Washington DC
March 11th- 18th
I'm a little behind, so i'll try and do a good recap.
Daylight saving started, and it suuuuuucks with kids. Benson was a total wreck. We got asked to give talks on the 25th. Me on Bridging the temple and the atonement. James, on making every Sunday Easter Sunday.
The next day, the sister missionaries came over on Pday to use our internet for emailing because it was like 30 degrees outside and freaking cold. I fixed Sister Widdison's skirt because it had a really high slit. I love these sisters. I was making St Patty's day food, so I invited them to stay and eat dinner with us. I made cabbage and Corned Beef. It was pretty delish.
Mops was Tuesday. I really enjoy our table. We had a table rotation between different groups educating us on swim safety, and health awareness, the cops came and gave us neat stuff. There was a table on fire safety. There was some pretty neat stuff.
I submitted some pictures to Baby Faces Atlanta last weekend. They emailed me on Monday saying that they wanted to book Benson for a gig! Wednesday was his day :) It was at a wierd time. They wanted to do the shoot at 1pm. ugh! He did awesome though. He was repping a baby einstein high chair. Basically they paid hi $100 to eat some goldfish. lol. We won't know for a few months if Baby Einstein decides to use the video footage, but it was still a pretty neat experience! Later that night, the Glanceys threw a Pi(e) party. We took a coconut creme pie. It was fun :)
Thursday I went over to Becca Frorers to hang out and let Benson play with her kiddos. They love him so much. It's so cute. Her little boy Toby is such a gem. The rest of the day was running errands and trying to get stuff done before we left for Washington DC the next morning. The sisters came over that night with their bike pump to help us blow up the tires on Bensons stroller. Thank goodness! They were so flat!
Our flight left at 6 am so we had to leave for the airport at like 3:30am. Benson was such a champ. We landed at 7:45 and got a car rental to get to the airbnb because renting a car for the day was cheaper than an uber for 3 people. There was a random snow storm as we were getting the car. It was crazy! Our airbnb was a super nice finished basement in this really nice neighborhood in Hanover MD. The host's were these cute Chinese people. He worked at the John Hopkins as a radiologist. Very very nice people with such a beautiful home.
Kendra and Brian got into town about the same time we did, so we went and picked them up then drove into DC. Brians brother works at the Goddard Nasa Space Center, and he was going to give us a tour at 2pm, so we didn't get to spend a ton of time at the National Mall. We parked in a bad spot, so we basically spent the whole time we were there, walking to the Lincoln Memorial. We got to see the WW2, Vietnam, and Washington Memorials while we walked to Lincolns. It was so neat. The reflecting pool was beautiful! The wind was blowing pretty hard, and by this point Benson was exhausted and super grumpy. He wanted to walk, but he was tired, and the wind was making it much colder than it actually was! I think it was 45 degrees, but then with windchill... uuuugh!
We booked it up to NASA, but Brians brother David was stuck in a meeting, so we went to Five Guys across the street to get some food. Turns out Kend had forgotten her ID, so we couldn't do the tour because she needed it to get in. *sigh* So, at that point, we were all pretty exhausted, we went to the airbnb and took a nap. A good choice all around. Kend and Brian had driven through the night, and we'd been up way too long by that point. We went over to Davids house that night and had pizza and played games and just caught up.
The next morning we went over and James and Brian went and returned the rental. Then we went to NASA again. It was pretty freaking sweet. David is a Propulsion Engineer. He showed us the new camera that they plan on launching to replace the Hubble. It's gonna be pretty awesome.
After that, we drove down into DC and went to the Smithsonian Museum of American History. My favorite part of it was getting to see the actual Star Spangled Banner. We went to the Museum of Natural History after that. They had mummies! And a bunch of animal skeletons. That was super neat. I've never seen so many different animal skeletons. We were going to go home after that..... but I reaaaaaly wanted to go see the Jefferson Memorial. So, I convinced everyone to come with me :) So glad we went! It was such a reverent place. The cherry trees were supposed to be in bloom while we were there, but it was too cold :(
After that we went home, and then ate dinner, and played games. Brians brother and wife (Katie) are really awesome. Very kind people.
The next day, Brian and Kend were just planning on going to their ward, and just kind of chilling at David and Katies. Since we had such a short amount of time, I really wanted to feel like we were using our time the best way possible. We were thinking about renting a car so we could get out and about, but Kend just said we could borrow their car, which was super sweet of them. We drove down to Mt Vernon after we went to a random ward at like 9:30am. I didn't realize you had to pay $20 to go into MT Vernon. We didn't have very much time, so we didn't go inside :( Someday we'll have to go back because I really want to go! Then we drove over to Arlington National Cemetery. That was very sobering. We watched a wreath ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Very neat to watch. We drove to the DC Temple Visitor Center after that. It's a HUGE TEMPLE! The visitor center was so big! We were there for like 45 minutes. It was awesome. Then we went back up to Hanover, and played more games at David and Katies. We drove into Baltimore and walked around the wharf later that afternoon. It was a beautiful day. We watched some street performers for a little while, then climbed up a hill overlooking the bay. After that we had to get to the airport and home.
Benson passed out #melatonin. He's such a sweet baby. He did such a good job with everything. Love him so so much. He's starting to chatter much more. It's adorable.
