A day in the life of a Washington, D.C. tourist

This amazing summertime adventure continues... this time in the Nation's Capital. Washington, D.C. It's my pleasure to share these beautiful summer photos with you knowing that we had such a great time and that life is a dance! What you say? Life is a dance! You see, not everything always goes the way you want it to go. Like having Brent in a hospital for almost 3 weeks and having Melanie and I racing to see him everyday and then take care of his foot at home and try and maintain the house and pool by ourselves. And so we danced... we tried to make it work... gone to the way side-routine, structure, we adapted and lived how we had to. We had to take care of our 'Daddy', so that meant we didn't always eat right or exercised properly, so we didn't meet our healthy living goals.... and guess what that's LIFE. The dance. You have to bend or you are going to break. SO that is my advice, bend, dance and know that not everyday will be perfect, know that in the back of your mind you are always learning and rolling with the dance. It's ok if this summer your weight loss goals weren't meant, that you stayed the 'same'. Because you were meant to pause, take care of your family, shift focus from yourself to them and now  Fall is just around the corner. A new month and a new vision for love and self -care!

So what does this have to do with D.C. ? Well, part of taking care of my family meant that we had to do a bus tour of the city, Brent couldn't walk alot... in fact, barely! So this is how we adapted. Look at what we saw and discovered...

... taken from the roof top of our double-decker bus- the Pentagon.

 

Brent and the Big Bus... cute, all B's.

It's really a good deal, you get to ride buses all day, hop on and off and see the sites. Good times!

Pretty gardens.

Pretty tourists.

Smithsonian Castle.

The Washington Monument, under repair because of the earthquake 2 summers ago.

Brent and the beautiful architecture.

Brent loves everything American, so walking down the National Mall, that he has seen so many times in movies was a great big deal for him.

In front of the Museum of Natural History. Fantastic place! This was my favourite place to see. I love gorgeous pictures and look what we stumbled upon....

An exhibition of the best nature photography in the world. All credit goes to them, these are fantastic!

La grenouille, look at those eyes.

Yup, we had to get a wheelchair for Brent... just part of the dance!

One of my fav's, this is a photographer taking a  picture of herself in the reflection of the colourful bubbles.

Colours in nature are awesome!

Monkey love, this one's for you Julie!

Cool exhibit about the population of the world, the numbers actually kept on creeping up as we stood there. The map of the world was illuminated with the population density.

The Hope Diamond, the largest diamond in the world... So my hope for all of you is that you will take the time to 'dance' with life and not get hung up on the end goal, life is a journey, a living breathing journey, along the way you will find diamonds... cherish those moments and try know that even better times are ahead for you!