We've had a lot of family in town for Nathan's baby blessing. We first had our Bennett Family come visit. We loved having them come and spending time with us. Little Nathan has never had so much attention at once.
We went out with them one day to the Franklin Institute (#8) and to the Fels Planetarium (#67.) They had an exhibit with the Dead Sea Scrolls which was very interesting. They had a lot of artifacts and had fragments of the actual scrolls on display. One of my favorite parts was that they had a block from the Western Wall in Israel. You could write a prayer on a slip of paper and leave it on the block. When the exhibit is done they will have the prayers placed in the actual Western Wall, so we wrote a prayer for Nathan to be put in the wall.
The Franklin Institute itself was a cool science museum. We saw a giant train, walked through a human heart, made helicopters, completed circuits, and sailed through the stars in the planetarium show. It was fun that there was so much hands on stuff to try. My favorite thing to see was the giant tesla coil go off and start sparking. We ended our day by seeing good old Ben himself.
We also went out to Bobby's Burger Palace one night for dinner. My sisters were especially excited since it is one of Bobby Flay's restaurants.
Nathan and I also joined my parents in going to Longwood Gardens. My dad, as the avid gardener that he is, loved it. He even stopped to chat with one of the gardeners to see if certain plants would grow in Utah. It was a little hot, but we loved seeing the gardens and being outside. It even inspired me to start planning what plants should go in our own backyard.
But most of all, we loved spending time at home with my family. My sisters were wild about Nathan and showered him in love and kisses. Byron held Nathan, which was his first time holding a newborn. He was so careful with him and so sweet. Everyone had to take turns with sharing him. We had a lot of fun with them here and we miss our Bennett family already!
We went out with them one day to the Franklin Institute (#8) and to the Fels Planetarium (#67.) They had an exhibit with the Dead Sea Scrolls which was very interesting. They had a lot of artifacts and had fragments of the actual scrolls on display. One of my favorite parts was that they had a block from the Western Wall in Israel. You could write a prayer on a slip of paper and leave it on the block. When the exhibit is done they will have the prayers placed in the actual Western Wall, so we wrote a prayer for Nathan to be put in the wall.
The Franklin Institute itself was a cool science museum. We saw a giant train, walked through a human heart, made helicopters, completed circuits, and sailed through the stars in the planetarium show. It was fun that there was so much hands on stuff to try. My favorite thing to see was the giant tesla coil go off and start sparking. We ended our day by seeing good old Ben himself.
We also went out to Bobby's Burger Palace one night for dinner. My sisters were especially excited since it is one of Bobby Flay's restaurants.
Nathan and I also joined my parents in going to Longwood Gardens. My dad, as the avid gardener that he is, loved it. He even stopped to chat with one of the gardeners to see if certain plants would grow in Utah. It was a little hot, but we loved seeing the gardens and being outside. It even inspired me to start planning what plants should go in our own backyard.
But most of all, we loved spending time at home with my family. My sisters were wild about Nathan and showered him in love and kisses. Byron held Nathan, which was his first time holding a newborn. He was so careful with him and so sweet. Everyone had to take turns with sharing him. We had a lot of fun with them here and we miss our Bennett family already!
2 comments:
That is so great you had all that family there for Nathan's blessing. Family visits are the best and it looks like you guys had a really fun time.
Glad to find your blog! I like your Philly bucket list, I may have to steal it. Good thing we already checked some things off this weekend!
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