Our Trip to Philly

marissa reminissing about kindergarten
maria in front of the liberty bell for some reason I put the picture in order but they scrambled and some duplicated sorry so tired can;t work this well LOL

big sister and little sister

this was at the end of our day today I stopped in front of marissa's old kindergarten school which she attended in 1997-98 school year and she was so excited to see a blast from the past we had so much fun but I cannot physically walk im down for the night. we had a great time with marissa I wanted to cry but not in front of her because I miss her soo much words can't say it and the fact she's turning 16 tomorrow how time flys.
here is maria in front of the liberty bell

this is marissa and maria
we were at bennigan's for dinner and I finally got marissa back with the waitress staff singing happy bday at the end of our dinner which consisted of soup and broccoli bites our favorite

these are all pictures inside liberty place

this is where the liberty bell once rang back in the 1800's before retiring inside the liberty place

george washington

I took alot of pictures of different angles of washington square
washington square

the horse blue stopping for a drink of water

me, alexis and maria in philly since I can't walk far we took maria on the hosre and carriage ride a real short one so she can have a glimpse of philly. Maria ate a water ice from the vendor which she never saw one of those before.


this is washington square where our four fathers would go and sit
these are all historic buildings in philly
here is of course idependence place

this is maria taking window pictures on the airplane

this is maria we took a rise on the EL into philly. while riding on the EL maria says wow mom I can't beleive I got to take two airplanes and a train I am so excited this is really fun she says then after visiting the liberty bell we were going back to catch the EL back to 69th street and maria says mom it smells in here we were going down the steps to the El and thats were the homeless go and it did smell of urine but I was used to that at one time but it wasnt pleasant after all these years

this is the twin cities in minnesota as we were getting ready for landing
this is a kodak moment maria talking to daddy before second airplane ride

maria was amazed that we were inside what she called the big puffy clouds

this was us taking off at colorado springs airport what a view of the rockies and no this one picture is not slanted it is us going up on a slant at takeoff

maria at the colorado springs airport ready for her 1st plane ride

can you tell she is excited she said she can't wait to see her big sister and her family and her future husband andrew as she calls him she will be visiting vith andrew and his family on saturday and sunday she is just so excited

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