Lunch Date

With school out, we thought it would be neat to drive up to meet John by his work and have lunch with him. So we packed five lunches and drove to Arlington.

On a Friday.

And warm too.

I know...I'm craaaaaaazy!

Northern Virginia isn't a fun area to drive through. Especially on a Friday!!!!!!

After an hour on the freeway, we got there just in time to go to a nearby park and eat lunch with what seemed like everyone else on the city block. Cute park though! I was sort of hoping to take Andrew's photos here too. But luck would have it that it was way too crowded and Andrew wouldn't hold still for anything. I did try and I did get a bit frustrated and discouraged in the end. It just wasn't the best timing. We bagged the whole picture thing for the day and just enjoyed our time together.

{"Here's a rock, mama!"}

{This one is one of my favorites with all of them on the art sculpture.}

Cold Stone was a hop and a skip across from the park. So after we ate our lunches, John treated us to some ice cream before he had to head back to work. Mmmm.

We kissed him good-bye and started to leave when my phone rang. It was John. "Give me 10-15 minutes and I will be right out." It was a little after one and his boss was giving him the rest of the day off. Yay! :) He saw no sense in his family being up there and leaving and him having to stay - and then ride the 1 1/2 hour slow train ride home. It was nice spending more time with him. Even if it DID take us 3 hours in Northern Virginia traffic to get back home! :(

Friday's may just be out of the question for our lunch dates from here on out. It was worth it though this time - seeing my kids have fun eating lunch with their daddy. Something during the week they never get to do!