We have been wanting to take a family trip to DC to visit our good friends the Knights and the Crafts ever since they moved up there last year to plant Restoration Church. We finally made it up there this year to kick off our Fall Break, and was it ever worth the wait! (Plus it was nice to be able to travel for a Fall Break...it was our first one since we've been at SEBTS that Josh hasn't been recovering from some sort of surgery!)
We had the best time visiting with them, and hearing all the awesome things the Lord has been doing in DC! Joey, Page and Sayde were so generous to open their home to us. Thanks so much Crafts!! No small feat hosting a family of six : )
She gave Mollie one too...we won't have to wait too much longer for her to actually be able to wear it because her hair is really growing in!!
Team Reed getting ready to ride the Metro. My boys are obsessed with all things transportation, so this was a BIG deal for them.
We rode over to the National Mall to meet up with Nathan, Andi and Judah Knight. We packed a picnic and hung until the sun went down. There had been a rally earlier in the day, with 175,000 people all over the lawn, but we timed it just right and got there about 45 minutes after it was over. The kids could run and play, and we enjoyed the beautiful weather.
Kate learned about George Washington leading up to our trip, so she was excited to see the Washington Monument!
I think we may have a future history buff on our hands. Kate LOVED seeing all this cool stuff we'd been talking and learning about. In fact, on the car ride home, she was most disappointed that we didn't get to go to any museums while we were up there. Gives us another great reason to go back soon!
We also read a children's biography on Abraham Lincoln before we went. Kate was super disappointed that we didn't get to see the Lincoln Memorial up close because that was the site of the rally and we didn't go down that far. But here's a shot of it as we were leaving at dusk. If you look really closely, you'll see a white dot right in the middle of the picture. That's the statue of Abraham Lincoln.
On Sunday, we got to go worship with Restoration Church! First time in their new building, which was exciting! Nathan and Joey had asked Josh to lead worship for the service. Our friends Josh and Paige Williams (they're in our small group) were also in DC for the weekend. Josh W. is a super talented musician, so they teamed up and did a GREAT job. I was kidding my Josh that they could be the next Shane & Shane...Josh & Josh has a nice ring to it : )
Hudson and Judah were fast friends. I love this picture of them from after the service. Judah is telling Hudson something that is obviously hilarious.
The Crafts and the Knights...Restoration Church. Beautiful.
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