Sometimes, major scheduling blunders turn out for the better. Case in point, I had the wrong dates entirely for Spikes' basketball tournament (NWBA nationals), so Crash and I had to accompany him by ourselves... BUT, that meant we got 2 extra days in DC plus a visit with dear friends on the way home. Here's a look at the past 10 days:
First stop: Louisville. 3 days of wheelchair basketball and the hotel pool.
Uncle Phil surprised us by coming to the first game!!!
The kids finished 2-3 and moved up one spot in the rankings (14th to 13th).
Daddy, my parents, and the rest of the kids joined us for the final game on Saturday, then we loaded up the big van and made a 10-hour trek.
We saw the National Shrine to Our Lady. We bumped into Pope Francis.
More importantly, we had lots of QT with Uncle Earl!! We even had a private mass in the Chapel of Our Lady of Slovenia. What a treat.
Lots and lots of walking in stunningly beautiful weather.
Also lots of photo ops.
The Papal Nunciature is really beautiful, but not designed for children, so we took a quick tour then made a beeline for hamburgers. Notice the daffodils in full bloom!
And here's the fountain into which a certain small person may or may not have shot a rosary like a basketball after receiving it as a gift from one of the priests. But we'll never tell...
DC is really wonderful for families because so many museums and sights have free admission! We took in Ford Theater, Smithsonian museums of Natural History, American History, and the Anerican Indian, plus monuments, memorials, and, my favorite, the Metro.
And after 10 days away... There's no place like home.
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