Back from Vacation

Ahhh back home...I don't know why I am such a home body....but it feels so good to be home....we really enjoyed our trip to Delaware and Washington DC....Dylan was his usual champ most of the trip...the 2 hour time difference put a slight wrench into the whole sleeping thing...but sleep doesn't seem quite so important when you are on vacation...no work to worry about the next day....just more well vacation...some of the trip highlights....
We decided to make a detour into Baltimore on our way to Delaware for BBQ ribs....bad idea....we had plenty of warnings that this was not a good idea...but Collin and I decided jointly to ignore all of them....

First clue this is a bad idea---Phil told us don't stop in Delaware at night it is not a good idea
Second clue this is a bad idea--The restaurant we picked off the GPS was Ribs and Fish....really if a place does good fish...they probably don't do good Ribs
Third clue this is a bad idea--once we get off the exit in Baltimore we are greeted with a Popeye's Chicken on the left and 2 Gentleman's club on the right....
Most logical people would say ok lets turn around..........not us
Fourth clue this is a bad idea--we know proceed past a dunkin donuts with 5 or six guys passed out on the side of the buildings, all the gas stations have bars on the windows....only 2 miles to Ribs and Fish so we drive further into the city...
Fifth and final clue that this is a bad idea--we are the only white people in the neighborhood....no more gas stations but make shift grocery stores with bullet proof glass....ladies of the night on the corners and down the side streets we could easily have ordered a little crack and possibly got our car jacked at the same time....we were definitely in the middle of the projects......3 white people at 9:30 at night in a obvious Buick rental car with out of state plates.......not good folks...yes we finally decided to give up the Fish and Ribs and made a u-turn and made our way out of town....30 minutes later stopping for some good ole Wendy's....

We finally made it to Delaware and enjoyed our visit with Phil, Brenda and the kids, Travis and Marissa also made it to visit from New York....it really was a great time....we took in a ferry ride to Pea Patch Island, Philly Cheese Steaks, Phil made us some weird Delaware food in the morning...I can't remember what it is called but basically pig left overs ground up with stuffing....it was actually pretty good if you didn't think about how it was made....Dylan loved playing with Emma and Lukas...Delaware is a great place and land of the big yards....as Collin and I drove away we talked about how Collin could make a fortune mowing lawns in Delaware....

Washington was great...it is always good seeing family...Collin's Aunt Carol and Uncle Herb arranged for us to stay at their friends apartment in their building...they live right in the middle of all the action...we must have walked 3 or so miles everyday just looking at all the regal and wonderful homes in their neighborhood...they live nestled among many of the Embassies....Grandpa and Grandma Moody from California came in for the visit also....along with Cousin Scott from Hong Kong...we made our way to the zoo, took in a couple of museums and the highlight of the trip was the National Cathedral....it was just amazing and there were the most charming Bishops Gardens....I fell in love with the gardens and could have stayed there all day....Uncle Herb treated Dylan to a photo session in the gardens we can't wait to see the photo's...Dylan finally figured out that we were taking pictures of just him and started really working for the camera...just way to cute...
We made our way home yesterday...Vacation's are great but it feels so good to be home.....Jackson has grown quite a bit in just a week at 17 weeks or so he is almost as tall as Maggie already....his coat is getting curly and jeez he is such a nice dog....Maggie and Winston were happy to see us....and by the way Winston became a father of 5 during our trip....I think Dylan is happy to be home and to play with all his toys....today Collin headed to work....I worked around the house and did a little gardening...tomorrow I am having open houses and Collin is mowing most of the day...we are hoping to get a couple of small home improvement jobs finished up tomorrow night....Tuesday we will order our iron fencing........so exciting with that have a great day