Sunday, November 25, 2007

Home Safe and Sound!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
We made it home last night around 8:00pm. We had such a wonderful time. The kids really enjoyed themselves and we had a great time with Jerry and Gloria! This is only our second vacation with them but we travel very well together and enjoy each other's company very much! Thanks for the invite!
Let's just say we were PACKED as we headed out Friday night. We stopped in Somerset, PA, and spent the night. We headed for Wildwood, NJ, Sat. and made it safely. Wildwood is definitely not "Wild" in the winter, we started to refer to it as a ghost town. There were only a few businesses open. We did go to the beach but, froze and quickly left! They shut down for winter almost completely. We spent a relaxing day on Sunday.
Monday morning we head for New York City. We made it there FINALLY around 1:30 I think. We had a GPS that was very confused and left us feeling very confused but, after crossing the same bridge a couple times and going in circles we finally made it to our hotel "Belleclaire"
I can not put into words what the bustling New York City is. We absolutely loved the experience!!!! If you haven't gone you should go. From the traffic to the subway, the sights to the people, the lights to the sounds, we definitely got the feeling of what life is in the BIG City:) We could have spent several more days there to do all we wanted, however we did not leave unsatisfied! ( I took a lot of pictures I'll post them below, I just do not feel the pictures can do all that we saw justice but I was able to capture some good moments.)
Thanksgiving day took us to a town near Atlantic City, NJ. We ate at a lovely restaurant called Sophia. The meal was very yummy!
Friday took us to Philadelphia, PA. This was a very fun day too! I loved the history in this city. We took a carriage ride and learned a lot of historical facts, it was very chilly!
Now we are home and its time to get ready for Christmas! Busy, Busy, Busy!!!!!

2007_11_24

7 comments:

krisanddrew said...

Looks like you really had a lot of fun. The Statue of Liberty is really an awsome site to see. I do remember that and how that felt :)

Heather said...

It looks like you had a fun time. I loved looking at all of your pictures!

Holdens said...

Wow..it looks like a great vaca...Nice to have you back!

Nancy said...

Wow! I really enjoyed all the pictures. You went to some very interesting places! Lauren wants to go to the American Girl store so bad! I also thought it was interesting you spent the night in Somerset PA....my grandma and Aunt lived there for years! Very interesting trip for your home schoolers!

Stephanie said...

Looks like you guys had a fantastic time! Loved all your GREAT pics - Janie would be proud! Hee hee.

So...you think maybe NY for the next girl's weekend??????? YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sarahmfry said...

I loved looking through your trip album. Our girls are SO into NYC right now. They can't wait to go someday. The whole trip looks like a blast!

Ronda said...

Loved looking through your NYC photo album...You took some great pictures! Looks like you all made some wonderful memories! What a neat way to spend your Thanksgiving break...That restaurant looked "elegant"! We would love to go to NYC some time in the future...It seems to have so much to see and do! Have a great week!