Part 1 of our trip

The following is a post I tried to put up while in CT.

We got in NJ a little early and my sister was late. But in defense of my sister she was stuck in traffic for 3 hours and she did come all the way to NJ to pick us up.(Thank you Amy we love you) It took us about another 2 hours to get to CT. My sister had called and talked to my mother and told her that she had to borrow a couple of boxes. We arrived and Amy took mom and dad down stairs and the whole family ran into the living room including my oldest niece Cassidy and my cousin Karen who came all the way from another town to be part of the surprise.

Cassidy wanted to post on here so here she is in her words:

I was walking laps around the house waiting for everyone to pick me up! When they finally picked me up It was so funny to see Nana, and Papa's faces. Nana was so shocked and couldn't take it all in at once. Nana fed us cookies (before bed) and we talked and ate cookies until 10:00. It was a good excuse for staying up late. I am so glad they made it here safely!!!--~Cassidy


Mom cried and at first couldn't believe that we were there. It was very emotional and heart felt for all who was there. We unloaded the boys at Moms along with George and Abby, Anna, and I headed to the Norton house hold and we went down to bed. Now I am from Alaska and I think that I am fairly tolerant to the cold. I have gone ice fishing and I cross country ski at 0 degrees, but my sister truly lives in an ice house. Anna and I had 4 blankets on the bed AND wool socks AND hooded sweatshirts And hats. I tried to sneak out and turn up the damn heat but the controls were in her room. Poor Abby was curled in a ball like the dog. She even had 4 blankets on. Contemplating chopping up the furniture and starting a fire in the middle of our room we decided to have an intervention with Amy to which she conceded a couple of degrees which has warmed the room up at least a little and now we can't see our breaths:) I think that being form an extreme environment like Alaska we keep our house warmer than those in CT because even at moms house we were a little chilled. Besides the frostbite we have been loving every minute at my sisters house. Abby is being dressed up and having her hair done every 15 minutes or so by my three nieces and she is loving every minute of it.
The first night we just crashed and on Thursday we got free tickets to see Kenny Rogers for not only Me and Anna but George as well.
We went with my mother, father, Amy, Jack, Renee (Amy's good friend who graced this blog with her picture) and met up with Paul and Chery. We went and gambled a little bit then went to the show and it was incredible. He did all the old hits and then went off and came back on and did all the Christmas Carol's. He was great and the faces on both Anna and George were Priceless. We then went back and gambled and I of course did not listen to Anna and went straight to the black Jack tables. I am a pretty good poker player but I am UNLUCKY when it comes to anything else. Poker I can bluff and read but lets just say that a half hour and 100 dollars later I was begging my wife for more money. Anna was playing video poker and having a ball when all of a sudden she called for me which i of course ignored, Again "SCOTT" again I feigned deafness, "SSSCCCCOOOOT come here quick" I walk over and all the bells and whistles are going off. Anna had just hit a natural Royal Flush! She cashed out and skipped around for the rest of the night. Thanks to Renee who fronted Anna the twenty that she won with. When Anna got done skipping and cashed in her ticket she looked at all of us and screamed "McDonald's fries for everyone".