make new friends, but keep the old...

that's just what we did today. tony and i headed out on a road trip...destination, hershey, pa.

first stop was sinking spring to allow our old friend bobbi-jo and her brood (ryan and kara) to join in the fun...

we hopped on the turnpike and headed toward hershey to meet our new bloggie friend jannica and her little guy owen! it was such a funny turn of events that allowed bobbi and i to meet our "internet" friend in real life...it all happened so quickly, but i am oh so glad it did!

jannica and her son were in harrisburg to meet up with her husband who has been working at the eastern sports and outdoor show at the farm show complex all week. while reading jannica's blog on friday, i commented how it would have been cool to get together as harrisburg is only about an hour from us. i thought she had been there last week, but no! she was still in town!! we quickly made plans and i called bobbi!

it was great to finally meet her and her son owen in person after chatting with her over the past year after hopping to her blog from bobbi's. we enjoyed chocolate world and the ride and then headed to red robin for a yumm-o lunch. turns out, red robin is one of jannica's favorite restaurants (as well as mine) and bobbi had never been there...it was a good time for all. the hostess even came around and gave everyone carnations in honor of valentine's day. the boys thought that was cool and ryan was even sweet enough to get one for his baby sister!

bobbi with kara and ryan, jannica and owen, me and tony d

we had a great day and can't wait to see jannica, owen and meet her husband mark on their next trip to pa for the show next year...or before on our next trip to the finger lakes...which may be sooner rather than later as i am out of my favorite, glenora bobsled red wine! hee hee!

here is a slideshow of the rest of the pictures from our fun day in hershey.