On the evening of Christmas we boarded a plane from Houston bound for New Jersey to visit Papa John and Mimi in Tenafly New Jersey. It had been a little over two years since we made this journey and we were traveling with two more kiddos in tow! The plane ride was……interesting….but totally worth it as we got to spend twelve awesome days with family and friends of the North.
We arrived at the house a little after midnight and pretty much went straight to bed. When we woke up the next day it was like Christmas all over again and Elijah had so much fun opening a whole new slew of gifts that would keep him and his brothers more than entertained during the down time over the next 12 days……so many cool things that we actually had to shipsome of them home!
Our time with Mimi, Papa John, Uncle Johnny and Aunt Brianna and all the other Coppolino clan was long overdo and so much fun. Everyone enjoyed seeing how much Elijah had grown since they last saw him…for some it had been TWO YEARS! And the babies had grown since Papa John and Mimi had seen them and of course everyone else was meeting them for the first time. Since a picture is worth a thousand words…..here is our time visiting with Papa John and Mimi through my favorite medium…..PHOTOS!
Our Rory always full of laughs as Grandmom (who requested not to be photographed) played patty cake with him.
Playtime with Mimi!
Tickle time with Papa John
Elijah working hard at lining up his new matchbox cars
Opening his truck with Mimi
Elijah adores his Aunt and Uncle!
One of Elijah’s favorite things to do was play with Uncle Johnny’s drum kit!
Apparently Rory is the boss. Yeah, I pretty much knew that already
Of course Patrick immediately bonded with Mya, the family dog.
Yeah they do! But I’m not sure that will fit on you Daddy.
Patrick looking so cute in his new beanie!
Rory oh so handsome
Elijah checking out his stocking!
Mimi cuddles!
Rory getting a little snuggle from Grandmom…I am pretty sure I won’t get in trouble for this photo
There are always a lot of games played when we visit the Coppolinos. Here Elijah, Uncle Johnny and Mimi are involved in a heated game of Jenga.
Love that tiny face!
Chip and Grandmom have a Gin Rummy tradition that began at our OCNJ trip in 2012.
A lot of fun was had jumping on the bean bag beds in the basement!
Our little performer enjoyed singing into the microphone.
Hands and heart…always full!
Elijah looked so cute in his first pair of basketball shorts.
Who needs pants? Not this guy!
Patrick loved his private music class with Mimi
There was lots of fun with Play Dough
Okay these last few are just too cute not to share!
No comments:
Post a Comment