We got up early the next morning and headed out again across the rest of Nebraska and into Bellmont Iowa (I think...) We stayed in a nice hotel there and ate some Chicago style pizza at the restaurant next to the hotel. It was amazing, but so greasy that it kinda made me feel sick... I swore I wouldn't eat pizza again for a long time. (... But we had pizza again twice that week.) Jaren stayed up late watching TV and was loving life. He really loves watching TV. Must be a guy thing. We took this picture in honor of our very own Mitchell.
The next morning we got up and checked our tire pressure again and it was sorta low... It was VERY cold outside, so we figured we should add a little bit in just to be safe. A nice man in his shop did it for us because the self serve air was iced over. After some air in our tires, we were off to Illinois, which was just over the Mississippi river. We drove over a pretty sweet bridge and tried to get some cool pictures but failed... We decided we would get better ones when we come back and it is warmer.... :) That day was pretty uneventful. After we hit Nebraska, things were pretty flat... a farm here and there... a random T-rex on the side of the road... you know, nothing too cool... :) The sunrise that morning was GORGEOUS! So we took some pictures as we drove.
We stayed in a hotel about 2 1/2 hours away from DC on the third night. It was very nice. We each even got our own queen bed!! Yeah, it was a little much, but nice. We found our swimming suits and went to sit in the hot tub for a while. There was a man there with his son that was basically a "Jaren life twin". The guy had red hair, was a lawyer, and ran his own law firm with his wife. Jaren talked to him for a while about law school and about starting his own business and stuff because Jaren has always been interested in running his own law firm.
The next morning we drove the rest of the way into DC. We are actually about 7 miles north of DC in a town called Takoma Park, Maryland. The metro stop is about 3/4 of a mile up the road. We have taken a couple of metro rides into town together to check stuff out. Takoma Park has a really cute "quaint" downtown area. It has been fixed up to be a cute old style area and it is fun to walk around. We live in the ground level of a single family home and the family I am babysitting for lives upstairs. So far, the noise hasn't bothered us at all, but it is a little chilly down here at times. We sure miss our little apartment back in Logan with our heated couch!! Our bed is very uncomfortable. We found that out the first night and ran around trying to find a reasonably priced mattress pad. At K-Mart, they had some egg carton foam pads that were pretty cheap... we couldn't tell how thick they were so we bought two just in case. Really, they didn't do a WHOLE ton... but sleeping has been a little nicer since. :) Jaren managed to bring all of the fun electronics we own, so we are not short on entertainment. We have watched a movie just about every night, and we got a Wii for Christmas with lots of games so we have played that alot too. We finally got the internet yesterday and It has made my morning go by SO much faster than normal. It is almost time to go pick up the girls!!
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