Birthday "Stay-cation" in DC

 Carrie and I were discussing the lack of enthusiasm for our birthday this year (not that I mind turning 36.  That's not the issue.  It's just that I'm sandwiched between 2 kids' birthday--Jason and Emily--who are honestly excited about their own celebrations and couldn't care less about the "old lady").  So we decided to jointly spend the weekend together with the husbands and do something that neither of us have done recently--visit DC.  Each of us shipped the kids off to the grandparents' houses and met up for some dinner at High Tides on the Potomac in Colonial Beach (where our meal took approx. 3 times as long as it should have due to the crappiest service I have had in a while).  The next morning we headed into DC and luckily found parking without too much trouble.  We walked all over the place (over 7 miles according to my Fit Bit!).

This memorial has 4,048 stars--one to represent each 100 deaths during WWII.

Timmy doing some "reflecting" next to the pool.

Hi Carrie!

An awkward threesome-Carrie, Josh and Lincoln.

My first time at the Korean War Memorial

We were so hoping for a fence jumper to keep the day exciting, but no such luck!