Weekend Getaway

One good thing about living back east is that we are so close to so many cool attractions. Every third week after Jake's test we love to plan a weekend getaway to relieve some of the stress.

This weekend we went to DC to stay with my old roommate Megan. Friday afternoon right after Jake finished his test we headed for DC. We picked up Megan and Matt and headed to Georgetown to eat dinner. It was a really cute area with tons of shops and good places to eat. Unfortunately it was late so all of the shops were closed and we were too hungry to wait for a table at the restaurants so we ended up eating at Johnny Rockets, but it was really good!

Then we went to the Pentagon Memorial. I didn't even know there was a memorial there but it was a really neat garden. It had these water fountains categorized by the age of the person that died on 9/11. They went from youngest to oldest and had the names of the people on the concrete design. They were facing opposite directions depending on if the person was on the plane or in the Pentagon. I was amazed at how creative and detailed the garden was set up.

Saturday morning we woke up early and headed for the DC temple. I LOVE the DC temple!

It is so huge!! It is totally hidden in the hills and trees until you are literally there. After the temple we went to the holocaust museum. It was something we really wanted to do on our honeymoon but they always ran out of tickets before we got there. It was really interesting but a little bit too depressing. It literally made us sick. Near the end I just wanted to leave but luckily they had ended on a postive by showing all of the people that helped the Jews and how many people they saved. After that we went to lunch and then headed to the Eastern Market. I loved being able to hang out with my old roommate Megan again! We had so much fun and I am glad we live kinda close so we can hang out again soon!