This weekend we headed up to Washington DC to meet Ben, Shelby and Ryn. After a relaxing quiet evening Friday night, we were up and out ready for adventures Saturday morning. (Ben was up so early, he took apart his truck, brought it into our hotel room, worked on it, fixed it and put it all back together before we all got us!! That dude is crazy!)
Our first stop was a little morning shopping. We headed down the road to the Leesburg Outlets. We didn't find a lot of great deals but we had a great time running around with Ryn.
After shopping we headed into the VERY CONGESTED Washington DC to go to the zoo. We struck out with find lunch in a near by neighborhood and after so ridiculous traffic situations we decided to just go park at the zoo and eat there.
The zoo was great! Even though it was pretty chilly, we were able to see the panda bears, monkeys, an elephant, and tons of birds. It was so fun to watch Ryn run around and check out all the animals and people.
That evening we were able to meet up with one of Ben's old buddies for dinner at a diner near our hotel. It was so great to see him!
Sunday we headed down to the outlets south of DC and the IKEA. We even got play with Ryn in the play area at the outlets and grab lunch at IKEA. But it wasn't long before it was time for everyone to head back. We had such a great time with them and I look forward to our next adventure.
On our way back home, we made a quick pit stop to visit Jordan & Charlotte. It was so great to see them and catch up on life before hitting the road.
Unfortunately, we ran into a snow storm so we got to extend our weekend by an extra night. We made it as far as we could before we found a place to stop for the night. We got back on the road early the next morning and made it home in time for work and plenty of snow!
