Ethan and I flew to PA to spend five days with my brother, Mike, and his family. I was really excited for the chance for Ethan to get to know my brother and his family (as well as for them to get to know him). We had such a nice time. Mike and Jen are friends with a family from their church who were so kind and offered their cabin for us! It was great to stay out "in the woods" and relax. The cabin was really comfy and cozy. We had a wonderful time as you will see in the pictures...
At the Philadelphia airport, we just had to try out a coffee ice blended drink. It was yummy!
Mike and Ethan enjoyed playing Othello together... At night, the four of us enjoyed playing "Settlers" together into the early hours of the morning.
Mike and Ethan also enjoyed playing with miniature remote cars. The point of the gaem: see who can survie the longest on the small table without being pushed off by your opponent...
We went to the park and watched the girls play on the playground.
Hannah really enjoyed the playground too. After awhile, she was brave enough to try the "scary" slide and she even admitted it was fun.
Becca on the swings, swinging all by herself.
Joshua, chilling with his daddy.
Becca loved to pick wildflowers. She and I went on a walk together and found many different wild flowers.
Joshua, Mike, and Hannah.
Aunt Lisa, Hannah, and Becca - at the very beginning of our walk into town to get ice cream at "Bonkeys" - a local favorite.
Jen and baby Joshua.
The ice cream was yummy!
Hannah enjoyed her soft serve chocolate.
Becca enjoyed her ice cream too - only when she was done she had half of it all over her face. :)
There was an old train station on the way back that was refurbished and look really cool.
Uncle Ethan helping Hannah and Becca leading the way home.
This was the cabin we stayed in. What a wonderful blessing!
I just love my nieces. Aren't they so cute?!
Adorable Hannah.
It was fun watching Uncle Ethan play with the girls. They really enjoyed playing with him, especially when he would chase them around the house and catch them. It was cute to hear their squeals of delight as they played with him.
Aunt Lisa, holding her adorable nephew, Joshua.
On our drive back to Mike & Jen's home, we stopped at this lookout. Ethan and I loved the view as it was so green - quite different than our So Cal desert landscape.
On the morning that we left, I took this picture of the fam. Mikee took us to Dunkin Donuts (my request) before we headed to the airport. We had such a great time with my brother and his family and we really miss them. We're so glad we got to visit them. Lord willing, we will see them again soon.
Our first night, we tried a Thai Restaraunt. The food was soooooo good!
The next morning, we went to a famous bakery called, "Tartine." We enjoyed some of their yummy bread and a pastry for breakfast before heading out to explore the city. 
As we were walking, we saw some cool houses, like these in the picture.
Pier 39. We had so much fun watching the sea lions.
We rented bikes at Pier 39 and rode all the way across the bridge to a town called Sausalito. All together, it was about a 9 mile ride. Boy, were we tired, but it was so much fun!
Just before riding across the Golden Gate Bridge.
Just after completing our trip across the bridge. Tired, but feeling a great sense of accomplishment.
Instead of riding 9 miles back to Pier 39, we opted to take the ferry back! This is the view we got of Alcatraz.
Our view of San Francisco from the ferry.
On the morning of our 2-year annivesary, we had breakfast at a cute little diner. We flew back home that day so there wasn't much time to explore but we had a leisurely morning.
