DC, Baltimore, Gaithersburg, Philadelphia

These are all the places we have been in the last week. Dee had Spring Break so we decided to take a trip to DC to visit his mom who has just moved into a house there. It's actually in Fort Washington, MD right outside DC. It really was a great trip full of so much encouragement for us. We realized we know more people in that part of the country than we realized. We had lunch with a guy that Dee discipled who now lives in Baltimore. We had dinner in Gaithersburg 2 different nights with the Swans from our church who are at the Pastor's College and the Nelsons who are great friends and mentors of ours who used to live in Atlanta. On Sunday, we drove up to Philly and went to church at Epiphany Fellowship, a plant that the one of the guys from Cross Movement is helping to plant. Duce (The Ambassador) is one of the pastors there along with Eric Mason. Manny (Da' TRUTH), Brady (Phanatik), and Shai Linn also attend there. It was a very worshipful service presented in very different means. We'll have a whole other post just about Philly real soon.
Of course, we had a great time with Grammie Lanier and she just ate up her time with Karis. Karis did SO good considering us dragging her all over the place. She slept great and was really happy pretty much the whole time. Dee's mom has a great house there and she is still getting set up. There's lots of room for us and Karis and the 2 dogs!! Yes, Noah & Buster went also and we left them there for a while. We totally neglect them now that Karis is here and Dee's mom has a great place for them. They have a huge yard to run around in (& escape from!) AND they get to stay inside! They don't get that privilege here. We're going to work on our yard, I mean mud pit, maybe have a garden, then bring them back later. I know, I know, they will mess it all up again. Oh well, we'll give it a shot.
It was really cold there all week, so we didn't visit many sites since most things in DC are outside. We went to the Pentagon, but got there too late to see anything. So, mostly we just ate, visited friends, watched a movie or 2, got in the hot tub at the house in 40 degree weather, and hung out with Grammie! It was a wonderful trip! Here are a few pictures...



This is Karis putting herself to sleep after we had laid her down to play while we got things together to go out. She literally covers her eyes, sucks her thumb and goes to sleep wherever she is.







Karis in the car...again and again and again!


















Karis and Grammie (I mean Chaplain Lanier) at the Pentagon



















Oooooh, it's cold out here!
I'm not sure that's under regulation for uniformed officers!









Easter Sunday























Can we go with you?








Dee's goodbyes to the Boys


















Karis is ready to go home!