Now on to our trip. We left here Thursday, the 13th, around Noon. We arrived in DC that night around 10:30. Friday we met Shannon in Chinatown where she works for lunch and then we headed over to a few of the memorials. We got to see the WWII Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Korean War Memorial. Boy was it cold that day!
That night we all went out to dinner and had a great time. Saturday we got up and went to Arundel Mills Mall. Shannon and I walked around and did some window shopping with Katie while Dan and Ernie took the 3 big kids and went to Dave and Busters. That night all of us adults had Sangria. Lots of sangria. Matt ended up sick that night but seemed better the next day. Sunday was Medieval Times :) That was so much fun! Dan woke up not feeling that well Sunday but seemed better by the time we got to our 2:30 dinner show. We all had a wonderful time.
Monday when I woke up Danny and Gaby were sick. Stomach flu seems to travel fast. We all sat around most of the day and watched the movie How to Train Your Dragon. Awesome movie! I can't believe it took us that long to finally see it. Not long into the movie I started feeling the effects of the stomach flu. Around 4 or so I was pretty much down for the count. I laid downstairs and watched tv and tried not to throw up. Lets just say that didn't work to well. I ended up in bed early that night. Yesterday morning it was time for us to get up and start our drive home. Wouldn't you know it the weather didn't like us. There had been snow and freezing rain the night before. You know what that means. Ice. Lots of it. After finally getting on the interstate our trip home was uneventful.
I love Washington DC. I love spending time with Shannon, Ernie, and the girls. I do have to say though, I'm happy to be back home again. I'm also overjoyed that my husband is home from Deployment and with us again :)