Philly Cheese and Apple Pie

Amish Country was so beautiful

Gettysburg

     Livvy did so well being packed around all day

Gotta have a philly cheese steak in Philly

Liberty Bell

I guess you could say it's become kind of a tradition that when Matt finishes a semester we celebrate with a little play time.  This past week we went to Philadelphia and had such a great time.  We were a little nervous to see how Livvy would do with the flight and all the running around we tend to do on trips, but she did FANTASTIC.  She is a natural born traveler.  We can't wait to do more traveling with her.

Highlights of the trip were: Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Ben Franklin's printing office, the drive from Philly to Lancaster was beautiful, Amish country (my absolute favorite part of the whole trip - they are such wonderful people), homemade pretzels and apple pie (the best we've ever tasted) and Gettysburg. 

This past Sunday was Livvy's baby blessing.  Livvy was blessed in the blessing dress I wore when I was a baby.  My Grandma Cleah made it for me and now I have passed it down to Livvy. Matt gave the best blessing I have ever heard.  It was so sweet and heartfelt.  Matt had been praying and thinking about what to bless her with for awhile and from what I heard on Sunday it seems like he got his answer.  I had so many people come up to me after church saying what a great job he did.  It was also fun having so many of our friends and family there to share such a memorable event with us.