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We met my sister, Marv, at the Fairfield Inn by the airport. They didn't have a hot tub, but the pool was almost as warm. They had hot cocoa too! The kids enjoyed having their cousins around again.

The next day was Sunday, but we decided to spent it worshiping our founding fathers at Independence Hall.

Killing time playing the DS and hugging sisters.

A random cute baby boy who happens to be my nephew.

The Liberty Bell. Felt like a line at Disneyland trying to get a pic.

Marv left with her family after a late lunch. (I had to eat a salad, I couldn't stand one more burger at this point.) We were sad to say goodbye to everyone.

Too much girlie love.

We started walking up to the Poe house after goodbye. Halfway there we turned around to get our car. It wasn't that crowded for parking and the walk there was a little ghettoish. We didn't end up making it there afterall, we got sidetracked into the Benjamin Franklin museum. Fefe had a nice nap in her stroller (as she did most days).

One of the exhibits at the Franklin House let you dial a historical figure to hear what they had to say about Benjamin Franklin. The kids were entranced by the rotary dials some of them had.

After days and days of fast food, we decided enough was enough and went to Denny's for dinner. Food had never tasted so good. I love Denny's. The kids appreciated it too.

A bowl of blood (aka raspberry syrup)

Our flight the next day wasn't supposed to leave until 6pm so we had some time to kill. We found the Franklin Institute. It looked fun and with my Happy Hollow membership we had reciprocity and we got in free. The kids had put up with a lot of history and museums so they deserved a little fun.

This machine measured how much blood was in your body by weight.

Ephant has really enjoyed how many references she's seen about the Franklin Institute, including the 39 Clues. We are really hoping that the kids will enjoy history so much more for being able to picture the locations and have a personal connection to it.

Dropping off our rental car went really smooth. So smooth in fact that we had 2 1/2 hours to sit in the airport and wait. J and I were exhausted, but we found a play place to entertain the kids while we sat and vegged. That flight was on time, but our connecting flight in Denver was almost an hour late. Fefe slept most of the flight. Ephant slept a bit. Brother B didn't sleep great, but he put up with it. Loofa was so distraught towards the end because he was so tired and couldn't sleep. He was just sobbing. I felt so bad for him. Our flight got in about midnight and we got home around 1am.

We were very happy to get home safe and sound with everything intact (and no dead cats).