Our apartments in Philly!
Our River! I love the Greenery next to it! We can see it from our apartment! Its calling to me and one day I will swim in it! =)
Just ME! Went dark again- Just can't keep track of what my hair color is now can we!
So here is a peak at our life in Philly. This is where I spend most of my time. At the apartments, either at home, the office, at the gym, at Krystals, at the pool, or taking Dottie on a walk. Since I don't have a car I only get to venture out with Devin. Well for the most part. Except this week on our day off, Wednesday Me and my friend Krystal decided we wanted to be dropped off at the mall. We shopped for 5 hours and then went to catch the bus home. We are obviously NOT your average bus riders. So here are some rules to follow next time you attempt to ride the bus home. Number 1- you must have exact change when trying to pay for the bus. The bus driver does NOT have change for a 20. hah Number 2- The Bus does not stop at every designated stop UNLESS you first pull the cord. Sad to say but if you do not pull the cord the bus will not stop and you WILL miss your stop. Number 3- When everyone gets off the bus except for you and the Bus driver says, "Well Ladies this is as far as my bus goes." get very worried and hope and pray you have a nice bus driver that will take you home and not just drop you off in some random town far from where you live! and Number 4- when you do get dropped off at the right stop make sure that you are able to get home from your stop and the key thing here is BEFORE you actually attempt it at 10 o clock at night. So after missing our stop and riding the bus for what should have been a ten minute ride for over an hour we finally got dropped off at the right stop. But what we didn't realize is that from our stop to our house is about 200 feet of no sidewalk right by a freeway on ramp and off ramp and lots of fast moving cars! So just picture 2 girls with shopping bags running wildly to get from point A to point B. After all was said and done was our adventure to the mall worth it! OH YES every second was worth it!
At the Liberty Bell
Tomb of the unknown soldier
Independence Hall
Statue of George Washington
We went and toured Philly with our friends Boone and Krystal and it was really cool to see all the sights. I especially liked Independence Hall where men like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin all met among others and signed the Declaration of Independence. Also we got to see the Liberty Bell, Franklin Court, and the tomb of the unknown soldiers where over 2000 soldiers were buried from the Revolutionary War. It's very humbling to see some of the places where this great nation started and where men brave enough to fight for our independence once met. I'm so grateful for these men and that because they trusted in God we have the great country that we do. I'm so proud to be an American!
This was a fun sunday! it was our second sunday here and Dev couldn't wait any longer, he had to go see his brother! Devin's little brother Dallin has been serving his mission in philadelphia for just over a year now and so when we found out we were going to be working in Philly this summer we were excited to get to see Dallin. We made sure no one told Dallin we were going to be in Philly this summer so we could surprise him when we got there. It worked out even better than planned. We arrived at the church and as we were walking up we could see some missionaries in the foyer through the window. Devin walked in first and there were 6 missionaries standing there, Dev looks at Dallin and says, "Remember me?" Dallin's face was Classic when he realized it was us. He grabbed onto his companions arm and looked like he might pass out and said, "That's my brother!" it was hilarious! It was a little awkward at first but it was good to get to see him. We could tell how devoted of a missionary he is! Dev loved getting to see his Bro and can't wait till he gets home!
I can't believe I am 23 years old. It just seems like such a BIG number. haha I know I know soon I'll be 30 and 23 will sound very young. =) I had a great 23rd birthday thanks to my sweet husband. It was my second birthday spent far away from family since last summer we were in South Carolina for my birthday as well. This year Devin got off early from work to take me out to Dinner, then we came home and opened pressents. Dev got me a digital scrapbook program and I love it! He is so observant, I told him prob 2 times that I wanted one but it was over 3 months ago that I said it. And I didn't ever tell him which one to get. He remembered that I wanted one and got me the exact program I wanted! I'm so thankful for my amazing husband that is so thoughtful and sweet! He takes such good care of me and I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to be married to him!!!
