This past week, my family and I made a long-overdue trip to visit my sister and her family in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. As was to be expected, we enjoyed a wonderful time with family, including the obligatory Risk and Monopoly games, card games, etc. Our kids often see their cousins only at Christmas, so this was a special treat.

We did a bit of sight-seeing while there. Destinations included Bushkill Falls in Pennsylvania, the Franklin Institute and Reading Terminal in Philadelphia, the Hessian Barracks in Trenton, the New Jersey State Aquarium in Camden, and several sites in New York City. We rode trains, ferries, subways and, of course, airplanes. And we walked a lot, at least more than we typically do while here in Texas. We also got to see the New Jersey statehouse where my brother-in-law works and the Educational Testing Service complex where my sister works.

On Sunday, I got to speak to the Princeton Church of Christ in the morning and the Echo Lake Church of Christ (in Westfield) in the evening. On both occasions, the person that invited me to speak was not in attendance. Tells you something about my speaking abilities! I did get to meet Adam Gonnerman at Echo Lake, after bumping into him a few times on the Internet.

Coming home, we were on the tarmac in Newark for almost 3 hours before getting to take off. That meant, of course, that we missed our connection in Dallas and had to spend the night. We arrived home on Tuesday, pretty worn out. Tired, but happy… happy to be home and happy to have been able to make a great trip.