Washington DC - Days 1 & 2

Our bishop's wife told us that when each of their boys have turned 8 they our bishop has taken each boy on a special trip alone. Todd and I thought this was a great idea so we decided to start this tradition in our family. This summer while Todd is working in Washington DC and with Steve and his family being there for 2 months we decided that would be the perfect trip to take Tayson on. He was so excited. Taking his own rolling suitcase instead of a duffel bag was very exciting for him. I think he looks so dang cute at the airport ready to board the flight.





Our flight out had a stop in Detroit. The first leg of the flight was painless and a little over 3 hours. Tayson was great and loved watching Animal Planet on his own TV. Then we had about 45 minutes in Detroit before our second leg. I hurried and grabbed a little dinner for us (really expensive cheese pizza - you've gotta love the airport). Then we boarded the flight. It started to rain as we were boarding the plane and it was a nice BIG thunderstorm. So they closed the ramp at the airport which meant no take offs, landings, luggage, or catering services doing their jobs until 10 minutes after the last lighting is seen. We sat on the plan for about a half hour with the door closed waiting for the storm to pass during which the air conditioning didn't work since the engines weren't on and we weren't hooked up to the jetway anymore. It was SO HOT so they had all of us get off the plane and wait in the airport for another 30 minutes. Then we boarded again and went onto the runway where we stopped again. Apparently the storm that just left us was moving to DC so they weren't letting any flights going there take off. Another 45 minutes on the runway this time (at least the air worked this time). Then we finally took off for an hour long flight and got to DC. Because of the storm the DC airport was a mess and we sat on the runway there for a good 40 minutes again. But we made it and it was so fun to see Todd. We jumped on the subway and were back at his hotel before midnight.

The next day Tayson and I slept in a little and met Todd for a quick breakfast (he had to work) then headed downtown on the subway to meet Ryan and go to the Spy Museum.


Ryan and Tayson were both wearing their Cabo San Lucas shirts which cracked me up. They hadn't seen each other for 2 months and were so excited that they poked, laughed, wrestled and played through the entire museum. It was a pretty cool museum and I think that if they were a couple of years older they would have enjoyed it more.

After the spy museum we had lunch then came back to the hotel to swim. When Todd got off work we took the boys to see "Despicable Me" then out to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Ryan spent the night with us at the hotel. It was a great day!