Weekend in Philadelphia!!

My roommate Kimberly and I went to Philly for the first time this past weekend and we had a blast! On our way to our friends house that night we accidentally took a wrong exit as we entered the city and ended up right by the Philadelphia Art Museum. We did what any normal human beings would do...we parked the car, put 'Eye of the Tiger' on speaker and ran up and down the steps! We weren't nearly as cool as the little boy after us who was making his own 'Rocky' theme music while he ran up the stairs! So cute!!

On Saturday we got up super early and drove an hour to Lancaster (Amish Country) and we went to the Shady Maple Smorgasbord! It was fantastic!! All you can eat breakfast buffet and they had everything you could possibly eat for breakfast! I love breakfast food so I was in heaven!! I even tried the 'scrapple' (a Philly dish that is made up of pork byproducts and cornmeal, it is made into a pudding and then fried), it was alright, not my fav!

After breakfast, since we had to go by it again anyway to get into the city we decided to stop at the 'Rocky Steps' again and get some better pictures in the daylight. Here are some of the highlights...

Where's the Love???

We went to City Hall (which was closed), Independence Hall (which we were too late to get tickets to) and the Liberty Bell.

Of course you can't go to Philly without getting a Philly Cheesesteak!

Drewry's Bluff

We went to Drewry's Bluff in Richmond and walked the trail in the rain! If the Union hadn't got a hold of this fort they might not have won the war.

Best Buddies!!

Ready, Aim, Fire!!!

Let it Be Known!

I am Caleb's favorite Aunt!!! Hearing him say my name is my favorite sound in the world!

Need a Little Spice in Your Life?

Halloween has been quickly approaching and my roommate Kimberly and I have been racking our brains as to what to be. Since we are basically inseparable we wanted to come up with a great costume idea that we could do as a duo. We finally came up with the idea to be salt and pepper shakers. We bought some matching metal collanders to resemble the top of the shakers and then we wore black and white outfits with duct tape letters. It was a pretty simple and easy idea. We tested them out at our 'Fall Festival' last night and got some great reactions. Some people had a hard time determining what we were, we had one person look at the collander's and then down at the 'S' and 'P' and asked if we were spaghetti! Nope, try again. Some people thought we were using the collander's to prevent aliens from reading our minds; I guess they could serve that purpose too, I don't think any aliens read my mind the whole time I was wearing it. We did get a lot of positive comments about our costume and we actually got 2nd place in the costume contest!