Cherry Blossoms Everywhere

What better way to spend the weekend than relaxing on a mini vacation - our first for 2009!

On 4/11 we packed our bags and headed to Washington DC for the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. Every year around this time, the streets and basin of Washington DC fills with the sweet aroma and eye pleasing views of thousands of cherry blossoms. They were everywhere!

We left out on Saturday morning and arrived in DC a little after lunch. After dropping our luggage off and a quick change of clothes we headed out to see the sights. Not a minute is wasted when traveling with me. The trees were amazing. Everyone else must have thought the same thing, it was sunny, about 65 - 75 degrees and people were everywhere!!!!!!!

We ended up seeing a lot of other things too. We saw the White House, Capital Building, Jefferson Memorial, WW2 Memorial, Zoo, National Archives (where the actual Declaration of Independence & U.S. Constitution are housed), and a DC United soccer game (my first time attending a professional soccer game). The game almost didn't happen though... As attentive as we both are, Zachary and I somehow ended up buying tickets to an Arena Football game instead of the soccer game. Don't ask how it happened; I'm still not sure myself. In all fairness, the lady that sold us the tickets was wearing a DC United shirt. Oh well, it was quickly corrected and laughed off.

During our trip we stayed at the Capital Skyline Hotel. Considering we waited until we arrived to even begin looking for a place, it ended up being decent accommodations. I rarely make guaranteed reservations when I non-rev since I never know if I'm actually going to make it somewhere until the wheels of the plane are off the ground.

Well, that about wraps up my first addition to this blog thing. I'm not a writer so it really takes a lot of effort for me to come up with something thoughtful and interesting. I guess I'll comment on a few other events and call it quits.

#1
In 4 days (April 30th), Zachary and I will celebrate our "official" one year anniversary. We've been dating a little over 2 years now but last April 30th is when we decided to get serious.
#2
This Saturday (May 2nd), we are planning to go on weekend mission trip to Honduras as part of the Quinta Terra organization. We will be donating our time to travel to extremely poor areas of Honduras and delivering clothing, toys, school supplies, and vitamins to impoverished children. Words can't say how excited I am about this opportunity as it represents the first time in my life that I have volunteered to give anything other than money. We have to non-rev so I hope it works out. Please pray for us along with the other volunteers to have a safe trip and make a difference in the lives of these people. If we make it, I'll be sure to make another entry with thoughts and pictures.

Bye!