{Blossoms}

 I was lucky enough this last weekend to have my Mother-in-law come into town.  She came to town for a few different reasons, one of which was to see the Cherry blossoms.  You would think they bloomed just for her, since they were like two weeks early blooming and at their peak when we made it downtown.  It also happened to be one of the nicest days (over 80, we got a sunburn to prove it), we couldn't have planned it better!!  We took the Metro down, which Wyatt was pretty darn excited for and walked about three blocks to the Tidal Basin.  Everyone else must have gotten the memo about the gorgeous blossoms and the fantastic weather too because there were a LOT of people, but not enough to make us turn around and go home.  We walked all the way around the Tidal Basin, which is a good walk, and took in three different monuments as well.  The new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, The FDR Memorial, and the Jefferson Memorial.  Wyatt did pretty well until about lunch time and then he wanted out to run.  We found a great little spot under the trees to have a picnic lunch and let Wyman out of the stroller to run.  After lunch we headed out to make it the rest of the way around the tidal basin.  Wyatt finally got tired of fighting the stroller and fell asleep, of course just as we were getting done and heading back to the metro stop.  So we decided to take in a museum, the Smithsonian Castle.  It was such a breathtakingly beautiful day.  The blossoms really are as incredible as they say and the wonderful weather made it all the more fantastic.  

The rest of the weekend was wonderful too, but not because of the weather.  Saturday it rained and was cooler and Sunday was grey and overcast.  Saturday though was great because Margaret and I got to spend the day at the Photoshop World conference downtown.  We had so much fun and learned a lot.  Ryan was Mr. Mom and kept things together on the homefront.  We love having family (and friends if you want to) come and visit.  We love showing off the wonderful town we get to live in and we love spending time with the people we love.  Thanks Margaret for coming out to play, we have to do it again real soon!!             

 (I have a funny story about how I finally got this picture, but it needs it's own post)