Des Moines Trip

Last week, June 27-29, we went on a little mini vacation to Des Moines.  Jon had a business conference there and I came along for fun.  At first I was a little worried how Colton would do in a hotel room for two days.  He is very picky about having a quiet, dark room to sleep in.  When we arrived at the hotel room, though, all worries were put to rest!  The hotel room had an entry way that led to two separate rooms.  One room had a tv, couch, king sized bed, bathroom, and jetted tub.  The other room had a desk, tv, couch, chair, and little mini kitchen.  The hotel was also downtown and we were on an upper level so we had an awesome view from our room.  It was the nicest hotel room we've ever stayed in and Colton did great!  He had his own room to sleep in so Jon and I took the other and didn't have to worry about waking him up! 

We arrived Wednesday night and went swimming in the hotel pool before going to Olive Garden for dinner.  It was absolutely delicious!  My new favorite thing there is the All You Can Eat Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks!  It's cheap, you get lots of good food, and the Chicken and Gnocchi soup is to die for!  Thursday we hung and and watched some shows in the hotel room.  For lunch we went to Fuddruckers and Jon got his favorite, the Buffalo burger.  Thursday night Jon was busy with work so Colton and I just relaxed and went for a walk through the skywalks.  It was pretty cool because you don't have to go outside at all and you can walk though a few city blocks.  Friday Jon was busy until about noon and then we headed home.  On the way out we stopped and visited the Capitol building.  It was pretty cool.  The only downside was that it was over 100 degrees and incredibly humid this whole trip.  Every time we went outside we thought we were going to sweat to death.  It was so bad. 

It was a fun little getaway though and nice to just spend a few days out of the norm!

View of the Capitol from our hotel room.

Colton loved the mirrors in the room!

Big bed!

Colton also loved the big bathtub!

Cheese!

Capitol building.

Inside, under the dome.

Either Senate or House chambers

Capitol Library

Libraries make Jon feel very studious.

It was a really cool building!

My patriotic husband!

Jon, being Jon. :)