PHILLY DAY TRIP WITH RM'S JUNE 2015

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Sorry I have been so slow posting...it was difficult while we were traveling/visiting Jersey.

I spent almost a month back East with our daughter, helping with their new baby.  President Taylor joined me the last 10 days of the trip and we made plans to meet up with whoever we could find in the area.  We were sad we did not get to see our Washington DC contingency as our plans changed.  NEXT TIME!

 First up was CRYSTAL TURNER, who lives about an hour from our daughter in New Jersey.  She is working as a nanny out there.
We have been blessed to see her several times since her mission, so this was just like being with a daughter for the day!

Can you tell she is super good with children?  We dragged her along with us to a great CHILDREN'S MUSEUM on our way in to Philadelphia and our grandson Bennett fell in love with her right away!

 They were fast friends all day long!


After the museum, we headed to the historic areas of Philadelphia to check out the LIBERTY BELL.

It pretty much rained all day...and we had looked at weather reports that said it would end around 2:00 PM.  So, we did not bring umbrellas.


We waited in line for a long time to get in, but it was great to be in this historic part of the country!

We stuck around long enough to wait for another arrival, MEG EISELE!

She drove down all the way from Albany New York, about 4 hours away to spend the day with us!  IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE HER AGAIN!

 We spent the afternoon visiting the Liberty Bell,  then Ben Franklins' Printing Press, watched the historic films about the area and then got to tour INDEPENDENCE HALL.

It was really a great experience!

You can see all the photographers in our group!

We got front row seats in the room where the declaration of Independence was signed.  Very cool!

 We stuck around long enough to wait for our local RMs to get off work and make it downtown to meet us.



RYEN SEAMAN AND HER FATHER took us to an amazing place in the city!  Brother Seaman works in the building where the old FEDERAL RESERVE was housed in the past.  It was so neat to see all the old metal doors, artwork on ceilings etc.  The building is now used for offices for the Jefferson Hospital and houses the well-known orthopedic group offices that Brother Seaman runs.

 This is the board room for the company.  It still maintains the decor from years and years ago, as it is still a historic register building.

You can see that we were also joined by GREG McCUCH who lives and works in the area.
 Greg was joined by our two little grandsons...this was so cute to see them watching a video with him.  They were actually showing him some favorite funny videos!  SO CUTE!

We were privileged to be taken to the basement where the old VAULTS are.  It was amazing to see even just the door!  IT WAS HUGE!
(Maybe Greg will forward me the photo he got of himself by the door for perspective. )

Our little grandsons liked the case with just tools they used in caring for the vaults.

The entire basement was really cool...many interesting ways into the vaults that were all super protective; secret passageways and glass in floors and mirrors in hallways etc.  We got the real personal tour!  THANKS BROTHER SEAMAN!

 After the tour, it was still POURING RAIN and we had been on a hunt for somewhere open to get something to eat, the little ones wanted pizza, so the Dads went out to find a local place and brought back AMAZING pizza for us!

They braved the rain for us!  THANKS AGAIN!

You can see how happy we were to be together!  

 We came, we saw, we ate and we LOVED being together!
How wonderful it is to see our beautiful mission children, how well they are doing in their lives, and the goals they have for their futures!

WE LOVE YOU!  You are making a difference wherever you live across the country/world!