It's almost impossible for me to believe that in six days we will have lived in New Jersey for two whole months. My parents just left this morning from their second visit out here. Grandpa Randy brought the kids a PSP which proved to be great fun, but did cause some fighting until we worked out a rotation so they could move from one of Grandpa's fun gadgets to the other in 20 minute intervals. Miss Dianna gave the living room a much needed overhaul and she cleaned all the light fixtures and cabinets in the kitchen. We went to the Shoprite and bought each of the kids a half gallon of ice cream and stuff to make banana splits one day and mom and dad took the kids to the Van Suan zoo which is fairly close to our house.
Heidi came for a visit just before that and stayed with us for nearly a week. We all rode the train into NYC to see the Old and New Yankee's Stadiums. The weather was really great during her visit so the kids played outside a lot and they went on lots of walks. One night, Heidi and Matthew went to the closest Walmart on a supposed "yarn fit" shopping trip and completely surprised me and the kids with everything we needed for "movie night" including a brand new 22 inch flat screen tv (our Christmas present - early) a new movie, and lots of candy. We had been resigned to watching dvd's on the spongebob squarepants tv, so the kids (and Matthew) were all very excited to be able to watch regular TV.
We have began attending a really great church, called Metro Church, and it's been a really wonderful thing for the kids. We just happen to live a block away from the Pastor of Student Ministries, Shirley You, and she has become a great friend to me. She absolutely loves the kids and has just embraced our whole family.
The girls begin school on September 3rd, and I am looking forward to their return to teachers/schedules/order and I'm sure they're excited to get away from me and make some new friends. Enjoy the pictures and let me know if you have any questions I can answer in my next post! (I am using a new photo widget and hope you like it.) (I made captions and you can read them as long as you put hold your mouse over the photo.)
2 comments:
Hi Lauren! I'm loving your blogs with photos and wondering how in the world you can do this. The trip to NYC sounds like it was quite an experience! How cool is that, you went to NYC!! Glad that you are enjoying your new home, and have found a great new church. Take Care! Ash
Seeing the pics and reading your blog makes me feel like I still have you near. Hope everyone is great and Eric and I have already talked about taking a road trip to see you guys in the next year. Try and get a hold of me when you can and I need your new email address. LOVE you all BUNCHES!!!!
Rach
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