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A personal post, our vacation back East

I thought I would finally post some images from our vacation to New York, Delaware and Washington DC!  It was quite a trip, full of lots of fun!




 This was all Makaela wanted to do in New York.  Go to an anime shop and when we finally found it, she was elated!


 Everything is bigger in New York!  Look HUGE Sweetarts!






 I took this at the 9/11 Memorial.  I'm not sure which image I like better, this one or the one below.




 This place was awesome!  There were insults all over the door, inside the restaurant and on the menu.  It kept us entertained for quite awhile.







 This is Aidan and my cousin's dog Layla.  She is the sweetest dog ever!
 This was my hair for my cousin's wedding.  I have to say, it looks pretty fabulous!
 And here are all the bobby pins that came out of my hair.
 The day after my cousin's wedding or two days after the wedding, or maybe 3 days later, I can't really remember, anyway we went to the river.  It was awesomely cold, but the kids had a blast!





 One day after the wedding, before we headed to DC, we went to Pennsylvania.  I love how old everything was!  In Colorado, we have some old buildings, but not a lot.  And it was awesome to see the moss on things, we also don't get that much.  And whole areas had these old barns that had to be 100+ years.  It was absolutely amazing!













 The DC Zoo was pretty cool!  The animals seemed to have a lot of space and there were multiple viewing areas for each enclosure, I really liked that aspect of the zoo!








 We almost missed the Red Panda,  we saw it from above, but couldn't see much and after we walked down the path and around a few corners they had just taken it inside for a check up.  Aidan was really bummed because that's what he wanted to see at the zoo.  But when we came back, there it was!  So glad it wasn't snoozing in a corner somewhere. 
The week after we left, the Red Panda disappeared from it's enclosure, I haven't heard if they found it yet, so we were really lucky to see it!











 

 If you are ever in DC, I suggest going here!  The Chili dogs are amazing!  But get the smoked dog, it is way better than the "normal" one.
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 The plane window - and the reason I was freezing!

 



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