Last Friday I met up with a friend of mine, Lauren to take some newborn photos of Danny. He is such a sweet even-tempered child. Unfortunately I am under the weather or I’d post more about the session and more photos. I will come back at the beginning of next week to show him off a little more!
I’m obsessed with baby piggies!
On Sunday we headed up to NYC. We did the City Sights NYC bus tour and learned a ton of information about the city. We stopped at Central Park, Times Square, and then after the Lion King we had dinner and went down to the Brooklyn Bridge. It was a jammed packed day that’s for sure.
Waiting for the train at the Princeton Junction station.
This collage is a mix from our day in Philly & NYC. All are from my P&S. From L-R On the Philly Bus Tour, Top Floor at Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Inside Lion King Theater, Outside Lion King
Time Square & Brooklyn Bridge
Saturday we took a break from the hustle & bustle to celebrate birthdays. Anthony has two younger brothers and they all three celebrate birthdays in the month of July (actually within 5 days of each other). We celebrated in a quiet way by stopping at Halo Farms near the Trenton Farmer’s Market in the morning, a quick visit out to Terhune Orchards, and then a leisurely afternoon seeing Harry Potter.
I had never been out to Halo Farms (970 Spruce Street, Trenton, NJ (609) 695-3311), but had heard about it and even tried their ice cream before. We pulled up and were greeted by “cows” milling around on the side of the building. They were really creative in their placement of the cows, even had several around a “watering hole”. The big shocker to me was walking in and seeing the prices on everything. A half gallon of milk is currently $1.09. That beats any grocery store around here. Ice cream is buy 2, get 3rd free. We took advantage of the ice cream and ice tea. Too bad I had just bought a gallon of milk at the store two days before.
The family at Halo Farms (Noah, Taylor, Vicki, Gram, Anthony, Nanny)
The birthday boys; Taylor (21), Noah (15), Anthony (27)
Up next: Sunday in NYC
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)
