Adios Philly

It has been a very bittersweet summer for us and I'm emotionally torn at the moment because I have a love hate relationship with this summer in Philadelphia.  We are both so completely and utterly ready to go back out west, but we are so sad to leave behind our first little {humble} home and friends.

I hated Philly because I never got to see my newly-wed husband and because I was far away from my family and friends {I actually missed Utah}.  I didn't have anything to occupy my time and I was home alone 90% of the summer, so I was miserably lonely and bored.

On the other hand, Philly was the best thing that happened to us.  Our relationship blossomed and grew so strong because of the very challenging obstacles that came our way.  We also met new friends and grew to love them dearly. 

Before we ended our Philly summer, we added a few more adventures to our list of {fond} memories.  Here are a few highlights:

Valley Forge 

Valley Forge was literally right around the corner from us so we spent some time wandering around and learning different Revolutionary War factoids.  We took more pictures, but of course they are gone, and this is the only one that survived...

New York 

Deep Sea Fishing in Jersey

The Evergreen Crew

Of course, I have zero luck in the fishing department, but Ryan caught a huge blue fish!