The whole time we were in New Jersey I got to sleep on the pull out bed in the great room... but I did want to, but maybe just so I could get away from my sisters. On the first "real" day we were in New Jersey, my sister Meghan and I got to go see my new baby cousin Jake, and my Aunt, and we sort of got to see my Uncle... he got back from work 10 minutes before we left. Ten minutes isn't very long. At the very end of that day, we got the very best... Scotto's Pizza! Yaaaaaaaaaaay! We were all so excited to have the real stuff... it was yummy! Then we got to- before we went to sleep- see my best friend from when we still lived in New Jersey (4 and a half years ago).
When we pulled up in their driveway, Christina came running out and picked me up and swung me around, not that I didn't want to see her, but the swinging thing was a little... weird. Then when we went into her house where it was actually light, I saw how super tall Christina was, I'm not exaggerating at all, she is a foot and 2 inches taller than me. She even picked me up.... we took a picture of that. Also when my mom went and hugged Christina, Christina could look straight ahead and just see my moms hair. My mom is also average size, she isn't short at all... Christina's parents are really tall though, so thats how she is so tall. That was all done on just on Tuesday.
Then came my crazy Wednesday. My sister Emily were planning on seeing friends (old friends ...ones we haven't seen in forever)... which we did. So we left around the time all of our friends would be getting off the bus, first we went to see one of my old friends Amanda, when I went into her house all I thought to say was hi... luckily my mom came in and started a conversation with Amanda's dad. Or something really bad would have happened, it was like I had stage fright... just at someone's home... awkward! We went to see some more friends ... Danielle, Lauren, and Kaitlyn. Then the last friends we saw for the day, were the Kainers. Evan, was my boyfriend as a 4-7 year old, when we went to their house Emily and I went to their backyard to see that they were paying tag- in the rain? Then once everyone came inside, we went to their basement where their washer and dryer was. Who knew that Evan could fit in the dryer?
On Thursday (Thanksgiving) we had some more family come to my grandparents house, and I was the one who had to set the table. We ate and it was yummy! Then, we all got to hold baby Jake again. We all fought over who got to hold him because he is just so cute!
Friday was awesome.... we went to New York! We also met up with our Aunt, cousin, and my Aunt's boyfriend. We all went to the "Museum of Natural History". That's where "Night in the Museum" was filmed... but it didn't ring any bells at first. We all got the best of the best New York hot dogs ...YUMMY! Saturday was our last half day in New Jersey, it was a packing day. We left around 11 am, and we went to my mom's friend's house for lunch where we had sandwiches and they were good. Then we drove for the rest of the day before stopping at a hotel for the night.
When we woke up on Sunday, we went to a church (St. Andrew's in Roanoke, VA). The priest (if you've ever been on a Disney monorail you will know what I'm about to say) sounded like the man on the monorail saying... "Please stand clear of the doors". It was really funny.
On Sunday night we finally got home, and we got to sleep in out own beds. I found a DEAD roach in my room (mom says it's because I bring snacks to my room), so i was a little scared to sleep, 'cause I thought that there might be a roach in my bed. There wasn't... Hurray!
Well, thats the end of my Thanksgiving Vacation Story! :D
