Friday, June 22, 2012
Baby Hannah
I'm an Aunt!. My sister and her husband welcomed their first child, Hannah Elaine on June 2nd. She made her debut at 12:02am, weighing in at 6 lbs. 4 Oz. 19.75 inches long. Since she is the first grandbaby in the family I'm sure she will be one spoiled little girl.
Monday, June 18, 2012
A Weekend in Pennsylvania
We headed off to West Chester, Pennsylvania for the Memorial Day weekend to visit Ben's Aunt Judi and Uncle Tony. We had been trying to make visit work for quite since our schedules never seemed to align but due to a change in schedules we were able to make it happen finally.
Friday morning after we arrived we headed to Tony's favorite breakfast spot where they have "the Bullotta" on the menu which is a banana pancake with peanut butter for breakfast. After that we got to play tourist in Philadelphia for the afternoon since Ben had never been there before. Tony and Judi figured that we could venture around the city on our own since we were seasoned travelers so they armed us with a map and book and dropped us off for a few hours of exploring. We decided to do the sights including seeing Constitution Hall, the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Franklin Square, Penn's Landing and more. We even found a great little bar with a happy hour special to pass the time while waiting to be picked up. Dinner that night was at one of Tony's favorite Italian restaurants. We feasted on pasta, gnocchi, salad and other treats while enjoying a good wine and company.
Saturday we headed out to Lancaster County to visit Amish country. Lancaster County is home to the oldest Amish settlement. One thing you notice right away when you get close to Lancaster County is that the Amish ride in horse and buggy ride down the streets right along the cars. We took a tour of an Amish house and got a chance to see a little bit about how they live while also learning more about their culture.
Sunday we headed out to Valley Forge Winter Encampment historic site to get a taste of this areas rich history with the revolutionary war. We opted to take the trolley tour of the park with a guide so that we could learn more about the camp. The tour stopped at three different areas: an area where they had the houses that the soldiers and their families lived in, at Muhlenberg's Brigade and Washington's Headquarters.
Monday morning we headed to the airport bright and early with Tony since Judi had already left for NY since she had a flight to work (she's a flight attendant for AA). While it was a quick trip we were able to see a lot of things and hope to make it back out to visit them soon.
Friday morning after we arrived we headed to Tony's favorite breakfast spot where they have "the Bullotta" on the menu which is a banana pancake with peanut butter for breakfast. After that we got to play tourist in Philadelphia for the afternoon since Ben had never been there before. Tony and Judi figured that we could venture around the city on our own since we were seasoned travelers so they armed us with a map and book and dropped us off for a few hours of exploring. We decided to do the sights including seeing Constitution Hall, the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Franklin Square, Penn's Landing and more. We even found a great little bar with a happy hour special to pass the time while waiting to be picked up. Dinner that night was at one of Tony's favorite Italian restaurants. We feasted on pasta, gnocchi, salad and other treats while enjoying a good wine and company.
Saturday we headed out to Lancaster County to visit Amish country. Lancaster County is home to the oldest Amish settlement. One thing you notice right away when you get close to Lancaster County is that the Amish ride in horse and buggy ride down the streets right along the cars. We took a tour of an Amish house and got a chance to see a little bit about how they live while also learning more about their culture.
Sunday we headed out to Valley Forge Winter Encampment historic site to get a taste of this areas rich history with the revolutionary war. We opted to take the trolley tour of the park with a guide so that we could learn more about the camp. The tour stopped at three different areas: an area where they had the houses that the soldiers and their families lived in, at Muhlenberg's Brigade and Washington's Headquarters.
Monday morning we headed to the airport bright and early with Tony since Judi had already left for NY since she had a flight to work (she's a flight attendant for AA). While it was a quick trip we were able to see a lot of things and hope to make it back out to visit them soon.
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