{ up in lights } ::

last monday tyson had to be up in D.C. for work and was planning on staying the night because on tuesday he had a statistics conference. when he stays in D.C. work takes care of everything which is super nice and because tyson's company is so family oriented they encourage your families to go with you. and hello? like we would say no to that! we always go along with him on "trips". true we are just like an hour from home and could totally sleep in our own beds, but what's better then a little get away? 

 brody was so stoked to get up to D.C. and say in a "room" as he likes to call it. so let the fun begin! 

monday afternoon brody and i drove up to D.C. and picked tyson up from work, who had just been surprised by his co-workers with a baby shower for him. seriously! such love! he has the most amazing co-workers! we just love them and feel so lucky. after we got tyson, we went and checked into our hotel and then hit up cafe rio for dinner and then we drove over to the LDS Washington D.C. Temple to check out the beautiful Christmas lights. It was so pretty. they had a life size nativity which was amazing and inside the visitors center they had tons of nativity sets from all over the world. we really enjoyed ourselves. after the lights we headed back to our hotel and the boys went swimming. for an average monday it was quite a fabulous day!

 

tuesday morning we got up, ate breakfast and got ready and then brody and i dropped tyson off at work and then brody and i drove over to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. 

for Months...no really months...i've wanted to go up on a Tuesday to go the Butterfly exhibit because it's free. and brody has wanted to do the exhibit so badly too. so this was our chance! 

we got really lucky and found a parking spot right next to the museum, it didn't open till 10. so we had to wait at the doors for 20 minutes before it opened. brody was so excited for the butterflies, he was sooooooooo good just standing and waiting for the doors to open. once the museum did open we had to hurry up to the exhibit to get our tickets. luckily it helps to be the very first people in the museum because we had no problem getting tickets and then being the first in line to see the butterflies. mission accomplished! we loved it. so happy we did it. after the butterflies we hit up our normal favorite exhibits, dinos, oceans and mammals, then we hit up the gift shop real quick and got back in the car and drove home. sweeeet! 

good times and such a fun little get away!