PA Trip, Sept '09

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Sunroom in our hotel room at The Scanticon in Valley Forge, PA	Chanticlear Gardens	Jim and Cris at the Gardens	James relaxing on the Mansion porch at the Gardens
Cris-tofer relaxing, too	Smile, Cristofer! You're on not-so-candid camera!	Barb...Is this a hydrangea??!	Hot stuff on a 'chili' day
Our backyard (if only)!	Mansion at the Gardens	Cristofer thinking about jumping in.	Original artwork in the Smoke House. Yes, John's a piece of work, too!
Beautiful gardens!	Cris and Barb. "And this is your basic flowering bush!"	Jim and Cris. Such pretty flowers!	See how pretty?!
Quick! Let's hide!	Look at the water wheel, Cris and Barb!!	Stone artwork in a pond.	Yoohoo! Cris and Barb! Over here!!
CRIS AND BARB!!! We're right here! You don't need a map! OVER HERE!!	Barb, Cris, and Jim meet their doubles at the reflecting pool	Beauty reflected	Can you pick out the faces?
Cris and John relaxing on the stone cOUCH.	Serenity now	True friends! At Cris' house.	Good people and great friends...Jim, Cris and Tigger, too!
Reflecting moment in our sunroom at the hotel overlooking Valley Forge Park	Warming up in our sunroom at the hotel	Dinner at Lonestar with good friend Theresa	Precious moment
John, Barb and Theresa at Lonestar... Yummy dinner and good times!	Dad's birthday dinner at Casey's, Newtown Square. Donna and twins Chloe and Calista, and daughter Sara	Fun with baby Kiernan	Niece Sara, Grandnieces Kiernan and either Chloe or Calista (Sorry, I still can't tell the difference!) :)
Fun times!	What's for dinner? Jeff's wife, Donna, waitress, brother Jeff, Tom's wife, Barbara Ann	Brother Tom, waitress, niece Lisa Ann, baby Kiernan, Lisa's hubby, Pete	Niece Kristi with her baby Kiernan, dad, and Barb
Sara and Chloe or Calista patiently waiting for dinner	Precious moment... Kristi and Kiernan	Father and daughter	Happy, special moment... Love you, dad!
A Rockwell-like photo	Daddy's little girl! Kristi's hubby,Jerry and daughter Kiernan	The Verrechio Family, Jerry, Kristi and baby Kiernan	Brother, Tom, his granddaughter Chloe or Calista and Tom's daughter Lisa
The Photopoulos Family, Lisa, Pete, twins Chloe and Calista	Having fun with Grandpop!	Beautiful girls!	More fun!
Chow down time! Yummy food!	All giggles with Great-Grandpop!	"I love you, Great Grandpop!" Sweet love shared	Fun times with birthday boy, Great Grandpop!
The Rankin Family, Jeff, Donna and daughter Sara	Nothing like a Grandmom's love! 3 generations...G-mom BarbaraAnn, her daughter Kristi, Kristi's daughter, Kiernan	HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD!!!	YAY!!
Mmmm, yummy cake!	Lunch at Chumley's.... Barb and Uncle Jerry	Aunt Marcy and Dad	Aunt Marcy, Dad, Uncle Jerry, John and Barb
Fun times with my mom's brother and sister, Uncle Jerry and Aunt Marcy	Dad, Barb and John in lobby of Radisson Hotel, King of Prussia, PA	Father and daughter :)	Husband and wife xoxo
Huh?! What is this contraption??!	"Hi! How ya doin'? Gotta rifle for me?"	"Look, hon! A war! How do I look?"	"Heh! What's all the fightin' about?!"
"Hi ya'll! Wanna be friends?"	"Man! You guys are awfully noisy!" John, "Look out, hon!!"	The perfect peacemaker!	EBible Fellowship Hall
Our rental car... Perfect fit!	We don't have any of these in Iowa;;; WAAAHHH :(	I see you!	Dinner at Outback with brother, Ken and his fiance, Maria
Maria and Ken	Yummy desserts!	Dad, Ken and Barb	Night time in the sunroom at hotel looking at highway construction crews on Rte 422
John with good buddy, Mark	Visiting great friends, Denise and Tom... A view from their garden at their house.	"Drinks are served!" Great hostess. Denny and Barb	Denise and Tom's daughter, Megan
Pretty woman!	Official fly swatter-er	Catching up	Beautiful!
Great conversation with a wonderful friend!	Hubby and I enjoying great company on Denise and Tom's veranda	A little serious talk mixed in with the fun	Denise and Tom sharing
John awaiting dinner	Time for some dinner mood lighting under their veranda	Pretty setting for a Fall dinner	Another view
Beautiful!	Wonderful friends, Denise and Tom!	Our visit to Valley Forge National Historical Park	Familiar territory. Where we used to live.
At The Depot	Awesome train we saw while at the Depot	Who dat?!	View of train from the Depot's parking lot
Checkin' up on things at hotel's guest computer	At Philly airport waiting to board plane home to Iowa	Smiley!	On the plane at Philly Airport. Had a wonderful time with family and friends back in PA
View of Philly terminal from the plane	Bye-Bye for now! :(	Up in the air headed to Minneapolis	Looking down maybe over a Great Lake's edge
Awesome view ;)	They were ready when we were ready	'Docking' at Minneapolis Airport	Gound crew doing their thing
This round mother-ship actually looks like a cloud!	An Iowa wind farm	Iowa's landscape is all gridded out in 1 mile squares. Orange colors are soybean fields, brown fields are corn.	Iowa from above
View of the Cedar River	Landed and docking at Southeast Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa	Bundled up secure in an aisle chair. Only way on and off airplanes for Barb. First one on, last one off.	Easy now! On 'causeway between plane and ramp
Getting ready to transfer into Barb's wheelchair which was brought up from cargo bay of plane.	Heave! Ho!	They were ever so careful. Great service of NorthWest people!	Ahhh! Back in my own chair again!
Our plane we just came off of. Now, home to our kitties!!

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