DC Trip!

Last week, Bobby & I took a trip to Washington, DC (our nation's capital!) for Bobby's Recuriter of the Year (it is actually called something like strentgh maintenence... I'm sorry honey I forogt all the fancy wording....recruiter of the year is easier to remember) award's banquet! We left Thursday morning from GF. Angel watched Mason for us (thanks again Angel, he had a blast!). We stayed at an awesome hotel - the Gaylord on National Harbor. Very fancy! There we met up with an old friend of Bobby's who had been working in Baltimore, the three of us hung out drinking $10 cocktails in the bar. :)

Then Friday morning we went to a "Spousal Breakfast" for me! The other wives and I got recognized by the Sargeant Major of the Army National Guard, a beautiful glass picture frame, and an award. And a free breakfast! Friday afternoon we took a tour bus around all the monuments - WWII, Korean, Vietnam, Lincoln, Washington memorials. Took lots of pictures!
Saturday we did some shopping @ National Harbor -- did you know there is actually a store JUST for the PEEPS bunnies? Crazy!

Saturday night was the awards banquet - so many "important" speakers. I'm not sure his exact title, but the "main" gentleman talking had bodyguards and his own flag when he came in! Bobby told me that the President has his own flag too, as does the Secretary of Defense, etc.

Sunday we had a later flight so we managed the DC "Metro System" (ie: subways) and went to Arlington National Cemetary, where we saw the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns. That was pretty awesome.

Back at the airport we learned our flight to Mpls was delayed, which was no suprise because every one of our flights had been delayed so far; however, when we did eventually get to Mpls, we learned that our flight to GF had taken off ON TIME, of course! So we had to spend the night @ a hotel! We did make it back to GF Monday morning, then went to get the Mase-dog @ his aunties.

It was a wonderful trip! Thanks honey!