Surprise Trip

A couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, Kody tells me that we are going on a trip the weekend before Christmas and that he is not going to tell me where we are going. Well that only lasted about a week because I kept bugging him. I wanted to know, but then I didn't. Well he ended up telling me that we were going to Washington D.C.. I have always wanted to visit, so I was excited! A couple of days before we were to leave we saw that D.C. was supposed to get snow. That was exciting news! Our flight left Friday night and we landed while it was snowing around 11:00. We stayed at the Hyatt on Capitol Hill which was really nice. Saturday morning we woke up to snow. A lot of snow and it was still coming down. We were ready for a day of sightseeing, or so we thought! We headed towards the Capitol and actually got to tour it. We were the last tour for the day and it was only 11:00 a.m. We even got to sit in on the Senate that was in session. By the time we walked out of the Capitol they had already closed the Capitol due to the snow storm. Come to find out, everything was closed. So we walked over to Union Station to see if we could find something to eat. Luckily the food court was still open. We then walked around union station to see if any of the shops were open. Because we are from Texas and not used to the snow, who would of thought that you needed special shoes for the snow?? It never crossed our minds that we would be walking in that much snow and our feet were freezing in our tennis shoes! Most stores were already closed, but we found this women's shoe store that another lady had talked them into opening back up. So I founds some boots that would hopefully keep my feet warm. The rest of the day we spent in the hotel watching movies, sleeping and relaxing because everything was shut down.

Capitol

Union Station

Look how deep the snow is! Thanks honey! :-)

Our Hotel

The next day was beautiful, but boy was there a lot of snow! Apparently, we got a little over 2 ft! We found out that everything was going to remain closed today as well which was a bummer, so Kody and I headed to go see the White House, Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. It was such a beautiful walk, but it was sure cold tromping through all of that snow! Some of the sidewalks were clear and some were not, so It was kind of tricky figuring out where to walk. By time we decided to head back to the hotel our feet were soaking wet and REALLY cold! My new boots kept my feet dry for a little while, but not long enough!

Fords Theatre

The White House

Washington Monument

Kody was a trooper posing for my pictures! He wanted to do a snow angel, but I told him to think about the consequences he may suffer afterwards! :-) So he didn't!

Lincoln Memorial- We couldn't go up the steps because they had it blocked off!

The reflecting pool was frozen over!

Sunday night we decided to take the metro over to the area by the White House, where we ate at this really nice restaurant and then walked to go see the White House at night! We then walked to Macy's which was four stories tall!

Our friend Melanie that we knew from Beaumont now lives in D.C., so we met her for lunch on Monday and then she brought us to the airport! Thanks Melanie! It was really good to see her!

We were so thankful that our flight was only a few minutes delayed and we made it home safe and sound! We heard that some of the people that had their flights cancelled on Saturday were not going to get a flight until Christmas eve! whew! I'm glad that wasn't us! We had a great time despite most things being closed! The snow was beautiful, but it was REALLY great to get home to where the temperatures were not in the 20's!!