stayed up watching the latest Indiana Jones movie. I did end up snoozing through parts of it.
Sunday, we all decided to go explore Philadelphia. Even though we have lived in the area for almost 9 years, we hadn't gotten my parents down there for a visit. They usually come in the winter - which isn't the most ideal for exploring in Philly.
We started around the Liberty Bell - we didn't want to wait in line, so we looked through the glass.... Then we decided to explore on our own. We ended up walking for hours. It was so beautiful. Getting into residential areas and such. Just exploring together. We used our double jogging stroller for the first time so it was great for the boys (and for us)!
We had a late lunch at this little Italian restaurant on the edge of the Italian Market. It was very quiet inside. When Cade's food came, he was so excited he just started babbling at a very loud voice. It was quite comical and everyone in the small restaurant chuckled.
Then it was off for more exploring. We found a wonderful little Italian bakery and got some yummy things. We found a Starbucks to stop at and eat our dessert.
Then it was back to the car and home. We were all exhausted~
On Monday, we had a "pajama day" at the house with mom and dad and the boys (Keith had to go back to work). I think we ran a couple errands but I can't really remember.
Then on Tuesday morning, it was back to the airport to say good bye to Grandma and Grandpa.
As always, we enjoyed the visit with family and can't wait to get a little bit of Minnesota again.
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