Another reason this place is my happy place is because it is the one time of the year when my whole family gets together; my brothers, their wives, their children, aunts and uncles, and friends. Not every year can everyone make it but this year everyone was able to come. Oh wow, I can't describe how special it is. To see my children play and chat with their cousins makes my heart leap. Maybe because I never had that growing up. It is something I always dreamed of. Also, I live pretty far from my family and it is the one chance of the year where time stands still for that week and we can to talk, laugh and spend quality time together.
This year we decided to drive to OCNJ which can be a 10+ hour ride depending on traffic. We decided to break the trip up this year and stay in a hotel half way from our destination. We figured it was part of our vacation and family fun. Who doesn't like spending the night in a hotel? The girls were so excited. And so we're we. It was 5pm when we arrived at the hotel (got a late start driving) and we still had 4 hours to go... and the traffic was really bad. Probably would of taken us a lot lot longer... As you can tell in the picture, Ally our youngest was happy to stop driving and go swimming. So that is what we did. We hit the hotel pool for a hour or so and then went out to dinner. By the time we got back to the hotel it was pretty late. The cutest thing (I wish I took a picture) was the girls snuggling up with their Daddy to watch a baseball game (Red Sox vs Yankees) It was fun to hear the girls ask their Daddy questions and get really into it. Something that never happens at home. And I think Boston even won?!? I of course fell asleep before everyone else. It was a great start to vacation. I'll post more in Part 2 of our vacation in my next post. Oh, how I miss it and wish we could go back....
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| Just arrived at our hotel after lots of traffic |
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| My hottie hubby and captain of our trip |
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| Hotel pool action |
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