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My friend Valerie and I at work on the day we gave out lots of Flu shots and tried to make it fun for people while we stuck them with big needles…ha

The beach house was very different in many ways this year. No surf at all, totally different house and Chuck and I rented it all alone (this was the best part!). Next year we are going to go back to the old place since it was a hastle not having a garage for all the surfboards and beach stuff. it was nice being 4 houses off the beach though! The weather was amazing the entire time so we lucked out as always.

Jenna and E came out all the way from Oregon to spend a week with us. So much fun to just lay around and do nothing!

Here are some of the goods:

Betsy Ross house:

The Liberty bell:

Amazing sunset from our deck:

The coolest moss on earth:

I found the most perfect shell and then I turned it over and discovered my friend the snail:

The Phillies came through and broke the miserable drought that this city has been living in. Good work boys!

This is my favorite time of year. I love pumpkins..This was at a pumpkin stand in western PA. They had some of the biggest ones that I have seen in a long time.

On our way home from our anniversary trip we went by the Shanksville memorial for Flight 93. It was really nice. Again it was in the middle of nowhere. The sign coming into Shanksville said population 245. Seriously? That seems totally impossible to me but we drove through the town and it is totally possible! There was a whole lot of open space and very few houses.

The permanent memorial will hopefully be done by 2011.

Pennsylvania is really great. You can drive a few hours west of Philly and be in the middle of nowhere. It’s kinda cool to know that places like this still exist. Yeah for open spaces!

The big five year one was a couple weeks ago. I have been a little swamped with work/school/life so it’s taken me a little while to get this up.

We went out to Falling Water museum and the Kentuck Knob house in western PA. It was amazing. We had the best time.

I am the luckiest lady on earth! Does it get any better then this?

FALLING WATER:

Kentuck Knob: