Our dear friend Adam was getting married in the Other Washington last weekend so we packed up the kids and had a week long vacation** in our old stomping grounds. As much as I love getting back to the Other Washington to see our friends and family, it is a very tiring and stressful process. Getting two kids across the country (with all their stuff) is not easy. Our schedule is always jam packed, causing us to run from social event to social event (with jet lagged kids) and have a constant stream of hellos and goodbyes. I wouldn’t not want to see our friends, but it is emotionally exhausting to say good bye to those you love time and time again – often in very close proximity to other good byes. On top of all of that there are always friends you don’t get to see, or not see enough of. Guilt can be big. Don’t get me wrong, we love seeing everyone in the Other Washington. We just also love sleeping in our own beds
Here’s a whirlwind photo post to try to show how whirlwind our trip to the east coast was.

We visited the Mall, though Lila was not very impressed with the Washington Monument. She wanted the Space Needle.
All in all, it was a great trip but since it left us all feeling like this, it is not one we will be repeating anytime soon.
** As A and I have learned, traveling with children is never a vacation. Just a logistically nightmarish trip that guarantees little sleep and at least one melt down per traveler per day.