Weekend Fun

In keeping with my new goal to blog once a week, here goes.

Friday afternoon Rick came home early, around 1:30 pm and we drove to Doylestown to walk around, since it is another quaint touristy town that we have wanted to explore. But we got there at 2, and it was hot and muggy, so we walked for about 1 hour and called it quits.

Saturday we took the commuter train into Philly, to Market East. We bought the Independence Day pass which was $22 for both of us. Next time we will get the round trip only, since we didn't ride the trolley or busses (didn't think we would but just to be sure...) and that would have cost $19 for both tickets. The train was clean. It didn't take much longer, if any, than driving would have taken. Plus we would have had to pay for parking. We wandered around the market (can't think what it's called right now), bought lunch, which was a corned beef sandwich to share and was delicious. Then we just walked the streets downtown for about 2 hours. Quite fun. Went back to the train station and walked around the mall, which is 4 stories. Then hopped on the train and came back home. Forgot the camera and Rick didn't have his phone, so no pics.

Sunday was church. We got a call in the morning asking us to substitute in the nursery, which we did, but made us realize we aren't young anymore. Only 3 kids, quite cute.
I had made banana oatmeal muffins in the morning, so we took those around to do HT/VT. Learned a little more where people in the ward lived.

Monday we got up and did some shopping, I made the pasta salad, and we drove over to the ward picnic at 11 am. It is a Sounderton Ward Memorical Day tradition. We left around 1 because we had invited a couple over for a BBQ later in the afternoon. It was quite hot, so we couldn't use the deck (it also faces west, which is bad), other than for Rick to grill. I guess we did a little, as their little girl was on the grass blowing bubbles, but with the sun beating down, even the table umbrella didn't do much good.

Yup, that was it.

A Walking Talk

I was going to start entering another post every Sunday. Sunday came and I realized I had nothing to blog about. Politics fascinate me, and I follow it very closely, but I'm not sure I want to turn this into a political blog. Too much work, not enough readership to make it worthwhile!???###&&&

A friend from our new ward invited me to go walking yesterday and then have lunch. We went to New Hope and Lambertville, which are resorty, touristy, types of towns. New Hope is on the PA side of the Delaware River, and Lamberville is on the NJ side. It was relaxing and quite enjoyable, going into all the quaint little shops. I got a pair of Bass navy blue and white polka dot flip flops for $10. Then we drove to Doylestown, where Allyson lives, and is another quaint (bizarre , curious , droll , eccentric , erratic ... adjective: old-fashioned; nostalgically attractive - in case you don't want me to use "quaint" again), PA town.

I can't download any pics because I took none.

Back Home Again

I got back to PA on Sat, around 5pm. Rick flew in from Ireland at 3pm, so I was a little nervous all along, hoping that his plane would not be delayed, etc. I didn't bring keys for the car left in the lot, and so would have not had a way home. I don't know anyone here well enough to call and ask for a ride (the airport is about 50 min away, without traffic). I decided I would have 3 options: commuter train, taxi, rent a car. Without a GPS, I'm not sure I could drive to my house, I still would need a ride from the train station to my house (I could have walked, but it's about 2 miles dragging 2 huge suitcases), so that leaves a taxi. Luckily, Rick was there and I needed no plan B.

Here are the pics of Stella and Macy.

New Beginnings

I was rereading some of my old blogs. It made me sad that I didn't keep doing it. I was going to use it as a type of journal keeping log.

Rick and I came to Utah to be with Paige (and fam) and Scott for Easter. Rick stayed a week, then went back to Pennsylvania, and I'm staying on for another two weeks, to spend time with my sweet granddaughers. So much fun!

This pic was taken in Jan after Macy Renee was born. Don't she and Stella look adorable! I will update with the Easter pics next post.