Jana comes to Philly!

I know I post a lot of pics, but I just had to share some from Jana's adventure visiting us. We had the best time. She came for about a week, and I wish she didn't have to go back. Shawn was gone for most of the weekdays with rotations, so we partied without him, but he got to join us for the fun on the weekends.
Day #1 Amish Country

We drove around and did a covered bridge tour. This one was our favorite. 

Outhouses at the Amish school. Can you imagine?! I love the bonnet and hat to show boys and girls. What a simple playground

Here is the school 

petting zoo

Amish Farms are soo beautiful

Poor Kanyin spent so much time in the car on our adventures. She did well keeping entertained.

Yah we just made some soup inside a pumpkin. Sooo delicious!!

FHE carving pumpkins

We live close to a place called Forbidden Drive. It is a walking/running trail. It is so so pretty.

I built up a few more muscles carrying this monster :)

We found a covered bridge on our walk

late night hockey game! 

Go Flyers!

Philly time!

Philadelphia is getting a temple!

Reading Terminal Market in Philly. There are so many different food options! We had some amish pretzels and Thai food

Silly shutdown....at least Jana got to see the outside of Independence Hall

Betsy Ross's house.

Elfreth's Alley is the oldest residential street that is still a residential street. 

Kanyin fell right into a good mud puddle. Her pants and shoes were coverd! She was pretty distraught as you can't tell. A nice lady saw what happened and let us into her house to get her cleaned up.  

Can't go to Philly without a cheese steak

Crazy New York City!  9/11 memorial is always humbling to see

Yes those are real rats. There are some interesting people in NYC

Jana in the overwhelming times square

We went to Valley Forge the next day. I had a photo shoot to do there, so Jana and Kanyin walked and played around while I took pictures. It is such a beautiful place and lots of history. 

Jana's last day Washington DC! And the government knew Jana was coming across the country to see DC and decided to end the shutdown just for her :) We were super happy we were able to see the monuments etc. 

art museum

Kanyin loved loved collecting rocks everywhere we went

Everyone loves saying hi to Kanyin. Oh yeah...we had some indian food. 

Jana's so strong!

Natural History Museum

Shawn being Shawn

of course we had to do a photo shoot to capture the gorgeous Jana! More pics from her photo shoot are here You just have to scroll down a bit.

Sorry for the billion pictures! Pictures is kind of my thing if you can't tell :) I have been LOVING the pictures you guys have been posting. It is crazy to see how fasts everyone is growing! We miss everyone so much.  We are going to be coming for Christmas, so we'll have to have a get together some how, some where.
 I can't wait to hear about Dallin's homecoming. So crazy his two years are up. I am taking an institute class and our teachers are a senior missionary couple serving here from Rexburg. They work with and lived close to Dallin and they always tell me he is a favorite missionary and just so good. Thanks for being such a great example Dallin!