Sightseeing in D.C.

The White House !

Nick and I are lucky enough to be on an 'after summer' vacation right now. Our friend Cam, is getting married in a few days in Richmond, Virginia so we flew out to be here for that. My Aunt and Uncle live just outside of Washington D.C. so we got here yesterday and spent today with them. Cam & his fiance Sheri, and his brother Blair & his wife Kassidy, came up from Richmond so we went and saw the sights in downtown D.C. today. It was such a blast, but boy are my feet tired! It was great to get back to John & Brenda's house and have a delicious BBQ out in their amazing backyar, topped off with a bonfire and s'mores. I am going to sleep great tonight, I'm sure!

The beginning of our LONG walking day!

Eager tourists...

The Washington Monument

The Captial Building

I LOVE the architecture and all the beautiful columns on all the building in this city!

Outside of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
The boys doing their best poses...


Sheri, me & Kassidy

Orangutang & GIANT Sea Turtle

Nick & I inside the Smithsonian National Musem of Natural History (Isn't the column and railing beautiful?!)

World War II Memorial Fountains

The Washington Monument & reflecting pool

The Lincoln Monument

The Vietnam War Memorial

Guess what we bought...

A HOUSE!!! Whoo hoo! We are so excited (can you tell from my amount of explanation points?)! We are first time buyers, so this has been a pretty exciting decision for us. I am so glad to be finally through with paying rent (well soon anyways). We get possesion of the house on September 28th and it couldn't come sooner! My mind is just reeling with all the decorationg possiblities, and the setting up and organizing I will get to do. It is a 1300 square foot bungalow with a mostly unfinished basement. We are actually glad for that as we will be able to develop it as we need it and how we want it. In the meantime we get to enjoy our 100% renovated 3 bedroom mainfloor. Woot woot! The best part is the huge kitchen, wood burning fireplace, mainfloor laundry room roughed in for stackable washer/dryer, and a big master bedroom with 2 closets and an ensuite full bathroom. (Okay, so I pretty much just described everything - but that really is the best part - EVERYTHING is fabulous). Yay! I will attach a few pics, but there will be another post to come in October once we are moved in and somewhat decorated :) Right now there is just a bit of furniture in the pictures from what the sellers had staged the house with.

Front door/front entry

Front Entry

Main floor spare bathroom

Master bedroom

Living room (I will be painting the brick and adding a mantle)

Dining Area

Last but not least, my beautiful kitchen - with an older fridge (you can't win 'em all right ;) )