More visitors!

 A couple weeks ago, or should I say like a month ago, Cody's mom, brother, and sister-in-law came out to visit us to see our life here on the east coast. We had so many things planned and packed them into the one week they were here that we slept very little, woke up way too early, walked a few thousand miles (well not really, that's what it felt like), mastered the Jersey accent, had some funny inside jokes and laughs, and somehow Cody and I managed to squeeze in a day of school and work. But, all of that was worth it because we had so much fun!

LuAnne came out a day before Jared and Chelsea so we didn't plan anything too extravagant since it was Sunday and she got in a little late Saturday night. She came to church with us and checked out our ward here in Philly, we took our regular Sunday naps, had some dinner, and then we walked on this BEAUTIFUL walking trail that's about 20 mins from our place.

The next morning Jared and Chelsea came strolling in on the train. They had a red eye flight from Arizona where they had been for Chelsea's family reunion. We planned to go to New York as soon as they got here if everything worked out right and if they were still up for it after their flight. Well lets just say they were troopers and still wanted to head to New York the very same day! They seriously needed an award on this trip because I didn't hear them complain once. We took the train to New York since that was easier than driving. We planned to stay over night so that we could see all the things that we wanted and also went to a session in the temple. Can I just say that was amazing. Once you walk in the temple all the city noises disappear and it was so peaceful and so refreshing to get away from all the rush and people surrounding us. It was a perfect start to our morning the last day there.

They had to sleep any chance they could get. We had to take pictures of them any chance we could get....

Time Square

Grand Central Station like you see off of the movie Madagascar

Ground Zero

This picture cracks us up... Sorry Jared

View of the city on the Brooklyn Bridge

Manhattan Temple was beautiful!

 

The next trip for the week was DC. We got up bright and early and made the 2 hour drive to DC. We were pretty tired from walking the streets of New York so we ended up renting bikes and riding those all over town. They were so cool! We covered so much ground and we ended up seeing all the cool sights without being too tired from all the walking.

Capital Building

Lincoln Memorial

 

After DC Cody and I went to one day of school and work while the gang headed into Philly to see all the cool stuff there is to see there. We figured we had seen it enough, and Cody's classes were mandatory that day, we would just meet them after we were finished. When we got there we took them to the best cheese steak place there is and had some Philly Cheese Steaks. I mean you gotta have one when you're in Philly right?! After that we hopped on a bus and went to a Phillies game! So. Much. Fun. And still my favorite sports game to go to live.

The next day was the last day the fam would be in town. :( We didn't plan anything special since they only had a little while before they had to be at the airport. We have been into frisbee golf for the past little while (thanks to Chelsea :) )  so we went to a frisbee golf course here and played 18 holes. Now this frisbee golf isn't your average course. You are basically in the forest so your discs can get lost easily and you can get some major bug bites. When we got back to the car we decided  we better check and make sure we didn't have any ticks since the fam would be traveling home all afternoon and wouldn't really be able to check. When we got back to our apartment I guess we didn't look close enough because Cody had one on his leg!! It was just getting ready to burrow its little self right in so I'm glad we caught in time. And luckily no one else had one so no Lyme Disease here. Thank heavens!!


We had such a good time with family and we're so thankful we were able to see some of them. Thanks Momma Lu, Jared, and Chelsea for coming to see us we can't wait to see you in a few short weeks!