Our Vacation!

We had such a wonderful family vacation. We went up to DC to go see some fireworks and to learn something. We accomplished our goals.

Our trip started about the time we wanted to get to our campground so that was our mentality, go with the flow!

We camped at Greenbelt park in MD (which is only $16 a night, AWESOME) and totally had a blast. We got there Saturday night, late, but had a really nice drive and we even stopped at cracker barrel. The boys love it there! Sunday, the 4th, was very nice. We had a leisurely morning and went to church. I had an amazing experience and Sam's was only so-so. We were planning on going on the metro into dc to see the fireworks, but at church the RS president was talking to me and told me in passing that they had good fireworks at the University of Maryland. What and awesome lady!!! She told us where to park and where to go to see the Best FIREWORKS Ever!!! They were so close! It was totally amazing. And we didn't have to spend any money and we were back to our campsite by 10pm. AWESOME!!! (Fireworks on the Mall are totally awesome, too. I mean, really, fireworks anywhere are totally awesome!!!)

So Day 1 was a totally amazing day!

Sleeping arrangements!

Eli and Malachi were sleeping right next to each other, but they are such great buddies that Eli would move over to him EVERY night! This is how the morning would look! I mean, how cute is that?!?
Not even kidding, EVERY MORNING!

Here we are on Day 2 at the National Zoo. I am so in love with this picture! Eli was babbling the whole time. He loves animals. It was too cute to see them all so excited to be learning new things. I was totally amazed with Zeke. He know so much. We went into the building for invertebrates and such and Zeke was naming things and telling us facts! I was totally amazed. At one time asked him where he learned all he knew... to which he relied, From books and movies (as if my question was a stupid one). He's such a smarty-pants!!! ;)


Here we are after having some nice ice cold refreshments! The Zoo is totally fun. 1 day is plenty of time to see all this zoo has to offer. By-the-by the zoo is free, but you have to pay for parking which is $21. I didn't think it was a bad deal. We loved it!

Here the boys are all strapped and ready to go! I know they loved the zoo. Look at their sweet little faces!!! They were showing off their new cool glasses! I love Target's $1 area!