christmas pictures

our christmas pictures are up on flickr. we had a really nice visit in new jersey with my side of the family. we were originally supposed to be up there for less than 5 days, but the trip got extended an extra day and a half due to the christmas blizzard, so we got some nice extra visiting in with everyone.

here are some of the highlights:

december is the month to celebrate Jesus' birthday, as well as my hubby's and my stepdad's.

to celebrate my stepdad's birthday it's tradition to go to pizza hut and then a movie, which we did on the second evening of our trip. we saw true grit, which we all really enjoyed.

my sister came down from new york on the night of the 23rd and we had a very relaxing christmas eve and christmas day.


we always enjoy eating, drinking, resting, and going in the hot tub.

too bad it broke down 1/2 way through the trip, maybe from too much use(?).

on the day after christmas we met up in central jersey with my brother's family to have a family portrait taken.


luckily, everyone safely navigated the snow from the photographer's and met up again at mom's house for a second round of christmas.


at this point the snow was really piling up and the hubby and i quickly realized that we wouldn't be leaving anytime soon.


we made the most of being "stranded" and had a great time playing cards, watching movies, eating, and visiting. by the morning of the 27th, there was about 18 inches on the ground.

that's not a sight we're used to seeing.

beautiful.

sadly, all good things must come to an end. so on the 28th we struck out across the bay on the ferry, bound for delaware en route to south carolina.


we were navigating the icy roads fairly well when we realized that our car had a flat tire. that set us back about $100 and an hour, which made our long journey even longer. fortunately, we found a tire store very easily and they were super nice. it also caused us to be traveling past south of the border right about the time we were ready for dinner. so, after all these years, we finally made the stop.


we were a bit tired, but i definitely enjoyed the weirdness of the place. and, they had a relatively decent salad bar, believe it or not.

we got back into town in time to meet up with my other set of parents (my father and stepmother) for christmas part 3. i'll post about that at a later date.