McKinley's graduation

McKinley graduated from UVU with her Bachelor's in Exercise Science. Woohoo! Way to go!

(holding her diploma upside down)

 

Yard work

We were crazy and decided to do a whole lot of heavy duty outdoor projects all at one.

Built the gazebo

Built the greenhouse

Poured a cement slab for the hot tub

At least Koda had some fun. She's checking out the baby chickens during one of their first outdoor outings.

 

KFC scholar

Hayden received a bonus scholarship from work at KFC. He got an extra $5000 in addition to his other scholarship. 

Way to go Hayden!

 

Easter

Easter gathering at the Van Leeuwens this year

 

Phillie

Kent had a business meeting in Philadelphia and I was able to arrange work so I could go with him. It was a fun little get away together. I'd never been to Philadelphia before!

Our Hilton hotel room had a few of the river and we could see New Jersey on the other side!

Kent hates this picture, but we ate dinner at this steakhouse in an old bank and I thought it was a pretty setting.

City Hall was near our restaurant. The spring flowers were so cute and it was a beautiful building.

We took a hop on-hop off bus to see some sites.

Independence Hall

Liberty Bell

 

The Bourse building

Elfreth's Alley. The oldest residential street in the country.

Betsy Ross House

Masonic temple

One of the city's art installations

Love Park

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

The LDS temple!

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Rocky statue

Another view of City Hall

Cute apartment building

Crossing the Delaware

Benjamin Franklins grave. We paid money to get into this cemetery before we knew you can actually see it through the iron fence from the sidewalk. Oh well.

The Mint. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside.

The National Constitution Center. We watched a little one man play that was very touching about the Constitution.

It was a short but nice trip together. We did not get to eat a cheesesteak though.