I'm a little behind, so i'll try and do a good recap.
Daylight saving started, and it suuuuuucks with kids. Benson was a total wreck. We got asked to give talks on the 25th. Me on Bridging the temple and the atonement. James, on making every Sunday Easter Sunday.
The next day, the sister missionaries came over on Pday to use our internet for emailing because it was like 30 degrees outside and freaking cold. I fixed Sister Widdison's skirt because it had a really high slit. I love these sisters. I was making St Patty's day food, so I invited them to stay and eat dinner with us. I made cabbage and Corned Beef. It was pretty delish.
Mops was Tuesday. I really enjoy our table. We had a table rotation between different groups educating us on swim safety, and health awareness, the cops came and gave us neat stuff. There was a table on fire safety. There was some pretty neat stuff.
I submitted some pictures to Baby Faces Atlanta last weekend. They emailed me on Monday saying that they wanted to book Benson for a gig! Wednesday was his day :) It was at a wierd time. They wanted to do the shoot at 1pm. ugh! He did awesome though. He was repping a baby einstein high chair. Basically they paid hi $100 to eat some goldfish. lol. We won't know for a few months if Baby Einstein decides to use the video footage, but it was still a pretty neat experience! Later that night, the Glanceys threw a Pi(e) party. We took a coconut creme pie. It was fun :)
Thursday I went over to Becca Frorers to hang out and let Benson play with her kiddos. They love him so much. It's so cute. Her little boy Toby is such a gem. The rest of the day was running errands and trying to get stuff done before we left for Washington DC the next morning. The sisters came over that night with their bike pump to help us blow up the tires on Bensons stroller. Thank goodness! They were so flat!
Our flight left at 6 am so we had to leave for the airport at like 3:30am. Benson was such a champ. We landed at 7:45 and got a car rental to get to the airbnb because renting a car for the day was cheaper than an uber for 3 people. There was a random snow storm as we were getting the car. It was crazy! Our airbnb was a super nice finished basement in this really nice neighborhood in Hanover MD. The host's were these cute Chinese people. He worked at the John Hopkins as a radiologist. Very very nice people with such a beautiful home.
Kendra and Brian got into town about the same time we did, so we went and picked them up then drove into DC. Brians brother works at the Goddard Nasa Space Center, and he was going to give us a tour at 2pm, so we didn't get to spend a ton of time at the National Mall. We parked in a bad spot, so we basically spent the whole time we were there, walking to the Lincoln Memorial. We got to see the WW2, Vietnam, and Washington Memorials while we walked to Lincolns. It was so neat. The reflecting pool was beautiful! The wind was blowing pretty hard, and by this point Benson was exhausted and super grumpy. He wanted to walk, but he was tired, and the wind was making it much colder than it actually was! I think it was 45 degrees, but then with windchill... uuuugh!
We booked it up to NASA, but Brians brother David was stuck in a meeting, so we went to Five Guys across the street to get some food. Turns out Kend had forgotten her ID, so we couldn't do the tour because she needed it to get in. *sigh* So, at that point, we were all pretty exhausted, we went to the airbnb and took a nap. A good choice all around. Kend and Brian had driven through the night, and we'd been up way too long by that point. We went over to Davids house that night and had pizza and played games and just caught up.
The next morning we went over and James and Brian went and returned the rental. Then we went to NASA again. It was pretty freaking sweet. David is a Propulsion Engineer. He showed us the new camera that they plan on launching to replace the Hubble. It's gonna be pretty awesome.
After that, we drove down into DC and went to the Smithsonian Museum of American History. My favorite part of it was getting to see the actual Star Spangled Banner. We went to the Museum of Natural History after that. They had mummies! And a bunch of animal skeletons. That was super neat. I've never seen so many different animal skeletons. We were going to go home after that..... but I reaaaaaly wanted to go see the Jefferson Memorial. So, I convinced everyone to come with me :) So glad we went! It was such a reverent place. The cherry trees were supposed to be in bloom while we were there, but it was too cold :(
After that we went home, and then ate dinner, and played games. Brians brother and wife (Katie) are really awesome. Very kind people.
The next day, Brian and Kend were just planning on going to their ward, and just kind of chilling at David and Katies. Since we had such a short amount of time, I really wanted to feel like we were using our time the best way possible. We were thinking about renting a car so we could get out and about, but Kend just said we could borrow their car, which was super sweet of them. We drove down to Mt Vernon after we went to a random ward at like 9:30am. I didn't realize you had to pay $20 to go into MT Vernon. We didn't have very much time, so we didn't go inside :( Someday we'll have to go back because I really want to go! Then we drove over to Arlington National Cemetery. That was very sobering. We watched a wreath ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Very neat to watch. We drove to the DC Temple Visitor Center after that. It's a HUGE TEMPLE! The visitor center was so big! We were there for like 45 minutes. It was awesome. Then we went back up to Hanover, and played more games at David and Katies. We drove into Baltimore and walked around the wharf later that afternoon. It was a beautiful day. We watched some street performers for a little while, then climbed up a hill overlooking the bay. After that we had to get to the airport and home.
Benson passed out #melatonin. He's such a sweet baby. He did such a good job with everything. Love him so so much. He's starting to chatter much more. It's adorable.
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