Meet the spanish branch. Dave and I attend a spanish speaking branch of our church. Do I speak spanish? No. Do I understand spanish? A little. Dave actually translates sacrament meeting for me and then I'm in primary the rest of the time and all the kids speak English. Sometimes it gets a little crazy at the branch but we love it. These people are the most humble, hard working, fun loving people in the world! And they like to par-tay. Here are pictures from the annual Memorial Day picnic.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
The Phoenixville Run
On a typical Saturday morning, we do what we call the "Phoenixville Run". No, it's not some sort of marathon training program. It's just a routine that we've gotten into, going to certain spots in Phoenixville.
Sometimes it starts with breakfast at Nudy's Cafe. I get the most heavenly breakfast, Raspberry Melba French Toast, topped with fresh strawberries, blueberries and bananas. I get it every time. Dave always tries something new. This time it was eggs benedict. 
Next we go to the dollar store and the grocery store (because they are right next to each other). And the last stop on our "run" is Produce Junction. It's the best place to get cheap, fresh produce (and plants if you have a yard). We LOVE it! Produce is seriously half what it costs at the grocery store. And you know its fresh because it comes from local growers. But apparently we aren't the only ones that love this place because it is always crazy crowded on Saturdays. I took a picture of the chaos in the parking lot but it's hard to see. Let's just say we had to park on the street two blocks away.
Next we go to the dollar store and the grocery store (because they are right next to each other). And the last stop on our "run" is Produce Junction. It's the best place to get cheap, fresh produce (and plants if you have a yard). We LOVE it! Produce is seriously half what it costs at the grocery store. And you know its fresh because it comes from local growers. But apparently we aren't the only ones that love this place because it is always crazy crowded on Saturdays. I took a picture of the chaos in the parking lot but it's hard to see. Let's just say we had to park on the street two blocks away.Jenkins Arboretum
If you live in this area, you need to check out Jenkins Arboretum. It's beautiful and free (two words that go nicely together). Just in case you can't go, I took about a million pictures of it so you can feel like you were there :) We went yesterday after church, in between rain storms. I didn't mind the rain, it made everything look and smell so fresh.
Monday, May 12, 2008
New York!
We spent the weekend in New York with my parents and had a blast! Thanks mom and dad for showing us a good time!
It rained like crazy all day Friday so we mostly stayed indoors. That night we saw The Little Mermaid on Broadway--it was a fun show!
It rained like crazy all day Friday so we mostly stayed indoors. That night we saw The Little Mermaid on Broadway--it was a fun show!
Saturday we "Rode the Ducks". Dad was really excited about going on this tour--anything involving a boat must be fun, right?
The best part was the launch into the water, it was almost like the log ride at Lagoon :)
Then we went over to the Rockefeller Center and took the Top of the Rock Tour
Northern view from the Top of the Rock
Southern view from the Top of the Rock
Next we made our way to the South Street Seaport where we had a great view of the Brooklyn Bridge and were able to relax and get some dinner
Sunday we went to the New York Botanical Garden
This is our cute tour guide. He's a retired arborist from Connecticut who drives down about twice a month to give forest tours.
On our drive home Sunday afternoon, we happened to go by Coney Island and decided to stop. Dave was pretty happy to eat a hot dog at THE ORIGINAL Nathan's, home of the International Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Then we went over to the Rockefeller Center and took the Top of the Rock TourNorthern view from the Top of the RockSouthern view from the Top of the RockNext we made our way to the South Street Seaport where we had a great view of the Brooklyn Bridge and were able to relax and get some dinnerSunday we went to the New York Botanical GardenThis is our cute tour guide. He's a retired arborist from Connecticut who drives down about twice a month to give forest tours.
On our drive home Sunday afternoon, we happened to go by Coney Island and decided to stop. Dave was pretty happy to eat a hot dog at THE ORIGINAL Nathan's, home of the International Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Lately
I've been slacking on the blog lately. It's that perfect time of year when there are no ice storms or sweltering heat to keep you indoors with either your heater or your AC. Plus, since Dave got me photoshop for my birthday, any time on the computer is spent messing around with that instead of blogging.
But anyway, I wanted to share these AWESOME photographs that our friend Ginnie (Ginnie J Photography) took for us. I can't thank her enough! I LOVE them! Here are just a few:
On Saturday Dave's cousin got married in Washington DC and his reception was in Philadelphia at the Academy of Fine Arts. It was probably the fanciest party I've ever been to! The evening started with hor'dourves and viewing of the art gallery. Then we had a spectacular dinner followed by a traditional Korean ceremony (the bride is Korean and the groom served a mission in Korea). It was fun to see Dave's cousins and his grandma! We also stopped at the Logan Square fountains on our way home.
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