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Second day (Friday) with the Schmidt family was a day in Philadelphia. We toured Independence Hall in the morning, looked at the Liberty Bell, and hopped onto one of the sightseeing tour buses. What a great way to see the city. We stopped at the Reading Terminal for lunch and that was quite an experience.

Elreth’s Alley is the nation’s oldest residential street. Its a charming row of homes that are still inhabited today. The following few pictures are from our time in the alley. At the very end was a set of twins selling lemonade.

Outside the Reading Terminal were a group of men playing “instruments” (drumsticks on the ground, bucket as a drum, etc.) I love the guy on the very end who stared at me the entire time I was taking their pictures.

Anthony, Taylor and Noah in Elreth’s Alley

Grandmother and Nanny in Elreth’s Alley

My handsome husband who is celebrating a birthday today!

I found this vespa and wall. I loved the bright colors of the wall and the vespa.

Coming up next: Time at Halo Farms and celebrating birthdays

On Thursday, we did some sight-seeing around Princeton. Starting at Princeton Seminary, we got a private presentation on old bibles from the Special Collections. Ken brought out a lectern that dates back to the 10th or 11th century. It was amazing to see it in the great condition it is. We also walked around Palmer Square and then heading over to Princeton University. We checked out the chapel and other buildings. I then cooked dinner for the first time in our new place. It will definitely take some getting use to the small spaces and the issue of water not boiling in a proper time frame. I was lucky that the pork tenderloin was just right and all the fixin’s were too!

Here is Anthony, Taylor, and Noah in the Main Lounge of Mackay Campus Center, PTS

Old Bibles

Love this Kopp’s Bicycle Sign. Mainly because the two wheels that are here have been there for years. They are intertwined and everything.

Up next, our day in Philadelphia. We are taking it easy today and then hitting it hard again tomorrow with NYC. Stay tuned all week for pictures!

Like I mentioned in the 5 on Friday post last week, we moved into seminary housing. I took a few pictures of the move-in as well as how its pretty much set up currently. There are a few odds & ends we need to figure out but its almost complete. Anthony and my mother pushed through on Saturday and got all the boxes unpacked and everyone hung on the walls. I was beyond impressed with how quickly it came together. Last year when we moved up here it took us 4 days. We beat that by 2 days this time. Complete in 2 days, can you believe it?!?!? We did do a little painting in the bedrooms, makes it feel so much more homey!

We have a huge sofa and it had to come through the sliding glass doors. Here are the movers getting it up.

My little garden on the patio.

The guest bedroom/Anthony’s office

Our bedroom

Living room

We have ordered bookcases from Ikea that will be delivered on Saturday that will actually go on this wall. It will be nice for Anthony since he has so many books.

That’s my bookcase, desk, and dining room.

Dining room & hallway looking into guest bedroom (the kitchen is to right and the PINK bathroom is on the left)