Steve and I drove up to Valley Forge, PA for the 4th of July weekend. We stayed with his Uncle Lowell and Aunt Joan. I also meet his younger brother, Mike, who spent the weekend too. Uncle Lowell and Aunt Joan bent over backwards to ensure that we had a great time. We toured the historical sites, window shopped at the King of Prussia mall (2nd biggest mall in the U.S.), watched world team tennis, ate way too much, celebrated Mike's birthday, and visited Steve's high school stomping grounds.
Mike is pro at skee ball. With the tickets that the three of us won, we earned these rocking vampire teeth... and candy bracelets.
Washington's Crossing of the Delaware River.
Memorial Arch at Valley Forge. It was humbling and thought provoking to visit Valley Forge on the 4th. I have not had to sacrifice much for the multitude of blessings that I have.
For all my Provo girls... I had to take a picture of these store because we all know that "if the shoe fits, buy one in every color!"
As much fun as I had, my favorite part of the weekend was when Uncle Lowell let me know that I had won the popularity contest. He said that I should stop by anytime I was in the area. Steve was invited back too... if he brought me!
I had my last day at the National Gallery of Art on friday. Sigh. My boss gave me this scarf as a going away present. I got so many complements at church today, that this is automatically going on my list of things to wear when I need a confidence boost.
I love lists. As in I adore making them and then crossing things off. I have even on occasion, written tasks on my list that I have already done so that I can have the pleasure of crossing them off. That's why Netflix is so dangerous for me. Netflix makes it incredibly easy to make an online list, too easy as I am always adding more than I watch. It's turned into a list that I can't cross off and a source of stress in my life. My roommates and I have shared a subscription this past year and besides my inability to finish the list it has been fun to share our favorite movies.
Or fear for that matter, until I pulled out my camera...
Even my sports setting shutter wasn't fast enough to capture him.
That is until I shared more than 1/4 of my sandwich. Who knew that squirrels have a soft spot, or at least of slow spot for chicken salad?
P.S. For all my ice cream buddies... Ben & Jerry's has a new flavor Chocolate Therapy that lives up to its name. Chocolate ice cream, chocolate cookie and chocolate pudding... my new favorite!
I thought that sounded like fun, so I recruited a few friends to come with me. The sandwiches were delicious.
Mike is pro at skee ball. With the tickets that the three of us won, we earned these rocking vampire teeth... and candy bracelets.
Washington's Crossing of the Delaware River. 
Memorial Arch at Valley Forge. It was humbling and thought provoking to visit Valley Forge on the 4th. I have not had to sacrifice much for the multitude of blessings that I have. 
For all my Provo girls... I had to take a picture of these store because we all know that "if the shoe fits, buy one in every color!"
