The Holidays

We had a BLAST this Christmas season! To start out, Mike had his final graded test for the rest of his life on December 18th. To celebrated, we traveled to Baltimore, Maryland where we met my Dad and brother Jason. We jumped into Jason's car and drove to Ocean City, Maryland for vacation. My mom, Leann (Jason's wife), and their kids were already at the condo. OC is a very touristy town! It was on an island that consisted of a row of condos and hotels on one side, a main road, and another row of condos and hotels. That is it! Typically the island brings in beach-bum tourists in the summer and since it was winter...NO ONE WAS THERE! Hardly anything was open too. We pretty much had the whole island to ourselves.

We had so much fun playing games all night, sharing stories, and hanging out. We also loved going miniature golfing. I was schooled by my little niece and nephews. I am going with they were just lucky...

Jason's family and my dad left on the 23rd to go back home. We stayed with my mom until the 25th. Ben had four christmas' this year. He loved every minute of it. On Christmas day, we checked out of our condo and drove over to Washington DC. Jason is a dentist in the Airforce and is stationed at Bolling AFB right in the heart of DC. It was pretty incredible to see the Nation's Capital and the Washington Monument from his front yard.

For the next couple of days, we saw all the sites in DC and had such a great time. We had the opportunity to go into the White House as well. We got to go into the Oval Office, the Press Room, and through the West Wing. It was really interesting to see all the framed photos on the walls of the President doing his day-to-day business. What an experience.