And it was wonderful.
Our amazing race took us to Virginia Beach, Colonial Williamsburg, and finally Washington DC.
To see where Daddy works. Because we all know now that he's in the CIA.
I figured the Yahoos would be disappointed when we hit the nation's capital and saw that their dad didn't get all this special treatments they were expecting, being a CIA agent and all. Things like advising the President or starting a war or crazy ninja moves on random people walking down the street. But The Honey convinced them that he had to maintain his cover for national security reasons. So everyone up there just acted like he was a normal guy.
Pfft.
Anyway. We did. We did have a wonderful time. We made lots of memories and lots of U-turns. DC can be a little complicated to maneuver through at times.
We played frisbee on the beach at night and had ice cream every day of the week and had coke to drink at every meal. We got to pretend to be spies for the colonists back in 1776 and intercepted secret codes. Then we walked back to the hotel to watch 27 episodes of Turtleman.
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| One of Sweet Yahoo's most anticipated moments was being in 'her' state. |
We walked The Mall at night to stand in awe of the Lincoln Memorial and managed to fit in a tour of the White House. This by far was our biggest accomplishment. Because I was a little trepedacious to send a 3 year old into the White House. Especially MY 3 year old. The one who really enjoys dropping his drawers to pee anywhere he pleases. But when it was over all the corners of the President's home were puddle free.
**Insert Hallelujah chorus**
Yes, this Yahoo vacation of ours was well worth the wait.
We took advantage of the teachable moments we had to give life lessons on the sacrifices made during WWII, the beauty of creation and the grace of the Creator. We got to live out in front of our kids how to have patience in stressful situations and how to forgive and be forgiven when we aren't as patient as we should be.
But most of all we got to love on each other. To love and be loved. To hold hands on the beach and hold a gaze across the dinner table.
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| Our second night we spent the evening on a friend's boat in NC. |
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| No Caption Necessary |
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| We managed to squeeze in a game of putt putt |
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| In front of the Gettysburg address at the Lincoln Memorial |
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| In Arlington at the JFK site. |
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| Live Action at the Museum of Natural History |
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| Changing of the Gaurd. We could have stayed here all day. |
Awwwwwww!
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