Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Washington DC

Last week we took our last vacation as a childless couple to Washington DC. Dane had an interview at a school in Virginia so we called my parents to come along and made a vacation out of it. I LOVED it out there its SO PRETTY! It's a good thing that we have our Utah mountains because Virginia's forest lined roads made Utah look gross.
We saw all of the major highlights in DC Lincoln, Jefferson, Capital, White House, Smithsonian, Mt Vernon and a lot of other things of course but I think that all 4 of us were most impressed by the Arlington Cemetery it was unbelievable, one of the coolest parts was the tomb of the unknown soldiers where you see the guards that guard the tomb 24 hours a day.

We also went to see the temple and it is my new favorite one...it felt so wierd, we just turned of a little road and it looked like we were driving up the canyon and all the sudden the temple pops up, it was SO PRETTY!


The last day we drove out to take Dane to his interview and that place was not quite as impressive as the rest of the vacation had been...I was worried to let him out of the car unarmed and I made a special effort to not make eye contact with anybody all morning because it was in the SCARY part of town, good thing I have a tough husband because if it was me I would have called a cop to escort me from my car to the building. Anyways it was an awesome trip and we had tons of fun together, we were glad my mom and dad came with us...not just so we had somebody to take our picture - we always have a ton of fun together!





20 comments:

Tahsha said...

I'm so jealous!! DC is my favorite in the fall! I used to live there. Its beautiful isn't it?

Jackson Family said...

I LOVE YOUR BABY BELLY!!!! So cute! I want to see you before you join the mother club and really have no time on your hands! Call me! Love you tons!

Amanda said...

Oh I didn't know you could get any bigger Jess!!! COngrats,.. you VERY obviously did!! Looks like a fun trip,.. I don't think you have to worry about anyone attacking you,.. they usually steer clear of the REALLY ugly. Dane didn't really have and "interview" he was probably just going to hang out with his version of "Tessa" Just an idea! When are are you going to carry your big ole' ghetto booty over here to hang out with me!? Freaking gina! WE need to start decorating and dressing a baby,.. he can wear headbands and bracelets!

HaleyandGabe said...

you better keep enjoying those "childless" moments!!!! but you know having them here all worth it too!!!

TJ and Stephanie said...

Hello Jess!!! Look at your cute little belly! I am so excited for your little guy. I was on Tahsha's blog and saw yours so I decided to blog snoop. Hope you don't mind haha I started a blog not to long ago, you can check it out if you want. tsmorgan.blogspot.com

Lee & Kindra said...

The DC temple is one of my favorites too. It looks like you had a great time.

Stephanie said...

Fun pictures I was waiting for you to get some new pictures! Call me it's time for Settlers of Catan.

Unknown said...

Jessica I am so glad you updated I was waiting to see some pictures of your prego belly! You look so cute! It looks like you guys had fun on your Vacation! I still cant handle that you are prego!!

Dan and Al Gardner said...

What a fun place to visit!

*WEST* said...

HOW FUN!!! I can't wait to see this babe!!!

The Brady Fam said...

Hey! You look so cute pregnant! We are moving to Utah for a little bit so hopefully we will actually be able to see you guys this time! Call me ASAP!!

Kylie said...

How fun! I want to go to DC sometime. You look so great!

Ryan and Steph Dudley said...

Uhhhh, you're having a baby! OH my goodness - I had no idea untill I saw this last picture! So cute! I love the belly, congrats!

Chase Family said...

Hey do you not play bunco anymore?! I just told them I would play and you need to be there for me to make fun of! jk

Laurel said...

i'm going to lie and say i'm not mad that i've been back from california for 3 months now and we haven't hung out yet. wait..let me say it this way, i'm going to lie and say i'm not mad i haven't see you since your wedding.
can we please change this? and by that i mean what are you doing this weekend? want to go to lunch?
and when does your kid get to come out?
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Anonymous said...

Jess-you are sooooo cute pregnant!!! We can't wait until the little buddy is here. So, I was hoping you would hate it THERE and everywhere else Dane interviews so you guys have to move HERE!!! We are so excited Dane got into the school here. Hopefully it'll be his ONLY acceptance... j/k...

Lance and Becky said...

what a blast! Love the pictures, and back east is sooo beautiful! You look so darling Jess! We have to hang out soon :)

Dukes said...

Fun trip! You look so cute too! Do you still live in the same place?

Lacey Tait said...

hey looks like you guys had a really good time! So I heard your shower got cancelled so hopefully I'll beable to make it to the next one! Hope your feeling well and hope everything is going well! and by the way I tagged you! Hope your not mad!

Mary Anne said...

oh I went to DC in May and loved it too. I had never been out east and the trees are just incredible. Isn't the temple absolutely majestic??? It's like straight out of a fairy tale I swear. I'm glad you got to go on one more fun vacation before the baby comes...you have the cutest pregnant belly ever!