VACATiON-GETTYSBURG & AMiSH COUNTRY

Well.. it has taken me three days to post about this vacation, as well as three days to recover. ha ha! We were literally going nonstop. We were all exhausted and had aching bodies. ha, But it was worth it, we got to go and see so many cool things. On the last day, Austin was able to come with us. So we drove to Gettysburg and on the way, we stopped in Lancaster to check out the Amish! It was so crazy to see how differently people live. We seen lots of little buggies driving around and luckily my mom had read alot about the amish, so she told us everything! When we arrived to Gettysburg we took the tour of the town and visited all the battlefields and monuments. It is a really neat little town. We had so much fun and i'm so glad my mom and sister got to come and visit. Even though I was very very sad when they left, I am glad they came. We had a blast and laughed the whole entire trip. Thanks for coming you guys. We love you!!!

Amish Country:Gettysburg Monuments:Battlefields:

Cemetary:

VACATiON-NEW YORK CiTY

On the second day of the trip, we stayed in Philadelphia. We went downtown and visited the liberty bell, independance hall, and congress hall. We also went to visited Valley Forge. We had a fun day, even though it rained and we were all so tired from walking. I won't post to many pictures of the second day since i've already posted pictures from the first time i went. The third day we headed to New York City. It was awesome. Once again we started the day at 6 a.m. by heading to the train station. Once we arrived in NY, we took a cab to Battery Park where we took the statue of liberty tour. This was so neat and a very pretty view. Next we walked up broadway street. We stopped at wall street and ground zero. We probably walked a total of six miles, ha! Then we went rockafeller center and times square. Times square was my favorite. We seen the MTV building and David Letterman building. We had so much fun! Next post (day 4).. Gettysburg and Amish country :)

Statue of Liberty & View:Ground Zero:Rockafeller Center:David Letterman Late Show:

Downtown Philadelphia: (Liberty Bell & Independance Hall)

VACATiON-WASHiNGTON D.C.

As most of you know, my mom and sister, Tricia, came to stay with me. They stayed almost a week and we went to so many neat places. So, this will be a very long post so i'm breakin it up into three seperate ones. I picked them up from the airport on Wednesday afternoon. We had a lot planned for us so we started the next day bright and early (5 a.m.) We had train tickets to Washington DC for 7 a.m. Once we got to Washington DC we hopped on a tourmobile that took us to all the neat places. We had such a fun time and laughed so hard everyday. It rained all day. We were soaking wet, went through 3 umberellas, and were absolutely exhausted when we made it back to my apt late Thursday night. Here our some pictures of our first day....

Six A.M. in the morning, waiting for the train:

Abe Lincoln Memorial:

My mom next to the lovely tourmobile:
Arlington Cemetary: (This was one of my favorite stops)

PHiLLiES GAME

This weekend came and went by way to fast... Saturday night we went to Chili's with the office. Sunday we got up early and went to church, the phillies game, and later went to hooters with our friends. The phillies game was awesome. Besides the fact that we roasted, ha we had so much fun! The lady next to us really wanted to get on the Jumbotron so she kept pointing to us yelling to the camera man, "They are mormons from Utah, it's their first Phillies game, they need to be on the big screen." Ha ha it was so funny. Thankfully, we didn't get on the screen. Some of our friends birthdays were this past week so we all went to Hooters to celebrate. We had lots of fun and are so glad we have good friends out here! We had a great weekend and wish everyday was Sunday ha. But, I cannot wait until tomorrow... my mom and sister are coming to visit!! We are going to Washington D.C., New York, and Gettysburg. So i'll definatly have some good posts. I'm so excited to see them :) Here are some pictures from this weekend:Pretty view of the city from the stadium:
All of the girls at Hooters for dinner:

ATLANTiC CiTY

Last sunday we decided to go to Atlantic City with Josh, Sunny, Hailey, Brandi and Ty! We went to check out the beach and walk the boardwalk. We ate lunch at the Rainforest Cafe and then just walked around, shopped, and took lots of pictures! I even collected a few sea shells.. ha. Besides the fact that the boys were very tired and sick of walking, ha we had a great day. Today we went to church and the Phillies game! I will post on that tonight. :) Here are a few pictures:The Ocean:
Brandi, Sunny, Me:

HiSTORY IN PHiLLY

So, everything in Philly is going great! Although we do miss our families, we are having a great time. We really like it out here. We are so glad we have such good friends with us. There is so much to see and do. Austin is doing an awesome job at selling and i'm so thankful for all the hard work he's doing. He actually likes doing it so i'm happy for him! Even though we don't get to spend alot of time together, we have gotten to do and see some cool things. Last week we rode the train to downtown Philly and visited the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the Conference Hall and we even ate a philly cheesesteak sandwhich straight from the vendor.. ha ha! Today Brandi and I went to Valley Forge and took the tour. It was way cool to see all that and learn the history behind it. We've gotten to visit the Love Park, fallen in love with a great restaurant called Bahama Breeze, gotten used to the idea that all the convienant stores are called WAWA, found a cool little trail that we walk on everynight and have even learned to get around without the GPS! (Sometimes) It's definatly different out here but its growing on us :) I hope everyone is doing good back home and I can't wait for my mom and sister to come visit in two weeks.. YAY! Here's a load of pictures:

Enjoying our Philly's Independance Hall:

Valley Forge:

Love Park and Austin all ready for work:

PHILADELPHIA

It's been so long I don't even know where to start. School finished last week, which feels really nice. No homework or classes for 4 months!! We left last Wednesday morning and drove 36 hours to Philadelphia. Wow, what a trip! I thought we were never going to make it. ha ha but we did and we are really liking it :) Everything is going good out here.We have great friends out here with us and we've been having lots of fun. It has rained almost everyday since we've been here so we haven't got to see much, but once we do i'll start taking pictures. You don't realize how much of a desert Utah is until you come out here. It's so green with trees everywhere. Brandi took a few while we were driving to walmart so i'll post those.. Keep in mind that these pictures are the main roads in town. I'll keep you posted on everything!