Christmas: Part 1 - In New Jersey

This year we spent Christmas with Tom's family in New Jersey, which we hadn't done since 2005 after his father passed away. So we packed up half our house and left on the 19th. We stayed overnight at my sister's in Hershey, PA because she was graduating from Penn State the following morning. What great timing!!! My whole family wasn't able to make it, but Dawn came with her 2 oldest, and Jordan, Hannah, and Courtney also made the trip. After grad we went to TJ Rockwell's for lunch. Yum-my! Here's a photo of their awesome cheese fries. (I think it's a little fuzzy because my sibs were making fun of me for taking the picture and I was laughing.)


After we said our farewells we headed the rest of the way to NJ. Tennyson was amazingly fantastic on the trip. Honestly, he was great!! There's really not a whole lot to report on the week we spent there other than it was good to catch up with friends and family. We spent a lot of time at home napping every day (a rare treat for me!) and we often ventured out to the mall, since we don't have a good mall near us. Hello, Garden State Plaza! It was nice to be out of town though and see some different scenery.

Tom and I were both amazed at how well Tennyson did in a new place and sleeping in a pack-n-play all night. He didn't wake up once in the middle of the night while we were at his brother's. And on the trip home, which normally takes 6 hours, took almost 8 with a long lunch break and traffic, Tennyson slept 2 1/2 hours of it and didn't get the slightest bit fussy until we were about 15 minutes from home! Praise God for a good little traveler! Here are a few photos from the trip. (I will be putting more on Facebook.) Hope you all had a blessed Christmas with your families!

Tennyson giving Maricel, Tom's sister-in-law, a kiss.

The neighbor's trees in the backyard

Getting ready to head out into the cold

Tennyson being a silly boy!

Tennyson and his Grandma (Tom's mom)

Helping Tennyson unwrap gifts. He actually knew what to do this year!

Blowing kisses to Mommy on the ride home