54 days left...

54 days...

Philly food!

Who would ever be able to forget all the food that is known in Philadelphia?  I think we eat so much!  Ha ha, it has to be all the good food around.

Dairy Queen has been a great friend to us, yes it is left over from our Scottsdale, AZ days but we found one back here, and not to mention made Mike and Shelley go with us at least every other weekend, I will never forget the fun we had driving about 30 minutes each way just to get our blizzards or for me a hot fudge sunday!  Oh the conversations that we had on that drive...

This is a little restaurant in White Marsh, PA, just outside the city (for those of you who want to go it is on Germantown before you get to Miles park on the right in a little shopping complex).  It is the best Italian food around!  (Even our friend Mike, who is 100% Italian thinks it is good!)  This is another frequent stop for Mike, Shelley, me and Ted.  It is VERY affordable, but watch out the line can get long to wait for a table, go early! 

Now, to some of the more common Philly foods, Ritas Water Ice.  We frequented this place a lot last summer since it was within a 1-2 minute walk from our old house.  I haven't had it this season, but am def. going to have to get some before I leave!

Pretzels?  Who would think Philly is famous for this one?  Well they are!  And boy are the good and fresh!  You can find little pretzel shops all over Philly, and did I mention people here put a ton of mustard on them?  I never got that, but I did love a good pretzel every now and then.   

Last but not least!  The famous Philly Cheesesteak!  Boy are these a heart attack waiting to happen, but OH SO GOOD!  I love onions and mushrooms on mine!  Hey!  I'll take one right now!  I would love that, and then I would be out of my chore of cooking dinner... 

55 days left...

55 days left, 

We will miss all the great families and people we have meet here!  

This is a picture that we took this past Sunday with our friend Steve and his family (Steve is a recent convert to the church and his kids are also looking to get baptized).  Ted and I love to get to know everyone in our Church, they each have amazing stories and VERY strong testimonies that have built our faith making it strong, we will NEVER forget all the people that have touched our lives.

The last days in Philly...

Ok, so I know it is still 56 days away, but Ted and I are leaving a city we have loved living in!  While we are really excited to move back to warm Arizona, it still will leave us missing good old Philly and the many things that go on here.  

So....

This is why I have decided to try to post every day till we leave, something that we will miss when we live back on the west coast.  I will count backward from #56 and hopefully will get one everyday, if I remember!  Moving means you are busy!  And not to mention Ted's parents and good friend Austin will be coming out next week for Ted's graduation.

Here we go -

56 days to go, 

~Seasons~

This is just a cute picture of Lola I found while looking through my old photos, sorry got side tracked...(nothing new for me :)  )

Yes that is right Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter,  we will miss them all!  

In Arizona they only have one season: WARM.

Not that we are complaining about always being tan, going to the pool, and never wearing a heavy jacket, but we will miss the leaves like in these photos at our old house we had to rake ALL the time, and we will miss the snow.  We will miss the tulips and flowers in the spring and the rainy days with no sun that seem to span over weeks (ok maybe not those no sun days) but you get the point!  We will miss our Philly!

Eligah, we will miss you!

We have been so blessed to have many great friends here in Philadelphia.  Someone we are going to miss a lot when we go to Arizona is Eligah.  He is an amazing guy, with an amazing story and is so strong in the church, he has such a solid testimony.  We really will miss him, but he has promised that he and is dog, nightmare, will visit us often!