Going on a little trip....

Hey everyone! Just wanted to post a little to show everyone how Savannah does on her first Kennedy Vacation! We have ventured out of North Carolina up to our Nations Capitol to meet up with our friends the Marcus from that little trip to China we took back in April!

We left Raleigh at about 4:00 on Friday for the 5 hour drive up to Harrisonburg, VA to spend the night with Ann Marie's brother Joey and his wife Ann. We arrived around 10:00 after stopping for dinner and I must say that our little girl was a real trooper! That was the longest trip that we have made since returning home from China and she did great! Just a little fussiness (is that a word?) when it started to get dark, but she was otherwise quiet and playful!

After a kick butt breakfast by the French Chef Joel', we headed off for Washington and the comfort of the Marriott hotel for a couple of days of tourist action! Both families arrived at about the same time and in mini-van style! I wish I would have taken a photo of the luggage being offloaded as you would have thought we were unloading a 767 at Dulles Airport! Who knew you need this much stuff for 4 days? I hope we get better at packing before the next trip! After settling in we all spent the day shopping and eating with a little time at the pool. We also took in a reggae band tonight on the waterfront to which Zoe and Savannah really boogied!

Tomorrow we are off to see where the leaders of our country do our bidding and provide us with an invaluable service to which we are all indebted......oh, wait, who am I trying to fool? Tomorrow we are going into Washington to see where the partisan leadership has ground our political system into a group of haves (the politicians) and have nots (the citizens of the United States). Maybe I will flex my Kennedy muscle on Capitol Hill, but on second thought, I think that the Kennedy clan has already paved a bumpy for me too follow so I will just snap some pictures like all the other tourist!

So, till tomorrow......

Mike (Ill never run for office), Ann Marie (did you say there was a shoe store on the mall or at the mall?) and Savannah (do they have any Gold Fish on the menu) Kennedy