Week with Nicole...

We had a really fun week because Nicole came to visit us from Oregon! For those who don't know, Nicole is Lindsay's friend from about kindergarten and she has really become part of our family. She's Lindsay's best friend, but she's also one of my good friends too! It was so nice having her here and the boys just loved her!

We took the metro to downtown DC on Tuesday and had lunch with Parker at his work, boy is security tight there! Then we went to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, which was SO cool! Then we decided to go get tickets to do the capitol tour, but they were sold out. But we did get to see Vice President Cheney when he drove by in his motorcade! We were right on the edge of the curb and were right next to everything! It was crazy, so many motorcycles, cars, limos, and SUVS-all black and all with men holding snipers out the window ready for anything. What was scary is how FAST they drive by! I mean, we were in the driveway area and they were just cruising out. It's not that I'm a die hard Cheney fan or anything, but it's cool to have someone like that wave to you from so close ya know? Anyways, so that was that. I was very proud of Nikki and I for finding our way on the right buses and metros with the big huge stroller and very "busy" twins. Haha, good job us!

The next day we went to the National Aquarium in Baltimore! It was really cool, it was in downtown Baltimore (we drove past the Ravens and the Orioles stadiums) right on the river and it was huge and very interesting. The boys loved the dolphin show and looking at all the fish. Josh kept asking why the fish didn't have swimming suits on, haha.

Here we are at the dolphin show...

Josh LOVED watching the dolphin playing with the ball, of course...

Jackson loved when the dolphins would splash and talk...
They also loved these big tubes that had bubbles going up them, they could've played there the whole day!
There were lots of turtles and they LOVE turtles! Parker's little sister Tegan has a turtle named Kirby so the boys think every turtle is named Kirby. So, we saw LOTS of Kirbys there! The setting was SO pretty...Then we went to the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch which was yummy and the boys had fun dancing to the music...Best friends...I hired some housekeepers...We also went shopping and out to dinner a couple times and just had a fun week! Thanks for coming Nikki!!!!