.......Christmas with the Jones Family

The Jones Family consists of my mom, Sara; my dad Fred; my sisters, Paulette, and Little Beth and my nephew Korbin. My nephew Chase also joined them on this trip.  The whole family traveled from south Ga up north to spend Christmas with us. It was a long drive up for them but an even longer drive back home.

They arrived on Monday evening. My nephew Korbin was very excited to see the left over snow. That night we had the traditional Christmas dinner, cooked by me, Vicky. It was lots of work but super fun to cook the whole turkey thing and all. Guess what?? My turkey did not have the gizzard pack stuffed in it’s rear. I looked and looked for that little packet of guts and never did find it. I was jibed; I should have taken the thing back and gotten a new one.

Anyway, we ate and then participated in the long anticipated tradition of opening gifts. The kids were ready !! They had a ball ripping open gifts. Santa was very good to all. And I am thankful for what I received. The boys loved their gifts, especially the Mario game for the Wii. Thank you !!!!

On Tuesday we headed downtown to see the sites. Our goal was to find all items featured in the movie “Night at the Museum". We hit 3 of the Smithsonians, we stopped by the National Christmas Tree, saw the White House, Lincoln Memorial, and Washington Memorial. We packed a lot into just a few hours.

Yes it was cold. That’s why we are all wrapped up. But the faster we walked the warmer we were. Glad my family was able to see the sites in DC !!

They returned home on Wednesday.

.........Christmas time in New York City

We just love heading off to the big city of New York. The boys save their money, ready to spend it at the world’s largest Toy’s R Us store. On this trip we had on our list to see;

-Statue of Liberty, -Ground Zero, -China Town, -Rockefeller Tree, and whatever else we could squeeze in.

We started the day off with a trip to Battery Park. We road the Staten Island Fairy to get a closer look at Lady Liberty. We did not get to go to Ellis Island, due to it being the holidays and people were everywhere, but we will be going back to do this. From here we walked to see Ground Zero, where there was lots of work going on. They are currently turning the site into a park memorial.

By this time it was lunch and our favorite thing to eat while in New York is New York Pizza. So we stopped for a slice. It was soooooo good, and one slice fills the boys up. We had to skip China town on this trip. The day was getting late and the boys wanted to stop by the M & M store. While at the M & M store we spent $30 on 2 bags of the wonderful candy. It was our snack on the way home that evening. And the two bags did last us quite a while.

We also went by to see the big tall-lighted tree at the Rockefeller center. It is an awesome site to see. We also went into the NBC studio while there. To finish the day off we road the New York Subway back to our parked car.

Great day at a great time of the year. There is just nothing like going into the city with the buzz of Christmas.