January Fun

YAY for Road Trips! Especially random ones through random states...
I spent Presidents Day weekend in the Midwest! It was a little spontaneous trip that turned out to be a blast. I headed first to Indiana where Bethany and I met up with Judy, stayed there one night and then we hit the road...here are some highlights :).
It was -16 degrees when we left Fort Wayne, Indiana...check out the snow-covered Indiana as we drove...

We lasted about 10 minutes playing in the snow the night we arrived...we were determined to make a snowman, but alas, the snow was too powdery...
On the road, one of our BIG goals was to see the GIANT BASKET! That's right in Newark, Ohio, the Longaberger Basket Company has a 7-story office shaped like a basket!
AWESOME...
We stopped for lunch in Zanesville, Ohio to visit with my grandparents and aunt. It was a blessing to see them, I love them so much...

We arrived in Pennsylvania after a memorable trip across Indiana, Ohio & a little bip into West Virginia...good times, random sights and good laughs. We arrived and stayed the rest of our long weekend with dear college friends, Kimi and Mike who live just outside of Lancaster, PA. This is the whole group :).
We played as the snow fell...
It was a beautiful, cold, snowy weekend...we visited all over Amish country, downtown Lancaster, and Hershey, PA.
Celebrated Kimi's Birthday!
Visited Hershey's CHOCOLATE WORLD...that's right...a free ride of how chocolate is made with a free sample at the end? And then a giant gift shop with every Hershey candy known to man? Good times indeed...


It was a great weekend to catch up with family and friends. Thank you, Kimi and Mike for hosting us, I am so thankful for your friendship. Can't wait for us all to be together again!
Thus ends my little excursion in January...the end :)
~Em