Please Touch. . .

Here in Philadelphia there is a super cute kids museum called the Please Touch Museum. Everything inside is designed for kids. Things are supposed to be played with, explored, and if you couldn't guess, touched! There was tons to do and fun ways for kids to learn.

(yeah apparently I like sitting on birds. . . dont ask)

There was a whole section of the museum devoted to Alice in Wonderland. There you could dress up and have a pretend tea party with the Mad Hatter, hit balls with flamingos, paint the roses red, and weave through the maze. It was tons of fun!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy tO Me!!!

Despite the fact that I turned the old age of 23, this was and will be on of my most memorable birthdays! After a full day of site seeing in D.C. as we headed to drive back to Philly we stopped by the Washington D.C. temple. It was absolutely amazing. Being night, it was all lit up and beautiful. Then we quickly stopped at a store for a last minute potty break. I stayed in the car and everyone came back with a mini cake and sang Happy Birthday and I blew out my candles. It was the cherry on top of my already amazing birthday!

July Celebrations

All I wanted for my Birthday this year was to be able to go to Washington D.C. for fireworks on the 4th of July and then walk around and see all the sites, monuments, museums, and memorials on my birthday, the 5th. Since Philadelphia is only 3 hours away from D.C. we made it happen!

After walking around a little on the fourth and seeing glimpses of all there is to see, we decided to lay out a blanket and get a good spot near the Washington Monument to watch fireworks. Our spot was great and the fireworks were amazing!

Bri and I in front of the Washington Monument before fireworks

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

The next day we did all the site seeing. . .

The Lincoln Memorial

of course the Washington Monument again

The War Memorials

WWII

Korean

Vietnam

Arlington National Cemetery

The Pentagon and the 9/11 Memorial that's now there

United States Capital

White House

Land of the Free. . .

. . . Home of the Brave!

There is so much amazing American History in this region of the country. It is so inspiring and uplifting to be able to visit all the sites in Washington D.C. and also these here in Philadelphia. . .

Independence Hall

where Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed

Liberty Bell

How blessed I am to have been born and raised in a country where I am free! Where I can speak as I wish, look and dress as I wish, worship as I wish, and where I can rise above my circumstances and be whoever I desire to be.

God Bless America!

My life in Philly!

With my brothers job, he and his family have the opportunity to move every summer to different locations, and luckily due to my single, unemployed lifestyle I have been able to go stay with them for extended periods of time. This summer they moved to Philadelphia and I decided to come spend the summer out here too. What an experience it has been so far! For starters this is my room. If you can really call it that anyway. In all actuallity its a mattress on the floor of the walk-in closet in my niece and nephew's room.

Luckily I dont have to spend much time in there cuz we have been busy doing all sorts of things including experiencing the city. . .

. . . Starting downtown we walked around and saw

City Hall

this cute game piece park

and in the middle of downtown there is this fun fountain and the famous LOVE statue

we all rolled up our jeans and jumped in, then got in trouble cuz apparently thats not ok. . . oops

And of course the experience wouldn't be complete until I had my first Philly Cheese Steak sandwich, from this cute spot downtown Sonny's.

Delicious!