New Jersey Trip

Oma, the boys and I flew to Philadelphia (New Jersey) to visit my brother John, my sis-in-law Sue and nephew Tommy from Thursday, May 3rd - Monday, May 7th.  The night before Grayson threw up four times and we weren't sure if we would be able to fly.  Luckily the next day he felt much better so we took the chance and headed to New Jersey.  As Tommy's godmother it was really important for me to watch him make his first communion.  The boys adore Tommy so they had a lot of fun spending time together.  The first night we went to dinner at one of our favorite places there, Squan Tavern and then went out for ice cream.  The next night we went to Tommy's cub scouts ceremony where he moved up to the next level.  They had a cook out, camp fire and played kickball.  The boys sat right next to Tommy at the ceremony and had the best time with him.  At one point Liam was sitting in the middle with his arms around Tommy and Grayson.  They had so much fun.  The next day was the first communion with the church service and party at their house.  During the ceremony Liam kept telling me his tummy hurt so I was worried he was going to have the same thing Grayson had so we headed to the hallway.  Liam also threw up, but luckily only once and then was better.  Mia and Lilly came to the communion party so all the cousins hung out and had the best time.  They played in the jumpy house, made huge homemade bubbles and set off rockets.  I love to see the bond between my boys and my cousin Mia's kids as well as my nephew Tommy.  We had the best time hanging out as children with all of my cousins so I love to see the next generation spending time together.  Sunday we went to the boardwalk and the boys had so much fun.  Grayson went on his first roller coaster with his aunt Sue and cousin Tommy and loved it.  He wanted to go back on the roller coaster so I went on it with him.  I always loved roller coasters as a child, but now can't handle them as well, but I had the best time.