June in Philly

June Started and ended great.  I did a lot with friends and then said goodbye to some.  I did some traveling fun with friends and here are the pictures

 On a trip to NYC we saw an anorexic Cookie Monster and Elmo

 Then jumped on the free Stanton Island Fary

 Saw the Statue of Liberty from a far.  She was still pretty amazing

Saw the FAMOUS dog that skateboards around New Jersey, and evidently New York.

 Walked around and saw this sign that made me chuckle until I realized that it was up because we were by the Twin Towers Memorial (and then I understood why it was there).

 The awesome ladies I went with

Later in the Month

 One of the very few times they were willing to not only pose for a picture but also hug each other (without it turning into a wrestling match).

 

 We went to the Raspberry Festival with our friends Kay and Dalyn Montgomery.  (not pictured Marley and Luke)

 We got to see Dad for a few minutes after he got home from rotations

 And spent some quality time with him

:)

 The kids and I met some friends at a few splash parks around the city.  It was really fun until Luke burnt his feet on the hot pavement...

 I watched a friends kids while she packed her house getting ready to move to Utah.  We sure miss these kids. (the boy sitting next to Devy is who she claims she is going to marry when she is in college)

I guess I will rewind to the NYC trip since I am not going to take the hour that it will to move these pictures up...

 We also visited a random Ireland field in the middle of the city (it wasn't random since it was a Ireland starvation memorial)

 And then we went to the BEST place ever to get a burger and fries.  Seriously though, I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I was eating these fries.  (And yes I did not get the irony of this pictures until now)

 We of course had to so see Time Square

 And yes we had to go into the Toys R Us... I think we stayed the longest in here...

 After walking around for an hour looking for it, we finally found 30 Rock so that I could take a pic for the hubsters

My awesome friend Kay also got us into the Natural History Museum where we got to see a bunch of stuffed and real animals, plus watched some butterflies break out of their cocoons.

We then ended the month playing in the fire hydrant on our block.  And yes this was a regular occurance and yes everyone did it.