Matts Trip to Philly

July is the month of visitors...and it starts with Matty! Matt got in Wednesday night and I took him straight to WaWa to grab a sandwich! Which he loved! Gosh who would have thought one of the best turkey sandwichs I have ever had would come from the gas station! Well I guess I shouldn't be so surprised since we love Oklahoma Joes BBQ in KC and they are in a gas statioin!

Thursday we decided to head up to NYC! Luckily our friend Brian took the afternoon off and played with us in the city. We had a great lunch and then headed to Central Park-it was a great day with temps only in the 70's and lots of sunshine. We walked around the park for an hour or so and then hit 5th Ave. We went to FAO and played on the giant piano from the movie BIG! We then went to an Irish Pub to quench our thirst and then we headed back to Philly.

Friday we headed to Center City for lunch at a yummy Italian restaurant and then we went to the museum and ran up the famous Rocky stairs! I had never done it before so I was glad we got to do it!

Then we ventured a few blocks and went to the North Eastern State Penitentiary to show Matt our very own Alcatraz. He seemed to enjoy it and Vince & I didn't mind going on the tour again.

We hurried home to change and pack up the car for Matt & I's first Phillies game. Vince has been a few times and always talks about how great it is! We loaded up and headed to the stadium for a little tailgating but then we learned that you can't tailgate. Vince & Matt were not happy campers. We learned that you could sit in the car and have a beer but you can't sit or stand in the parking lot. So the boys made me sit in the car with them as we "tailgated". Once we made it in to Citizens National Park it was amazing. It is a huge stadium with tons of vendors, restaurant, bars and shops. The Phillies beat the Pirates so it was a great night!

Saturday we decided that it was the perfect day to go to the shore. Boy were we wrong...the 1 hr 20 min drive took us 3 1/2 hours because of all the traffic. I guess everyone had the same idea about going to the shore. But we finally made it to Ocean City, NJ and parked and headed to the beach! We landed a perfect spot right by the water and set up shop! We tried out our new beach chairs, played in the water, looked for shells and walked along the beach. After a few hours it was time to pack it up and head back to Philly so we would get Matt to the airport.

Thanks for coming to visit Matty! Hope you had as much fun as we did and that you hurry back soon!
Up next to visit is Molly then Erin then Carrie then my parents and then Marci! We are so happy to have visitors! Also FYI we had to use a credit we had with US Air so we will booked some tickets and will be back in KC October 8-12...perfect timing for Carrie's birthday and KU Homecoming.