Just In Time

I'm about three weeks late in posting about our most recent trip - to Pittsburgh, PA to see our oldest son and daughter-in-law!  We flew up on August 31 and arrived back home Sept. 9.  Just a couple of weeks shy of cool weather and the beginning of leaves changing color, we still enjoyed relatively no humidity and pleasant weather...but mainly enjoyed getting to see our kids!  Charlie is doing great since his heart attack...he's been in cardiac rehab and was released from that Sept. 14.  That event was one I guess I wanted to delete from my summer memories, because I totally left that event out of my recent summer recab post! 

The first Saturday after we arrived, Charlie, Nichole and two of her nurse friends, participated in their first "Zombie Run"!  They had a blast and had so much fun, but all four agreed it was the toughest workout they had ever been through - they were ultra dirty/muddy and sore/bruised all over.  But their happy smiles showed that they were glad they had done this!  Quite an accomplishment for someone just getting over a heart attack, I thought!

Nichole worked except the weekends and one day during our time there, while she took care of business, the three of us took some time to view some sights and see some interesting places.  There are a lot of beautiful bridges and TALL buildings downtown.  We also saw the stadiums where the Steelers play football and where the Pirates play their baseball.  We also saw and toured a submarine, saw a riverboat, and toured through the Carnige Science Center, which was interesting. Sports Works was adjacent to the Science Center, and it was a really neat place.  Charlie was able to experience his first rock climbing wall and I think he'll do more of that in the future!

There were some WONDERFUL places we all got to enjoy for some meal time...three that stood out were "The Cheesecake Factory", "Mad Mex" and "Bonnie & Clydes" -- yummie, yummie!!!  We also had a fresh, warm Amish donut when we went to the farmer's market and saw some amazing handmade furniture...wish we'd brought our car - we might have brought back lots of goodies and maybe even some furniture!  And, we also went to the gym to work off those extra calories we indulged in. 

Fortunately, we had no airport issues at all and arrived safely there and on return.  Our time with our kids and "grand cats" was enjoyable and we are so glad we made that trip.  I'll share a few pics here in a bit!

Also while we were there we learned some great news...Nichole had interviewed for a job in Pensacola!  She was on pins and needles (no medical pun intended) waiting to hear something back, but we learned this week that she had been offered the job and will start on November 5th!  They will head south on October 13th and we can't wait!  Her family is thrilled as well, of course, because they live in Pensacola!  But, for us, 3 hours away is so much better than 20 hours!  God has been watching over them and we know He will again in this move.

Now, here's some pictures from our trip [they are so not in order, sorry):

Onyx - His favorite spot

Pepper - she rules!
 

LOVED this place!!!!
 

Charlie's first climb - Sports Works/Carneige Science Center

Nichole & Charlie outside Bonnie & Clyde's - great food!
 

Beautiful, but makes me appreciate my "small" city!
(So glad we've started our weight loss challenge now!)

One of the City Views
 

Another view from the other side of the river


 

Two of the many beautiful bridges



USS Requin

Entrance to RoboWorld at Carneige Science Center - very interesting



 

Lost in Space fans....Robot

Bad Robot from Lost in Space

 

Star Wars fans - C3PO & R2D2



 

These were just a few of the pictures...trying to gather pics from 2 sources...decided to ease off!  We'll move on to new adventures and new sites...to infinity and beyond!