Wedding (better late than never?)

Just to sum up the traveling (because it WAS a year and a half ago...and then some...and I already forget a lot of the details...)...

Our wedding was in Washington, D.C.  My stepmom, her best friend, my best friend/maid of honor, my niece, and my brothers drove out to D.C. a few days beforehand to sightsee, etc.  I got sick for at least some of it and had to stay in.  Paul got into a fight with his dad and uninvited him to the wedding.  It was awful, at least for me.  But being married totally makes up for it.  :)  Anyway, there are some REALLY cool things to see/do in D.C., and almost all of it is FREE.  I love that city.  I can't wait to go back and really see everything...we didn't make it to a single Smithsonian OR to the National Gallery of Art!  But we DID get to see:

pretty scenery and random rest stop wonders along the way...

 Arlington National Cemetery

Some really impressive buildings on our bus tour:

 and the temple! (of course)

 Afterwards, Paul, Lindsey, and I took the train to Bethesda (where our hotel was) to drop some stuff off, and then we hit up the town for a few hours. 

 We did our own walking tour, starting at THE INTERNATIONAL SPY MUSEUM!  I'd show you pictures, but then I'd have to kill you.  Just kidding.  But seriously, if you're ever in D.C., especially if your kids are a little older, you HAVE to check that place out.  We got to play spy for an hour.  It was SOOOO worth the expense.  And it was an awesome first thing to do as a married couple.  :)  We also:

posed in front of our future home (hahaha)...

...visited Mr. Lincoln and caught a beautiful view of the Mall...

...visited the Vietnam Memorial Wall...

 ...encountered the local wildlife...

 ...and THIS!  Gigantic Einstein statue.  Lindsey was in heaven, and we had fun, too.  :)

 D.C. was AMAZING.  I'd wanted to visit it since I was a kid, and now that I've been there, I just want to go back.  If we don't get to settle in Seattle (long-term goal), then I hope we settle in the D.C. area.  For real.