Whirlwind NJ Weekend

We went down to New Jersey for a quick trip last weekend and crammed so much into one visit!  Evan turned 8 at the beginning of March, but waited to get baptized until the end of the month so that we could see both the baptism and Megan in her school musical.  It happened to be conference weekend as well. We had a blast and loved spending time with family!  

We left on Thursday evening a little after 4.  I'm not sure why, but there was no traffic at all and we made it there in record time.  The boys were great on the trip.  By far the most exciting thing to Alan was seeing the George Washington Bridge.  He kept asking about it until we got there, and then loved it.  He was so surprised to see water as well. Go figure :)  He still frequently asks if a bridge we pass over is the George Washington Bridge.  So that combined with watching all the airplanes come into the Newark Airport and continual listening to the Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer soundtrack kept a little boy happy for the whole drive.  (picture from Sorens at en.wikipedia)

Here's Meg after one of her performances of Aida.  We absolutely loved the musical!  Seneca did a great job and the music in the play is amazing!  Elton John and Tim Rice scored again.

We got to see Sarah as Aida and Meg was a Nubian slave

Some more cast shots

And Evan wanted pictures with the cast as well

Us with Meg after another performance. We saw the play on different nights so that people could babysit the boys. :)

And before we get any further, we must let it be known that this little guy can no longer be stopped.  He's been scooting and rolling his way around for some time now, but now he is crawling, and he moves quick!  Since Alan never really crawled until right before he started walking, this is new territory for us, and it is just a little bit frightening.  

Here's Evan in his baseball gear.  His game on Saturday got canceled due to rain, so we didn't get to see him play.  He did have the opening ceremonies, and we are thankful that this year he does play for the Phils, not the Yankees.

We loved watching General Conference and feel truly blessed to hear from a prophet and apostles.

And while we tried to listen intently, some of the 8 hours was spent like this

and like this, but we are grateful to have it online and read the Ensign to catch up on the parts we missed. :)

Here's Great Grandma and Jamesy

We were thrilled that we got to be there for Evan's baptism.  We are so proud of him!

A great picture of Grandma Foulk and Evan

Alan asked if the font would be like a waterfall, but we told him it was like a big bathtub.  He was kinda scared of it.  Thankfully he has a few years.  He also kept confusing the ordinances of baptism and marriage. ?? We're really not sure why.  He keeps telling everyone that Uncle Evan got married, and that he doesn't want to get married. 

Evan even asked Scott to give the talk on baptism and me to give the talk on the Holy Ghost.  

Proud parents and son

And Alan had to pose for a picture too.

The family after the baptism

Meg got these cute matching shirts for the little guys.  If you ask Alan what his shirt says, he'll tell you.  "I Love Aunt Meg."  Haha.

We also brought Evan his belated birthday gifts, which I think he and Alan enjoyed. :)

And since it was my grandma's birthday a couple of days after our visit, we celebrated her birthday as well with a combined cake.

It was a quick trip and a lot of excitement!  We were glad to be able to come down for these fun events and love spending time with family.