We wanted to go to the Philadelphia Temple Openhouse but ruled it out because it started August 10th, when school started. We've been excited since this temple was announced since when we lived there we had to go to DC, which was about 2.5 hours with good traffic. We made a last minute decision to try and pull it off over labor day weekend and we're glad we did!
We started the tour across the street in a new chapel.
There's a utility building next door with a second story garden. That's where we took these pictures.
We decided to be tourists of down town Philadelphia while we were there since our kids probably don't remember when we lived there. This is a kids section at the liberty bell display building.
The Liberty Bell
A monument that I can't remember the name of.
The kids infront of the monument infront of Independence Hall. In this picture is Ellie and Ruby Ruch. We knew the Ruchs from when we lived there. They were nice to host us. We enjoyed spending so much time with them.
This is one of the story tellers around historic Philadelphia. When the kids listened to 10 stories that got a free ride on a carousel. The stories were actually pretty good. The weather was perfect for walking around.
Below is a "Children's Muster." They had a guy teach them how to march, etc. It was pretty funny.
Here's a Benjamin Franklin that I thought looked pretty legit.
Finally the free carousel!
And lastly, Lincoln lost one of his two front teeth on the trip, one week after the other front tooth. I had to get a picture of his smile. He was self conscience about it for a while.
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