Younts Go To The City

My Mom and her sister could not be any more different from each other.  While my Mom wants to wear  dresses and touch up her pedicure while watching HGTV, my aunt wants to fish in her blue jeans and flip through a Cabela's catalog.  I identify more with my Mom's interests.  Despite them (& us) being cut from a completely different rug, we love each other so much and always have a fun time together.  Last week was a whole new kind of fun.  Abandoning their instincts to go natural and experience the great outdoors on their summer vacation, the Yount family came to the city!  They got to stand where George Washington stood and and experience so much of our country's history!

It was a hoot having two teenagers around.  Andrew (16) and Shelby (13) bunked in the living room and were troopers all week.  The gang was here for seven days; five of which we ran around  Annapolis and Washington DC until we couldn't run anymore.  The other two days were spent relaxing around the apartment up at the pool or watching a movie.  Other than starting the dishwasher almost daily instead of weekly, the only "challenge" of having six people under one roof was keeping enough milk in the fridge!


Speaking of food, the eatin' was good.  Steve & Jean enjoyed their coffee on the rooftop patio almost every morning and the whole crew enjoyed a couple dinners up there too. 

 Adventurous Steve ordered a soft shell crab sandwich for lunch!

 The kid in all of us slurped up every drop of our milkshakes on the hottest of hot afternoons,

We "adults" celebrated Jean & Steve's 18th wedding anniversary over seafood downtown overlooking the water while the iPod loving teenagers were happy at home with their electronics and leftovers.

 

  Discovered and fell in love with a neighborhood place in DC complete with charming host,

Subway tile, painted brick, mood lighting, tufted seats, (can you see the lady in pink that is wondering why in the world I am taking a photo with her in it?),

 And a pastry chef that makes homemade pop tarts!

 
Andrew managed to dodge family photo ops with comical regularity...

Staring down the barrel of a cannon and protecting his mom from a giant shark jaw was more his style,

Sweet Shelby was always game for photo ops and even enjoyed taking many photos herself,

 

And much to all our liking, we found nature within the city limits,

Bugs at the Natural History Museum

A hidden waterfall

Oooold trees on the Capitol lawn

Beautiful big hydrangea blooms

Vibrant little fishies at the Natural History Museum

and...

Ducks!

 

While still having fun at the man made sights,

Washington Monument

Viet Nam Memorial

Enormous escalators out of the Metro

Neat street scenes

Thinking of Grandad at the WWII Memorial

Fantastic view from Arlington Cemetery

 Matt and I sure had fun over their family vacation and I believe they had a good time too!

 

 

Thanks for staying in our "hotel" this summer Aunt Jean, Uncle Steve, Andrew & Shelby!