Gettysburg

Last week we went on family vacation with Philip's Mom's side of the family (the Malpass'). The destination: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. For those of you who know me, you probably just laughed out loud. Because let's be honest, I don't exactly love history. ok ok, I don't even like history. HOWEVER, I do LOVE Philip's family and getting to spend time with them was such a treasure. 
We originally planned on flying, but there are no direct flights and we would have ended up spending at least 7 hours on a plane/in an airport. So we decided we might as well drive, where we have the option to set our own schedule and stop whenever we/Ainsley needed to. We drive through the night and god there early Friday morning. I drove the first half and let me tell you how not fun of a drive it was. Driving through those swerve WV mountain roads, with no street lights, with on and off rain… when Philip woke up from getting some sleep, I was gripping the steering wheel pushed forward as hard as I could, almost in panic mode. He politely offered to take his turn. I gladly let him take the wheel:) 

The first day was pretty uneventful for us , just hanging out and letting ainsley play. During nap time Philip did a car tour of the battlefield and really enjoyed that.  We went to a german restaurant for dinner and ainsley and I both got to try spaetzle for the first time. We both loved it. 

The next day we found a children's museum that Papa took Ainsley, Cameron and Mackenzie to. They LOVED IT. This lady had just taken an old house and turned it into a big hands on museum full of science projects, imaginary pioneer houses, a giant bubble, painting, and lots lots more. 

fun for adults too haha 

giant lite bright! 

That night we went to a nice dinner at the Dobbin's House. Thankfully we had a room all to ourselves. We even got serenaded! 

getting papas ear 

Papa wore her pearls through dinner 

The next day was Father's Day. Ainsley had packed a special present for her DaDa and gave it to him when she woke up:)  We walked around downtown and went out to lunch. Then Brian found a Go-Cart track so we went there and let Philip and Brian race a few times around :) 

 That night we went to a park, had a picnic and let the kids run around and play.

this is when ainsley started saying 'bubble'

The next day we went to a medical museum, which resulted in ainsley and I playing outside in the grass while the others toured the museum. Then we went to Appalachian Brewery for lunch and had a very tasty lunch. 

Overall the trip went by so fast and we had such a good time getting to see so many family members that we don't get to see very often. Ainsley fell in love with Papa all over again and her love for her Uncle Brian grew. We were both so sad to leave everyone. 

Thanks Papa and Grandma for such a wonderful family time. We are looking forward to seeing again, hopefully very soon. 

Here are some random pics from the trip :