Last day in the Capitol...
Okay, what a fun filled way to spend the last day! Today we all went to breakfast and decided that we would fill our day with something to satisfy everyone! Our first stop of the day was at Nordstroms Rack, a close-out store for the every popular with the ladies, Nordstroms! All I have to say is that Catherine showed great restraint, even with all the great deals that seemed to pop up on each rack! I wish I could say the same for my wife! The last time I saw her she was running up and down the shoe isles and babbling something about 50% off retail! Okay, I exaggerate, but I did leave the store before she checked out just so I would not cry the rest of the day. Hey, at least I got a pair of nice DC Shoes out of the deal!
After splitting up at Nordstroms, Paul, Gracie and I headed to the Air & Space annex at Dulles Airport. The collection at the new building really puts the museum on the mall to shame! It was amazing what we saw! There was an original 707, the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird, as well as the Concorde. To cap it all of it was an amazing site to see the Space Shuttle Enterprise sitting in the building in all its wonder! What a HUGE aircraft! Seeing a lift-off in Florida and watching it on TV does not do justice to her imposing size and majestic beauty when you are standing 10 feet away! We also got to ride in a couple of neat simulators, one for space and one for the history of fighter planes.
The girls and the babies headed back to the hotel for a little shopping and nap time for the babies. Paul and I tried to keep tabs on them via text messages but the last one I got was from Ann Marie saying that the cell phone reception was a bit spotty in Anne Taylor petites and that she would call me later. To this I replied "Oh No!", but the connection was already dead! After the museum and shopping, everyone met back at the hotel in the afternoon for a swim at the pool before dinner. I opted for a quick workout in the gym and then we all showered up for our final night on the town.
Tonight we capped off a great vacation with a wonder Mexican dinner and great sangria and margarita swirls at the Rio Grand Cafe. Wow! What a great drink! After some great dinner conversation on politics and religion (some say you should never talk about those too, but in Washington you just have to ignore the rules!), we stopped on the way back to the hotel to let Gracie feed the geese and ducks in the lagoon that is between our hotel and the pavilion, but it became more of an event for us all! At one point there must have been 200 of those feathered feeding machines under us, and none of them looked undernourished!
Tomorrow we head back to North Carolina and leave our friends the Marcus's who will return to Buffalo later this week. We so enjoyed seeing them and being astounded with how much tiny Zoe had grown! It was a pleasure to finally meet their other daughter Gracie, who we have to admit, is great with the one liners! (Which way is the elevator going Gracie? - inside joke) We have already laid the plans for another get together on a much more grand scale next summer on the Outerbanks of North Carolina. If any of you GD Families happen to ready this, give us a shout if a week at the beach sounds like a good time to you! Thats it for now, so we will sign off once again. Till next time....
Mike (what do you mean its time to get up), Ann Marie (aren't you proud of me for buying on things that are half price?) and Savannah (will someone PLEASE make them stop taking my picture) Kennedy
Okay, what a fun filled way to spend the last day! Today we all went to breakfast and decided that we would fill our day with something to satisfy everyone! Our first stop of the day was at Nordstroms Rack, a close-out store for the every popular with the ladies, Nordstroms! All I have to say is that Catherine showed great restraint, even with all the great deals that seemed to pop up on each rack! I wish I could say the same for my wife! The last time I saw her she was running up and down the shoe isles and babbling something about 50% off retail! Okay, I exaggerate, but I did leave the store before she checked out just so I would not cry the rest of the day. Hey, at least I got a pair of nice DC Shoes out of the deal!
After splitting up at Nordstroms, Paul, Gracie and I headed to the Air & Space annex at Dulles Airport. The collection at the new building really puts the museum on the mall to shame! It was amazing what we saw! There was an original 707, the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird, as well as the Concorde. To cap it all of it was an amazing site to see the Space Shuttle Enterprise sitting in the building in all its wonder! What a HUGE aircraft! Seeing a lift-off in Florida and watching it on TV does not do justice to her imposing size and majestic beauty when you are standing 10 feet away! We also got to ride in a couple of neat simulators, one for space and one for the history of fighter planes.
The girls and the babies headed back to the hotel for a little shopping and nap time for the babies. Paul and I tried to keep tabs on them via text messages but the last one I got was from Ann Marie saying that the cell phone reception was a bit spotty in Anne Taylor petites and that she would call me later. To this I replied "Oh No!", but the connection was already dead! After the museum and shopping, everyone met back at the hotel in the afternoon for a swim at the pool before dinner. I opted for a quick workout in the gym and then we all showered up for our final night on the town.
Tonight we capped off a great vacation with a wonder Mexican dinner and great sangria and margarita swirls at the Rio Grand Cafe. Wow! What a great drink! After some great dinner conversation on politics and religion (some say you should never talk about those too, but in Washington you just have to ignore the rules!), we stopped on the way back to the hotel to let Gracie feed the geese and ducks in the lagoon that is between our hotel and the pavilion, but it became more of an event for us all! At one point there must have been 200 of those feathered feeding machines under us, and none of them looked undernourished!
Tomorrow we head back to North Carolina and leave our friends the Marcus's who will return to Buffalo later this week. We so enjoyed seeing them and being astounded with how much tiny Zoe had grown! It was a pleasure to finally meet their other daughter Gracie, who we have to admit, is great with the one liners! (Which way is the elevator going Gracie? - inside joke) We have already laid the plans for another get together on a much more grand scale next summer on the Outerbanks of North Carolina. If any of you GD Families happen to ready this, give us a shout if a week at the beach sounds like a good time to you! Thats it for now, so we will sign off once again. Till next time....
Mike (what do you mean its time to get up), Ann Marie (aren't you proud of me for buying on things that are half price?) and Savannah (will someone PLEASE make them stop taking my picture) Kennedy
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