I decided to take a vacation and go back home for a week. May 26th I boarded a plane bound for Philidelphia PA and my mom and aunt met me at the airport when my plane touched down. From then on I was in a tornado of activity. I got to see my closest cousin's new baby Sunday morning. She's sooooo cute!!! What a doll...
Of course Sunday the 27th was my birthday (made it to 24) and my mom took me to dinner and shopping. We had a nice cook out Monday for Memorial Day with only a few hiccups. I went to visit my eldest brother's grave since I haven't visited since I was a child. I feel he always is watching over me, keeping me safe. I got to meet cousins I've never met since I haven't been home in years and catch up with those I haven't seen in forever. It was really good to get home and see family, I've missed them all so much.
Tuesday was a really fun day!! We went to New York City for the day! My cousin, Tia, my mom, Tia's mom, my aunt Arlene, and two friends of the family all piled into a minivan and trekked to New York at 6am. We saw lots of things and different buildings. We took the Staten Island ferry across and then picked up the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island ferry. I took lots of pictures of everything. We didn't go up into Liberty because they were booked but it was really nice to be there. It seems much different very close up. She has more presence it seems when you are that close. The Ellis Island museum was really great too...there is a lot of story to be found there and I would recommend going if you have the chance. We visited Ground Zero and saw the progress they are making. It's a very nice makeshift tribute that they have set up at the site. We saw St. Pete's Cathedral and Rockefeller Center. St. Pete's is beautiful!! We began heading back home about 10 pm and Tia and I are sitting in the back of the van again and we're feeling a little rowdy, so she starts yelling out the cracked windows in the back and whistling at guys on the street and just being crazy. I joined in of course and we had the entire van laughing their heads off with our antics. New York City rocks!!!!
The rest of the week for vacation went quick and wasn't long enough. We all did some more shopping and I just had to spend more time with Tia and the baby, Tayler Rose. Tia is about as close to a sister that I've ever had and I feel like Tayler's aunt. If I lived closer that child would be soooo spoiled.
I had to leave Friday June 1st to travel to Russia for work. More on that to come later.
All in all, it was a good vacation and birthday.
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