Sundays are a gift

Even though we have really been disappointed with our summer this year, we have had a lot of blessings too. we have been able to basically, have a family vacation every Sunday for months. We really Really love our time together creating such fun family memories. It will be sad to give them up, and go back to normal life next week. yup, a week to go. 

we are not looking forward to the 35 hour drive back home, With an 18 month old.  When he was 2 months it was, how can we do this! then with an 8 month old it was how do we do this! Then with a 14 month old it was this is insane, how will we get through this!? but we do it. and we secretly love it. Seriously, the best memories are made on road trips. 

 Lincoln's favorite song, if you remember, is gangnam style. If he is crying in the car, he stops immediately without fail, when we queue it up. Now that he is a little older, he has become quite the tyrant in the car about the music. He screams high-pitched wails til he gets his way. No talk radio, no smooth jazz, no classics, occasionally rap is ok. But Korean hip hop is the ticket! we got the Psy cd, and even though it's not in our language, it's still pretty catchy. We sing along as if we know the words, butchering the korean words and chiming in loud and clear on the English parts :) If linc could say it, he'd be saying "this is my jam." 

Today, we were able to go see what Philadelphia has to offer.  Cousin Adam was able to visit and Clint came along too.

We rode an open air double decker tour bus! It drove us to 20 site seeing stops around Philly. We saw the Ross house, the Rocky steps at the art museum, the penitentiary where Al Capone was locked up, the very first hospital in the United States, the liberty bell, china town, a bunch of statues and churches, the love park, these sweet row homes that were only 16 feet wide, and Penns Landing The architecture of that city is incredible. there is so much history, it was really neat to hear the details on the tour. We hopped off at the reading terminal market. if you've ever been to pike place in Seattle, it's just like that! we shared a Reuben and cream soda. There were so many places to eat in there, it was so hard to choose! Clint and Adam each got one of those super nom nom black and white cookies. I'm pretty sure I wrote about those in my NYC post, to die for! 

It's really difficult to get us all in one shot!

 We walked to Franklin's grave which was cool; old cemeteries always are.  People throw pennies on it, like a fountain. Then we went to Franklin Square! We had to get a cake shake; they are renowned you know, from Squareburger. Lincoln was lucky enough to ride the carrousel! since he rode one recently at six flags, he was a tiny pro. He rode that eagle, like he owned the thing.

he loved seeing me wave each time he went around. Doesn't look like it, but he was smiling and oohing!

This next picture cracked me up, yes it's blurry, but just look at those faces. What is with their expression!....

It was such a fun day! The weather was great for us, Lincoln was such a good baby( even though he's not a baby, I can still say it right?) we didn't even bring a stroller!! I hope he remembers these trips, even the slightest memory! I can't believe the summer is ending, onto new adventures. Uh hm, school! Kalob will be slinging on a backpack again in no time!