Thursday, March 31, 2011

Grandma's House and Pennsylvania Fun

LAST month we took a little road trip.  I am JUST now getting around to posting pictures, so I apologize for my absence!  Niles had a week off of work before he starts his new crazy schedule so we took the opportunity to visit with his family up in PA!  We stayed with his mom and dad for a week and then continued on to visit other friends along the way home.  We had a blast!  A random snow storm that made for some fun in the snow, wine tasting with his brother and wife, we had a chance to visit some old and good friends of ours, Niles' brother was indited into a wrestling hall of fame, we colored pictures for hours, prayed that our new nephew would come sooner than later, went out to eat, played cards, etc etc etc.....WE HAD FUN!

After leaving Grandma Kipps house we headed to the Pocono's to visit our dear Uncle Derek and Julia!  That was super fun also!  Uncle Derek took us to his Rec-Center where Dorian and Addy got to swim for hours!!  We now think Dorian should try out for the swim team! ha ha ha  We had yummy Pizza and when the kids went to bed our dear friends Tad and Nicole came to visit us also!  We played board games and had wine and laughed for hours!  It was sooooooooooooooooooooo good to see our friends who we've missed for so long!!!

We then left in the morning to go back to NC with a pit-stop in Harrisburg to get the BEST wings at Gilligans and see some of my friends that still lived there.  We drove part way and stopped somewhere in VA?!?! Not sure where but we had one more stop before we headed home!

When we lived in New Mexico we had an awesome group of friends. They would have given the shirt off your back if you asked for it.  We love them!  But right after Dorian was born they retired from the military and moved to VA.  We lost touch and really weren't even sure if they still lived in VA, but when we moved to NC we found them on Facebook!!!!  And as it turns out they only live three hours north of us!  So stopping to see them was a major priority on our agenda!!!  We met up with them for a late lunch and honesty I could have stayed there for days!  It was so great to see our good friends from New Mexico and so thankful for Facebook and our text message chats!!!

But after an almost two week adventure we headed back to our home in NC, to the real life!  It was fun, but I definitely can't wait to do it again!















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