Anniversary Celebration!

This weekend Danny and I had the most amazing time celebrating our anniversary. Words can't describe it. Pictures can't show it. But the memory of it will always be engraved in my heart.

We went to DC and stayed at a hotel a block away from the White House, right in the middle of all the action, near all the attractions and museums. Even though we live nearby we totally felt like tourists.

We spontaneously took a carriage ride around the city... it was cold but it was very romantic and sweet.

This is the hotel we stayed at - The Willard - a 200 year old hotel with amazing views and an incredible feeling of the history surrounding us.

Isn't this spectacular? We could see the Washington Monument right outside our window! At night it was even more stunning!

Out the other window in our room we saw this view - the White House is off towards the back right... so neat.

The concierge sent up a bottle of champagne and fruit and chocolate on the house! We were so surprised and blessed!!

Today we took a long, leisurely stroll around the art gallery - I had never been there before - it was so beautiful, I was blown away by some of the paintings. I could have spent the whole day there. Danny obliged me - I had never been to an art gallery before so he took me, and I definitely want to go back.

Thank you honey for such a wonderful, memorable, romantic time away!!

Update from Hannah!

Hey, this is Hannah, the main blogger's daughter! Mom's been really busy lately doing dishes, laundry, cooking, taking us to classes, teaching school, doctor appointments, etc.... She asked me if I could do a post for her to catch her up on her blog. So I did! I'll just post a bunch of pictures and say what we did in them and when...

I got a handicap tag in September...

I got a sewing machine (that I use a lot) in late September...

We got a wheelchair in late LATE September. It was mainly for me because of my back, but everyone can use it if they have to. The only reason that I'm in the picture and not somebody else is because I was the only one who would let Ryan take a picture of me!

We've had a lot of board games in October. Well, not really. Just this one time. I won this game of Monopoly. We've mostly been doing school, doctors, and everything I said before...

We sadly lost our beloved dog that we've had for almost 10 years on October 21st. Ginger was such a good girl... We found out on a Tuesday that she had cancer and by Thursday she was gone. The house and yard seem so empty without her. We really miss her so much... This year has been a hard year in so many ways, but we never thought losing Ginger would be one of them.

The bunnies are doing great...

The Polaris, not so much. Ryan crashed it into the fire pit October 26th! He is fine - and was able to laugh about it when it was over!

Grandma and Grandpa have arrived and have already started working really hard, as usual. It's great to have them here! Not for the work they do, just having them is great! We've been playing a lot of Farkle, the bestest game EVER! Of course, we made them play Settlers of Catan with us. Grandma loved it (partly because she won) but Grandpa didn't like it too much. He likes action... like Farkle! Settlers is a slow game... I can see why he wouldn't like it. Oh well! I like it...

And, finally, Ryan also crashed the wheelchair! At least we know who not to trust to drive! haha