Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Back to Reality

Ahhh, we are back. Back to r-e-a-l-i-t-y. And although I am not super thrilled about that, I am excited to catch up on all of your lives and tell you all about our fantastic trip!

Our vacation was incredible! We had the best time.. and for the very first time since I think the day I started to travel was BORN, I tried (key word here) super hard to barely plan a thing. Normally I make schedules and itineraries and lists of restaurants I want to try that I look up beforehand, and map out each and every place we'll go in advance... But this time, we tried not to do any of that. I wanted this trip to be relaxing and enjoyable for both of us, without having to worry about rushing off to do tours, or feeling pressured to do something on the list.
And mission accomplished! The trip turned out to be great and relaxing, which was just what we wanted.

Our stunning hotel ended up being in a great and super convenient part of town with close access to a lot of the main attractions either by walking or a short metro ride. This was fantastic! So, if you go to DC, stay at the Omni Shoreham. Please? You'll love it. I promise. So we saw pretty much everything to see in the city itself... all the monuments, famous buldings, streets and cathedrals. We even made time to go up to Georgetown's gorgeous campus and walk around a little. And with the weather gods answering our prayers, we had sunny and 75-80 degree weather the entire time! Yay.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures! :)
{Washington D.C.}












{our wonderful tour of the Capitol building thanks to Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy :)}





{Our beautiful hotel}









{What's a trip to D.C. without a stop to the White House?}


{In Obama's back yard ;)}




(Washington Monument, of course}

{On the Lincoln steps}







{WWII memorial}


{50 flags for 50 states}





Phew. What a weekend, right?! Even though we had an amazing time, we did miss our little baby. I was so happy to be home and reunited with Char! I seriously thought about him every minute of every day. Hope everyone else had a great weekend :)

26 comments:

  1. Wow, looks like yall had a blast! You have the cutest accessories! Love DC!

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  2. Fabulous pictures! Glad you guys had a lovely vacay!

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  3. great pics :) glad you had a wonderful time!

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  4. Great pictures! Looks like a fun trip!

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  5. looks like an amazing trip! what beautiful photos! I'm a total planner too so I'm super impressed you just flew by the seat of your pants! :o)

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  6. AWE great pics! Your hair looks fab! Is it darker?

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  7. i LOVE dc!!!!! looks like you had lots of fun. yall are an adorable couple!

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  8. Looks like an amazing trip! I really want to visit D.C.

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  9. Love love love DC and your cute pics. Isn't it nice not having everything planned? I'm like that too and it drives Dustin nuts sometimes.

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  10. Looks like you had a great time!

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  11. your pictures are great. you two are so stylish! love the hotel!! :)

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  12. Great pics!! My fiance and I are heading to DC for a couple days after our wedding in 2 weeks!!

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  13. Looks super fun. I am from NJ and have never done the DC tourist thing. I need to fix that pronto!

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  14. How fun! So jealous. I want to go so bad!! You guys are too too cute. And I love your outfits.

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  15. I love DC! Your pictures turned out so cute! I am a new follower! Love your blog!

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  16. Your dresses are adorable. Where are they from? Great pics too!

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  17. YAY! I loooove your pictures- beautiful as always! Welcome back to town, storms and all!

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  18. Great pictures, looks like a wonderful Memorial Day!!

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  19. What great pictures! You look beautiful as always; love all your dresses!

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  20. Looks like a great trip. I absolutely love DC and could go there over and over. And y'alls pictures are amazing!

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  21. Seriously, you have the BEST hair!

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  22. You always have just amazing pictures!! Great pictures of our capital...and you two of course!

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  23. how did i miss these! such cute pics! looks like you had a blast!

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  24. I'm just now seeing these pics! my browser at work doesn't let me see them ; ( sounds like such a great trip! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the last pic!!!

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