Eating in PA

While Matt was a student at Valley Forge one his favorite activities was to go into town and eat Stromboli at a pizza restaurant   Unfortunately many stores and restaurants have changed in 20 years.  The restaurant at the top he thought was the redone pizza place so Stromboli it was on Friday.  Then he discovered it was Real Pizza (below), so Stromboli was bought to bring home to Virginia. 

Saturday evening we ate at a restaurant called Melt Down that only served grilled cheese.  Mmm, cheese!

Bri sliders and tomato soup

Crab cake grilled cheese

Grilled ice cream sandwich
grilled pound cake with chocolate ice cream and raspberry glaze

Valley Forge National Historical Park

Valley Forge National Historical Park

A site of an winter encampment during the Revolutionary War.
The far right of the picture is a white cannon in the background.

http://www.nps.gov/vafo/index.htm

These are the cabins the soldiers lived in, 12 men slept in each cabin.

Looks real comfy. 

This is the white cannon.

National Memorial Arch
Commemorates George Washington's army

General Anthony Wayne Monument 

Valley Forge Alumni Weekend

Matt's 20th School Reunion at Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, PA
April 26-28, 2013

Von Steuben Hall
Matt's dormitory 

The Alumni March

Matt got to march behind the band, he is all the way on the right in a tan jacket.

The Harold Trumpets before Chapel

This was one of Matt's jobs when he went to school here.

Students marching to chapel. 

Alumni Band Concert.

Shopping trip

MaryJo, Rachel and Emmaline went shopping at Ross. 

Trail Ride

                                               Now everyone can experience a horse ride.

Bed and Breakfast with horse ride

On Friday we packed up and headed to the quiet calm country side of North Mountain Outfitters.  They provided dinner Friday night, breakfast Saturday morning, and a nights stay in the bunkhouse.  

Steer head

Played with the dog and cat.

Horses grazing in the pasture

I love the one yellow bush

We had a campfire Friday under the stars.  While sitting watching the fire the cat visited us asking for attention.

We took a horse trailer to the trail head.

We crossed water.

The horse is Gigger

The horse is Diamond

Baking bonanza

Today we started baking, taking Aunt Vivan's advise and started early. Cake cups for the bake sale at work, sugar cookies to send to Michael, and a birthday cake for work tomorrow.

Enjoying the beautiful day

This afternoon Em, Rachel, and Sophie are enjoying the beautiful sunny weather by studying outside.  Study for a chemistry exam, check!  Write a paper on nursing research, check!  Sleep in the sun, check!  Wonderful afternoon , priceless!

Davids birthday

We had a fun time visiting with family and celebrating Davids birthday.

Trip to the cabin

Over the weekend we took a trip to our friends cabin near Lury VA.  It was fun relaxing by the wood stove or fire ring outside.  We visited the town of Lury for a quick meal.