Road Trip to Niagara Falls

They say when in Rome, do as the Romans do.  Usually that is an easy decision for us as we are always trying to be tourists, but a overnighter to Niagara Falls with 8 hours each way of driving on a Sunday/Monday was a little bit beyond our normal comfort level.  Good thing for some convincing friends that convinced us to take the plunged (no pun intended).  I can honestly say we had an amazing time and it was completely worth the trip.  We crossed the border and stayed on the Canada side which is actually the prettier side.  The views were amazing and the company was great as well.  Most of you know that we have some amazing Korean friends in Maryland.  They live right down the hill (walking distance) from us and treat Lily like she is family.  We've had some fun trips with this and this one proved to be one of our most exciting together.  Heck, Chris even won $200 at the casino while Lily and I slept.  Hope you enjoy the pictures.  But I must say that the pictures don't do these falls the justice they deserve.  They are truly beautiful.

Julie's "Mom" (Lily's Korean Grandma) and Lily

Julie, "Mom" & Kim

We took a boat tour right out to the middle of the falls.  We got soaked, but the weather was beautiful that day so we dried quickly.

Views from the Sky Tower (wind in our hair and all)

This is a view from the sky tower overlooking Niagara, NY (the US side)

View of Horseshoe Falls

The Canadians always have the prettiest gardens.

Bryant, Sarah, Matt & Lily

Julie & Lily

Day 2 with our Delaware Friends

For our second day of being tourists with our Delaware friends we headed to the National Zoo.  Despite the zoo being a little crowded, we lucked out with great weather and we all had a wonderful time.  Then it was back to our house for some pool time and of course we ended the trip with a big BBQ with some other friends as well.  When Don, Holly, Sam and Chloe had to leave... poor Lily had to go around the house to hide her sadness.  She was more distraught than I have ever seen her when a friend left.  Tears running down her eyes.  It was the saddest and sweetest thing I've seen.  Luckily we get to see them again at the beach in a couple weekends for our big Labor Day weekend bash.

Weekend in DC with our Delaware neighbors

This last weekend we were lucky enough to have our wonderful neighbors (Don, Holly, Sam & Chloe)  from our beach house in Delaware come visit us in DC.  Sam and Lily have been friends since they were two now, so they are like old buddies.  They live full time in Wilmington, DE so it was only a short couple hour drive for them and since they stayed with us for two full days we had lots of time to enjoy being tourists.  The first day, after all the kids arrival excitement, we headed downtown to spend some time at the museums.  We hit the kids favorite's Museum of Natural History and Air/Space Museum.  The parents had just as great of a time as the kids did.  Then we got to enjoy some great Mexican food in Bethesda before capping the night off with some Georgetown cupcakes.  The kids got a little sugared up from the cupcakes right before bed.  Maybe not such a good idea.