wow, what a weekend!

my friends came over to my house for the weekend
to spend time with each other.  

it was one of the best weekends i ever had!

thursday, 7/25 i took the commuter bus to d.c.

then took amtrak to philly where lynette picked me up.

she and i went to philly airport to get holly that flew in from 

north dakota then we went to get melody that came from texas.

it was soooo good to see holly again and

it was so nice to finally meet melody!

we all went to old city in philly and had dinner at the city tavern.

after that, we walked around to see independence hall,

liberty bell, etc. then we headed to my house.

friday, 7/26, i took the girls to wrlc to show them where i work.

then we went to baltimore. we walked around inner harbor and

had lunch at pf changs.  we went to the 27th floor of baltimore

world trade center.  then we went into various stores to find

souvenirs for the girls' family. 
we went to barnes and noble since i thought

it'd be cool to check it out because it is in the old power plant building.

we chilled out on the balcony of b&n then went to annapolis.

we made it to starbucks downtown annapolis before they closed. 

 lynette was really curious what it looked like since she loves history. 

it was where george washington played the game of poker and

lost a horse in a bet.  after that, we walked around downtown.  

the weather was gorgeous!

we had dinner at old galway bay...yummy!

a lot of laughing, of course. it felt like i put my abs to work

by laughing so much!

we went back to my house then went to chestertown the next morning.

the girls saw the farmer's market and i think
they enjoyed themselves walking around.

eventually we walked down to chester river to do some photo ops.

we had lunch at brooks tavern and they surprised
me with chocolate lava caketo celebrate my "40th" birthday. 
i kept on telling them that i wasn't

going to turn 40! just 39! poor them...they felt so bad!
LOLOLOL!

anyhoo, we went back to my house and we all packed.  it was sad but

still we would still have more time to spend with each other!

they spent some time at the house then we finally left around
4ish and headedto embassy suites at philly airport.

the hotel was quite interesting...a lot of family reunions but still

we all had fun.  we had dinner there and it was where melo
peed ice cubes!

we all went to bed after midnight and i woke up at

3:30 to wake up holly

4 to say good bye to holly

5:05 to make sure melo woke up

5:25 to make sure melo wasn't in the bed

6 to say good bye to melo

8:40 to wake up!

it was so sad saying good bye to holly & melo. :(

but they both made it home safely.  

i hope it won't be a long time until lynette & i see them again!

as of now, lynette & melo added the pictures to google +

and i will add more pictures later but for now, those are my favorite...