Trip to Pennsylvania (Part 3)

On August 23, 2009 we went to the Carneige Science Center with Jessica and Joe. It was so much fun. I really love that place.

We started the day with a little bouncin around...

Here are Charles, Jessica and Joe waiting for their turn.

Their shoes look way to big to fit on the shoe rack :) Funny


Charles of course had to go the highest and make it look soooo easy to do

Then Jessica took her turn and realized it wasnt as easy as he made it look

And Joe was just goofin off, havin a good time

Then we went to one of my favorite things when i was little. The earthquake room!

I love this because you sit in a little booth and you can experience what an earthquake could feel like. Its a lot more entertaining when you are little but we still had a good time as you can see.

Then we came to my favorite part of the whole 4 floors of the science center. The miniature railroad town. I love love love little towns and this one is really good. I took a million pictures of it but I wont show you all of them since I am sure not everyone will find this as entertaining as I do.

There is just so much detail. And a lot of moving pieces. Kids on swings, people mowing the grass and rowing a boat. Its so cute!

Then we went to the robot floor where Charles played air hockey against the computer. There was a line to play and everyone in front of Charles lost miserably. So of course he had to show them up...

And he did. He was the first one in line to actually score on the robot.

Charles was really really good about humoring me for pictures. I am so glad he is so easy going :) He's the best brother ever!

We then went to see a mini show called High Voltage. It was pretty interesting.

He had this girls hair standing straight up! It was cute :)

Then he had a few of the "kids" come up and all hold hands so that he could shock everyone down the line. Charles and Joe thought they should be part of the "kids"

Then they did something else that was really loud. And I seriously cant remember what it was even called but I love the picture so i put it on here :)

Cool right??

Then my next favorite part of the science center

The Submarine!

You actually get to go inside. Its really neat and it was actually in use many years ago.

That is way too many buttons! How do they even remember what they all do??

The doors are really small. You have to be a skinny guy to live in this thing.

Here is the kitchen

And where they would eat and play games

Jessica and I thought we would play games since we were there

There were also pictures of ladies which I thought was awesome

The sleeping areas were so cramped. Better not be claustrophobic!

And the small bathroom

Charles posing for another picture for me

Now I have Jessica doing it :)

And Charles and I at the end of the Sub.

After we were done at the Science Center we were starving so we tried to find the nearest "Eat'n Park" (They are everywhere)

Well the GPS decided we needed to head to an exotic car dealership instead. Crazy thing. So we tried another one and we finally made it there. The trademark of Eat'n Park is their smiley face cookie. So of course I had to get one :)

I also had to get this dessert and I am pretty sure it is the best dessert I have EVER had! So delicious!!

Stay tuned for Kennywood Park!

Trip to Pennsylvania (Part 2)

Saturday, August 22, 2009 we went with my Aunt Louann, her daughter Jessica and her boyfriend Joe, our cousin Carissa and her two boys, Easton and Colton. We all went downtown to ride the Gateway Clipper Fleet. Its basically a boat ride tour of Pittsburgh. We started off with some pictures of course :)

Here are Charles and I posing for our picture. My Aunt Louann was taking the pictures and at first she couldn't get it to work, then she took about 5 pictures one after the other. It was pretty funny but ill save you the pain of seeing all of them and only show you one.

Here is my Aunt Louann, Jessica and Joe

And here is Carissa and Easton and you cant see little Colton but he is in the stroller.

Before boarding the boat we cross a little bridge and Easton was really liking the ducks and fish

After the bridge we saw them painting the best picture ever! Steelers!! It looks awesome!

We finally were able to board the boat after an excruciating wait according to Easton

Here is some of the beautiful scenery we were able to see while on the boat. It was the perfect day for sight seeing!

In the middle of the ride, a clown came over to entertain us and do a trick for Easton.

He made sure to show us that the handkerchief was white with an outline of a clown...

Then he had everyone put in a colored hankie...

Then he had Easton say the magic word...

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Easton wasn't sure how to say that so the clown let him say it in pieces :)

Then they pulled out the hankie and...

TaDa!! Its full of color! Amazing!!!

Here is Heinz field. The home of six time Super Bowl Champions!

Go Steelers!

After the boat ride we ate some lunch at Station Square

and then walked around and just hung out.

My Aunt Louann was very impressed with the fountain.

Easton LOVES his little brother :)

Carissa and the boys went home and the rest of us headed to a look out to get some more beautiful pictures.

So beautiful. It was a fantastic day and we were very grateful that my Aunt was able to spend the whole day with us. Thanks again! We love you!

Stay tuned for...Carnegie Science Center (So awesome)

Trip to Pennsylvania (Part 1)

On August 19, 2009 it was my turn to head to Pennsylvania with Charles. We left at midnight. I was freaking out about getting on the plane. I even got a prescription to help me handle it. Luckily I have these awesome friends who gave me a sweet note and a necklace with St. Christopher on it so that I could be protected. And it was really weird, but I really felt safer. It was pretty much the sweetest thing ever! And I didn't even need my pill. I got on the plane and I was fine.

We left Utah and had a 2 hour layover in New York. I was pretty excited about being in New York even though I knew I wouldn't be able to really do anything but walk around the air port. And can I just say...It was not a clean looking airport. And the people were really rude. We ate at a little restaurant and I don't think our server smiled once. It was weird.

We arrived in Pennsylvania Thursday morning. We had a rental car reserved since I am now 25 and can officially rent one without paying an outrageous price. So we go to use my credit card to keep on file so if we decide to leave they can charge the card. Well it keeps denying apparently because it does a credit check if you use a debit card. Now I don't have perfect credit but its not that bad. So I was pretty pissed. We weren't able to use Charles' card because he wasn't the "driver" and if we wanted him to be we would have to pay an additional 37 dollars a day! Ya right! So I walk over to three more car rental places in the airport and they are all out of cars! So I call my mom and she jumps online and reserves a car and we walk over and get it and can finally leave the airport.

We were smart enough to purchase a GPS before we left on our trip. Can I just say...Thank Freaking Hell!!! I don't think we would have been able to leave the airport without it. Those roads there are so curvy and hilly its just crazy. So with the help of the GPS we made it to my Grandpa's after getting to go through a tunnel. I LOVE tunnels so I had to take a picture and show those who have not been in one :)

Once we got to my Grandpa's we just hung out there for the day since we were so worn out from the trip. My Grandma was also there and we just sat around until my Pap took her back to the Home. Then he came back and Charles an I got ready and headed down to the bar down the street. That is where he had Iron City Beer. Its a P.A. thing I guess. So I had to take a picture of that as well :)

On Friday afternoon/evening we headed over to our Uncle Kevin & Aunt Jodi's for a BBQ. They had a few people over to keep us entertained and it totally worked. Plus they keep feeding me fuzzy navels which were so delicious! They also deep fried a turkey and it was fantastic. They just set it in the middle of the table and handed us a fork and said to dig in. It was pretty much the most random awesome way to eat a turkey :)

They also had corn on the cob and a really great dip that I forgot to get the recipe for. Oh man, just thinking about it makes me hungry! We stayed there for a good part of the night and eventually headed back to my paps to get some sleep. We had a great time hanging out with everyone and are so glad we got to see them again.

Since I took over 700 pictures on this trip, I am going to post multiple blogs so its not super uber long.

Stay tuned for...Sight seeing in downtown Pittsburgh