The first place we stopped on our first kids-free overnight trip. Niagara Falls! It was beautiful, and breathtaking, and a GREAT place for people watching. I even saw a man who was taking pictures of people asleep on the grass in the park.
The National Zoo, which is run by the Smithsonian. It was our first adventure in D.C., and thanks to Audri for coming with us! The reason we were in the area was to visit the Knudsen family, who are just like second parents to Josh. They refer to him as their son, and the kids call Johannes and Celeste Farfar and Farmor, which are Dutch for grandpa and grandma. Josh lived with them before his mission for quite a while, and I now feel that we have three sets of parents to love and help and pray for us. What a blessing!
I'd post a picture of the other place we hit in D.C., but funny enough, cameras aren't allowed. We had a tour of the Pentagon! Celeste works as a civilian for the Air Force, doing what I think is supremely cool stuff. We lucked out, and due to sheer luck were able to take a peek in the Pentagon press room, where they do official press briefings. We also were able to step into the office of the Secretary of the Air Force (holy cow! it was amazing!) who was out for the day and whose secretaries are very nice ladies.
Celeste told all kinds of cool stories and facts about the building (it has more Coke machines than the former two World Trade Center buildings and Empire State Building combined). Her good friend had a brand new luxury car that was impounded for months after the plane crash, because there were tire marks from the landing gear on the roof.
There are dozens of restaurants in the Pentagon, a florist, a dentist, a post office, a very large gym, and just about anything you'd need to run errands, so that employees don't have to leave the building during the day (you can even get manicures and pedicures. no joke.)
3 comments:
wow! the pentagon sounds way cool.
Niagra Falls is one of my favorite places, so glad you could see it.
how are you feeling? about a month left?
We miss you guys too! What cute pictures--I love how excited Leo is in that first picture. And I think it's so nice that you guys had that month of family time--and a little getaway time too!
Love you guys...we need to plan a trip out to North Carolina... :)
You are making me want to go on a trip! There is so much I haven't seen over there. Those are fun facts about the Pentagon.
Your boys are getting so big! It's great to see pics of them!
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