Philly Phun!

We're back, and I'm ready to GO BACK! By the end of any vacation, I'm itching to get home. About 48 hours after getting home, I'm ready to go back. We had a lot of fun. Oh, and Brett enjoyed the competition too! We definitely could have used some more time (we saw less than half of Gettysburg and did not dally through any of it!) but we saw so many incredible things. I guess we're a bit of history buffs when it comes to vacations and Philadelphia sure is full of History!
Many thanks to the babysitters!

The City of Brotherly Love

City Hall

SORRY!

Drexel's Law School

Liberty Bell with Independence Hall in the background.

Reading Terminal Market: Philly Cheesesteak!

The First Bank of the United States

Gettysburg, PA

She's got the beat

These girls have MOVES! I must admit, they don't get it from me.....


Katie starts out with beautiful ballet, and then "breaks it down"---is that Hammer Time?? :)

All the Fashion

Now, where have I seen THIS before?

Oh yes. Here.
Mandy in Feb. 2010 and Katie in Sept. 2008. They both like to dress up, and for some reason, that includes snow boots. And fishing hats. Bike helmets. Necklaces, or (in honor of the Olympics) gold medals. Backpacks. Lovies. Rabbit bikes......We hope they get some better fashion sense before High School or we may have issues!

You What?

So, without so much as even TELLING his wife, Brett entered a Transactional Lawyering competition. And, he WON! (Well, let's be honest, what else would he do?) So, as my grand prize for sitting at home and wondering where he was until 11 pm with no phone call or email or "I'm still alive". . . . (yes, we've only been married 6 years and he still doesn't know that he has a wife at home that worries about him). . . . . .I get to tag along with Brett to the National Competition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Yep, I'm going to Philly next month! Am I excited? Well, I talked Brett into staying an extra day and half to see some sights--so YES! I am. Better still? We are going childless! Not that I don't love my girls, because I really do, but this will be the longest that Brett and I have done anything together, just the two of us since Katie was born! I feel lighthearted and free already! Anyway, I'm excited. Just to let you know!

Here Piggie Piggie!

Grandma Great gave each of our children a piggie bank when they were very little. She gives them some change each birthday, Christmas, Easter, etc. to feed the piggie. And this is one awesome piggie. When you feed him, he gives you an "Oink, Oink, HHHhhhhmmm!" Satisfying, and reinforcing! Thanks Grandma Great. We love to feed the piggie. (We'll understand later about how cool it is to save the money too!)

Wanna win?

I love Thanksgiving point--and need to go there more often, but it's a bit pricey for those of us with no income. But. . . . to win passes? That would be awesome! Check it out! http://cjaneprovo.blogspot.com/2010/01/taking-back-provo-thanksgiving-point.html

Welcome 2010

We got some free buttons for Provo's New Year's Eve Party at the Provo Towne Center Mall, so we took the girls to check out the party. We watched jugglers, got balloon animals, made candy sand art, danced, and had a firework show. All that, and home to bed at 9 pm. That's our kind of New Year's Eve!
Dinner Winger's was Yummy--popcorn and coloring!

Katie Loved the bouncing

Balloon flower hat and giraffe


TaDah!



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