{ brother and D.C. } ::

the weekend of january 21st my brother came out for a quick weekend visit before he headed down to North Carolina for a business meeting. we had such a great time! we ate yummy food, went to the Bass Pro Shop (his hunting heaven headquarters), and of course he couldn't stop into town with out a quick trip up to D.C. (a first for him), and let me remind we had just gone the previous weekend, but we were already itching to go back! it was quick trip indeed but well worth it!

let's not forget to mention that there was a slight ice storm the night before. here in Richmond and D.C. - but the roads were clear so we decided to go ahead and go.

i kid you not, it was FREEZING. FREEZING! we were bundled in layers, and we tried to keep walking to a minimum and we got so incredibly lucky and kept getting great parking spots everywhere we went. just thinking about this trip makes me cold!







we went over to the vietnam veterens memorial and found our uncle's name on the wall. it's definitely a humbling experience!



after seeing many of the sights we drove to the Capitol Building, once again we got a great parking spot, but not as close as we had thought. we kinda parked on the wrong side and had to walk all the way around to get in. there my or may not have been a little sibling bickery going on by this point. i was so cold and so mad we had to walk as far as we did that i was just about to walk back to the car when we found the entrance. good thing! we were all grouchy, had to pee and hungry. so not a good combination! let's not forget to mention that brody is a CHAMP traveler and was seriously enjoying everything! love him!



do you ever take pictures of yourself in public bathrooms? well, I did! i was so happy to be INSIDE, 200 layers of clothing peeled off and defrosting i had to capture my happiness. that friends, is my happiness! we walked around the captiol building and ate lunch. once we were all un-thawed, it was time to layer back up and head back outside (boo!). luckily when i mentioned we had a great parking spot, we did. and that spot was right in front of the Smithsoniam National Air and Space muesum. brody was not excited to go back into the cold, but when i told him we were going to Space he perked right up!
we spend the remainder of our time in the museum which was so spectacular and warm! we all loved it and brody thought space was fantastic! and it was nice that when we were done, the car was right outside the building waiting for us.





as we headed out to go home, the sunset was beautiful!

we had such a good time with my brother. brody adores his uncle jeremy. brody talks about his uncle jeremy nonstop and always thinks he's coming over to play! it was really sad to see him go, i may or may not have had a total crying meltdown as he was leaving. i did not want him to go. thanks brother for your visit! we look forward to you coming back!!