my family and i recently returned from a week long trip to pennsylvania. We spent many days in and around the "City of Brotherly Love"- Philadelphia, which is quite perfect, since we went to see my mom's brother and his family. We had a memorable trip, including the girls' first airplane ride, drinking with Benjamin Franklin, visiting where George Washington lived, and having many laughs with the Windschitl Family!
Here are the MANY pictures (sorry, I tried to pare down) from our fantastic trip to Philly...
on our way to the airport!
boarding the plane!
getting a little nervous before take off, so we decided to hold hands...
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our trip in and around valley forge
1st stop: George Washington's church where my cousin, Rachel, had her wedding...
next stop: valley forge trolley tour (sophia, natalie, and livia)
this statue is believed to be the most life like remake of george washington...
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tippler's tour: pub crawl
all the adults headed to philly on thursday for a pub crawl. as we were walking the streets of philadelphia (no, i did not see denzel washington or tom hanks), we caught a glimpse of the stage they were preparing for vice president joe biden in front of independence hall...
"benjamin franklin" joined our pub crawl...
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4th of july: philadelphia
the windschitl, woods, withers, and miller families hopped on the train into philly on the 4th of july...
waiting inside the train depot
my mom and her brother, randy
all aboard!
our little patriotic princesses waiting for the parade!
vice president joe biden walking through the parade...it's a little bit of where's waldo? he is next to the lady carrying the red umbrella (he is wearing a blue hat)
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duck boat tour
see, even in pennsylvania we can find reminders of home!
on land
in the water
will smith's philly house
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taking a walking tour of philly
independence hall
the liberty bell
meeting "betsy ross"
walking down the oldest residential street in the united states
christ's church
sitting in george and martha washington's pew
benjamin franklin's pew
betsy ross's pew
the first post office in the united states
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many other favorites throughout the week...
catching fireflies with daddy!
swimming!
visiting martha (my aunt donna's twin sister)...
having fun with our cousins!
fishing on miller's pond...
cameron's catch...
natalie's BIG sunfish!
kayaking
jumping on their water trampoline
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these are my cousin rachel's goslings...lucky and lucy
look at how they follow their "mother"...oh fer cute!
matching cousins!
good-bye, pennsylvania! we had fun!
we hope there will be another one!
