Trip to PA!

This past weekend, Tim and I made it up to visit all our family in Pennsylvania. As I mentioned yesterday, Friday night and early Saturday morning were not a very good start and I was questioning how the weekend was going to go, but luckily I was able to go. When we got home Friday evening from softball (around 12:20am), took showers and finally settled into bed, it wasn't long before I was up (around 3:15am) in the bathroom puking. It was too hard to lay down, because every time I did, it wasn't a good feeling, so I just decided to get up, get ready and keep myself busy around the house for the remaining time before Tim woke up at 6:00am. He was shocked when I walked into our room at 6:00am with make-up on, hair done, clothes on and our bags packed (he still thought I was laying in bed).

We made it up pretty quick and I managed to eat some Burger King (bad choice, I know) and keep it down! Tim and his cousin, Russel were going to play golf and I was going to go to the Yuengling Factory with the rest of the family. Tim's mom is one of five girls, so there is a lot of people to see when we're up there and always good times to have! I love going up there and hanging out with everyone. I could never had imagined that I would get to marry into such a wonderful and loving family! I just love them all. One by one, with each Aunt that arrived, we told our good news too. Everyone was so happy and excited for us! I was still not feeling so great but it was nice to take my mind off of things and tell people our great news! All of Tim's Aunts and his Nana were really so interested in hearing the details and of course, I love sharing it!

I still decided to make it to the Yuengling Factory, even though I wasn't sure I'd make it all the way through. When we got there (it's only a five minute drive), we had to walk up these crazy hills and it was so hot! We made it inside finally, only to be welcomed by an OVERWHELMING, horrible smell of yeast. It was unbelievable. Imagine--hot, 90 degree weather, 85% humidity, the smell of yeast and no air conditioning. I started to panic...what did I get myself into. I was NOT feeling well, waiting for the tour to start. Luckily, one of Tim's Aunt's, Aunt Bonnie, is a Nurse, so I felt safe with her, plus his mom was there too. They kept asking me if I was ok and I really appreciated that, because I was NOT feeling well at all.

The tour finally started and the tour guide brought us down to the caves where they used to keep all the beer before refrigeration and it was 55 degrees. Everyone was saying how cool it was and I was in heaven, I finally could breath! I could have stayed down there the whole time, and skipped the rest of the tour. I just tried to focus on the tour, the history and what the guide was saying. There were some really interesting facts. Yeungling is the oldest brewery in the United States (I knew this...hello, it's on all their bottles) but what I thought was the coolest, was that in a few years, Mr. Dick Yuengling, the current owner, will hand the business down to his four daughters. That means it will be owned by four women! I think that's pretty cool. All four girls work at the factory doing various jobs and will own the production in the coming years. Lucky girls. Only Yuengling family has owned the business since 1829, no one else. There were a whole bunch of cool facts that I learned and I did manage to make it all the way through the tour. It took about an hour. One thing that was terrible, was that at the end of the tour everyone got a cup of beer of your choice and so of course I got root beer...well I was only fifth in line, way before all the kids and the root beer ran out. I was so mad, not only could I not have a nice cold beer but then the root beer runs out!! I was not a happy camper. 

I did manage to take some good photos of the day.

Inside the caves

They used these up to eight years ago...crazy!

The bar that ran out of root beer!!!!

Aunt Bonnie, Nana, Rick, Tammy, Aunt Jen and Me (plus baby(ies))

Aunt Bonnie, Aunt Beth, Nana, Rick, Tammy, Aunt Jen

So, we had a really great time and I was glad to make it through the tour. We went by this candy store afterwards and I got some great chocolate peanut-butter fudge. The rest of the day I was shoving food in my face to keep the nausea at bay. Everyone up there can cook so well, I love all the home-good cooking!! So yummy!! I was in the bathroom a lot but did feel better, just so tired. We didn't go to bed until close to mid-night, so I was exhausted beyond imagine by Saturday night. I SLEPT SO GOOD; IT WAS WONDERFUL. I slept better than I have in two weeks. The puking stopped and since then, I have felt so good. No pain killers since Thursday, not even any Tylenol since Friday, no nausea and no more puking! I am feeling so good. The only thing that hurts on my whole body is my boobies! I slept most of the way home...so the exhaustion is starting to creep in, I think. Bring it on! :)

It was so nice to see everyone and I always look forward to a great time in PA!