Philadelphia quick trip

Hello!

Just a quick update, that we got to go to Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago. They have completed the Temple there for our church, and anyone can take a tour through it.

It's so beautiful! The tour guides told us they had 2 architects working on it. And that those 2 architects looked at 1000+ pictures of historical sites all around Philadelphia, to incorporated as much as they could of those landmarks and colonial buildings, into the architecture and interior of the temple. It's very cool.

They also put a garden on top of the visitor's center next door, so you can walk upstairs and be on the roof. Then you see a cool view of the city buildings all around you. It's a really neat setting.

We stopped at the U.S. Mint that afternoon, just before going to our session time for the temple open house tour. Haven't been to that mint...it seems like we may have gone to the Denver Mint when we lived in Colorado? I can't remember now. Maybe I went there when I was a kid, but didn't take my OWN kids. That might be it.

There is also a cool boardwalk over the River that runs through the downtown area. We took a walk later that evening.

We stayed overnight, then got up and spent a couple of hours at Valley Forge.

Here are Kara and Teresa outside some of the huts they've recreated, that George Washington and his men lived in for the winter months they lived at Valley Forge.

Now we are back! And actually, last week we sent off David and Teresa, back to BYU for their fall semester! :( :( :( :( Where did the summer go?  We got up bright and early last Tuesday for them to catch a 6:15 flight. We of course had to stop for the traditional Dunkin Donuts.

David and Teresa started school this past Monday.

Not to be outdone, Kara started HER classes yesterday. She's our resident Junior in High School! She's been in soccer for a week now, and she also found out after tryouts that she made the Varsity Girl's Soccer Team. Very impressive, Kara :) :) :)

Good luck this semester, David, Teresa and Kara!