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By Sarah
I was so excited to hear my mission companion, Julia, was getting married!  I don't think I gave Dan the choice for us not to go, but he had never been to DC before, so he was more than willing to go with me... and foot the bill.  My parents watched our children while we went half way across the continent from Thursday to Sunday.  I felt like I was crazy being that far away from them, but all was well.  The trip couldn't have been better.  Example?  Wonderful weather... in DC... in June!
This is the temple my parents were sealed in.  I hadn't been to here or to DC since 2001.  It was great to be back & to bring the love of my life along with me.  I love going places with him I've never been.  After watching the movie Tangled, I think my dream is to take my family as many places I can.
 
After a fantastic wedding ceremony and catching up with another mission friend, Sarah, we headed out to be tourists.



 I got to meet another one of Dan's cousin's on his dad's side.  Now I've met 2 out of 6 in only 9 years of marriage.  lol.
 We saw so many things while in DC.  It is amazing how much you can get done without small children around.  Going through the airport?  Fast!  Airplane ride?  Fun and relazing!  (We rented This Means War. Hilarious.)  Getting on the Metro?  Easy!  Doing grown-up stuff all day long?  Wonderful!  But don't worry, but Sunday morning we missed them soooo much we were sad we had to wait until evening to get on the airplane to see them.
 I love this picture of Dan at the Air & Space museum.  We saw so many museums.  Love the fact they are free of charge... well, I guess we paid ahead when we paid our taxes this April.
 Above:  my current profile picture.  Joe took this at the Jefferson Memorial for us.  We had a great evening with dinner and sight seeing with him and his wife our last night there.  They are so fun.  I hadn't seen Joe since I left Taiwan in 2003.  Seeing all these mission friends makes me want to visit Taipei!
Congratulations, Julia and Patrick!  Thank you for letting me be a part of your special day!

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