More Visitors!

About 2 days after my parents and sisters left, my Grandma and Grandpa Raiser drove all the way out from Utah to visit us. They stopped to see my Great-Grandma in Chicago who is 99 now!!! They felt it was just "on the way" so they kept on driving! My Grandma did a lot of Family History work while they were out here, and I even went with them for a day looking for a County Courthouse, certain documents and a few cemeteries. We even found a monument of one of my Grandpa's Great-Great-Grandfathers, who was an early settler out here in PA!! Who knew I was so close to home out here!

What A Week!!!!

Wow, talk about a marathon sightseeing trip! My parents and two sisters came out to visit and we went to see all the local spots. We started with Hersey, PA then did Washington D.C., Philly, Gettysburg and Shanksville on Easter Sunday, New York City we did Monday and Tuesday, and Wednesday we did Baltimore! Did I mention that this was all 1 week? We had such a good time and I loved being tour guide! I can't wait for more people to come visit- in fact my Grandma and Grandpa Raiser will be here next week. Someone must have spread the word that we have a nice big guest bed or something... It sure would be nice if anyone else wanted to come out. Lane's really been wanting to take someone out ocean fishing and I don't think it's going to be me. See below for a sample of the pictures we took!!!

New York City

We spent 2 days in NYC and saw: The Empire State Building, Grand Central Station, Times Square, Rockerfeller Plaza, NBC studios, Letterman Show, Central Park, The Manhattan Temple, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, NYSE, Wall Street, Ground Zero, Chinatown, Little Italy, SoHo and i'll just stop there!!!!

Philly

In Philly we saw, Independence Hall (took a tour), the Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross' house, Ben Franklin's final resting place, had a Geno's Philly Cheese Steak, and got pastries from Isgro's. We also stopped by Valley Forge on the way there!!

Washington D.C.

The Cherry Blossoms!

Lincoln Memorial

We also saw: The White House, WWII Memorial, The Constitution/Declaration of Independence, Washington Monument, and Arlington. *no time for any Smithsonian museums!

Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C.

The Cherry Blossom Festival started in DC on Saturday and the cherry blossoms came just in time! They are in full bloom, though for now they are mostly white blossoms and I think they are supposed to turn a pinkish/red color. The festival lasts two weeks, so there should be plenty of time for the blossoms to do their thing. If any of you consider a trip to Washington, D.C. in the future, I would highly recommend that it be around this time of year!