Better Together: May 2009

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Duck Tour of Historical Philadelphia!---Such tourists!

Here are some fun pictures of our Duck Tour...Enjoy!

Here is a pictures of us in front of Independence Hall

Oh, yeah baby...the duck tour!

Matt and Seni blowing on there quackers...

The USS New Jersey...our duck was on the Delaware River at this time.

A tug boat in the background

Our baby!

Watching another duck come out of the water

Courtyard next to Betsy Ross' house

Betsey Ross' home

Us in the Duck Boat

Vietnam memorial

The happenings on South Street (fun people watching & great cheesesteaks here!)

Cousin Paul and Katie

Exploring the Suburbs--Doylestown

Since being here Matt and I have done a lot of driving around Montgomery and Bucks county. There are many cute places, but this cute town we got on camera...it's Doylestown. These are shots from their main street. It was so cute that I know our camera didn't do it any justice.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Happy Spring!

Oh, this is my favorite time of the year! I love to hear the song of the birds, the smell of fresh cut grass, the smell of rain, and of course the time change! Well, this has been a whirlwind of excitement for our family this past year. It was about a year ago this time we decided to go through the adoption process, as well as Matt officially deciding he wanted to go back to school. We had no idea these two huge life changes would meet us at the same time! When reflecting back on this...we have had a lot of change... We were finalized for adoption in June 08 Matt was accepted into BYU's MBA program in July after being initially wait listed We received a call on July 31st from our social worker we had been selected as birth parents Matt resigned from his position at Casa de Amma and left for school August 18th while I stayed to wait for Seneca to be born Seneca was born August 26th Matt moved our belongings a few days later to Utah Seneca and I had to stay in California while Matt was at school in Utah We visited Matt a couple of times a month until December; when we were able to officially move to Utah Adoption was finalized in March Seneca was sealed to us in March Matt's first year of Business school was completed mid-April! We all travel to California for 10 days to visit family and friends end of April Go back to Utah to pack up for the summer since Matt was hired as an intern with McNeil Pharmaceuticals (J& J), in Fort Washington, PA Leave for our trek to Philly May 5th Our first stop was in Lincoln, Nebraska, then to Milwaukee to visit Matt's sister, Chicago to visit Matt's cousin, Kentucky to visit Matt's Aunt and Uncle, Pittsburgh and then Wyncote; which is 20 minutes Northwest of Philadelphia! Whew~! We made it on Thursday, May 14th Here are some fun pictures of our trip to California as well as pictures documenting our trip out East! Please enjoy!