We decided to celebrate Matt's birthday a little early with a day in DC. Caleb has been itching to go to the Vietnam Memorial (although he was disappointed he couldn't find Paw Paw's name on there, no matter how many times we tried to explain that (thankfully!) his name isn't on the wall!), and we got tickets to a Nationals' game. Of course, the day we went was the hottest of our relatively cool summer. It was close to 100 degrees, complete with the typical DC humidity. We had planned to do the monument circuit for the day, but we didn't last long. We went to the Vietnam Memorial first. Caleb just kept on looking for Paw Paw's name... After a picnic lunch, we finally gave into the heat and made our way to The Museum of Natural History. Of course, so did every other tourist that day. It was ridiculously crowded...as in, admire the exhibits from across the room because you can't get any closer than that kind of crowd...
Choosing joy and trusting God!