A Walk In The Park When you were growing up, were there ever family members that you saw less than the others? Well for my family that was my dad's side, even though distance wise they are my closest relatives it's still about an hour and a half to two-hour drive down to North Bergen where they live. My mom's side of the family lives between two and half hours to eight hours away and we somehow managed to always see them the most. Most of the time when we saw my dad's family it was just by chance that we were down by their house and had time to spare, though on occasion we actually planned our time together. There was this one day that we decided it had been long enough since we last saw each other and were due for a day together, so we made plans to meet at my Aunt's house a few days later. We didn't necessarily know what we were going to be doing for the entirety of that day but it didn't matter so long as we spent the day as a family. We decided that as soon as everyone was at my Aunt's house the official plans for what we were to do first that day would be made. After everyone had arrived and the jokes about my grandma getting shorter, or our cousins getting ¨too tall to see¨ were shared, it was agreed that the best way to …show more content…
We spent our time at the park looking at all the scattered statues and admiring the towering beauty that is the Statue of Liberty, along with all that she stands for. We were at that park for at least a couple of hours just walking around as a family and bonding as much as we could, but it felt like just minutes. Since our moments together were always limited to whenever we were all free, we always tried to make the most out of our experiences. This experience was definitely a memorable one especially when we had a run in with a group of geese that were trying to photobomb our pictures. Since the
Growing up, in a Mexican-American home, one of the first things that my siblings and I learned from home and social gatherings was that family is crucial. At family reunions, we would catch up with cousins that we did not get a chance to see in several months sometimes years. Most of my cousins are around my age, which made family reunions even better. Now, that most of us in the extended family have graduated high school, some began to go get a higher education, and
My mom loved to cook for people, and she had wanted to do it one last time. She sat in her wheelchair chopping potatoes and peeling eggs with my niece, making her infamous potato salad. After eating, my grandma rounded up all four of us girls, my nieces, and my mom to take a few pictures together.
Because we lived so close to New York City, the typical tourist attractions lined up didn't spark our interest. Our choir teacher knew that going to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island would be an eighth grade field trip all over again, so she began to think of what we could do instead. She asked a friend she knew in the city about our situation. This friend of hers happened to be part of the relief crew at St. Paul's Chapel, located right next to site Ground Zero. Today St. Paul's serves as a museum and a shrine to those lost in the fatal attacks of September 2001 and to the rescue workers who donated their lives to help save others lives. We were scheduled to sing at the church, giving our own personal service.
The air hung around them, tensed and quiet. The fragility of her emotion was threatening to shatter. It is as if that time stood still for her. She fingered the brim of her notebook, nervously and took notice of the cup of coffee on her side. Controlling the sudden urged to drown the caffeine all at once; she carefully picked the cup and warily sipped its content. It had long been cold, and her tongue appreciated that fact.
I can remember everything from that day and still think of it often. The first area we went to after entering the park was a small clearing about a mile from the entrance. It was situated at the base of two mountains. When we arrived a small stream that was flowing down from the mountains, and hiking trails along with an information center. We ventured out on one of the shorter trails, it was beautiful along the trail as it snaked in and out of the trees on the way to the top of a mountain. Small animals such as mice and chipmunks were everywhere. The trail was about a mile long but the incline was steep and going up was difficult and slow.
I had only been once before, but it was forever ago, and I was excited about going. It did not take too long to get there at all. When we arrived we went and got a bite to eat, and then we bought our tickets. We bought two set of tickets for Sara and me, one to go to Kiddy Land with my niece while my sister and her boyfriend go to the big park and then one for later that night for us to go to the other park after we watch my niece. After a few hours of being there, they had not come and got my niece yet and I ended not getting to go to the big park that is night because they forgot all about me.
My mom and I rode The Hulk ride together I loved it. We rode the amazing spider man ride again. We head up to Harry Potter Diagon alley And David Got Snape’s wand as a souvenir. I was SO jealous, I kept wanting to play with his .We got butterbeer, which is a famous drink in Harry Potter. It was so good, you could even get on frozen like a slushy. It was SO good I loved it. we walked through san fransokyo and then on to New york city to eat at Finnegan's Bar and grill. My mom and I ride Hollywood Rip ride rockit. We all rode the TRANSFORMERS ride which was SO cool. After all that we went back and went to
We started thinking of things to do and al decided that it would be fun to go tubing. We all met at my house and everyone that could drive got the people that couldn't drive in their car and we left.
I remember this one time when I was with my mom and my brother, sister, and cousin Camille. We all decided that we should go and do something since it was the middle of fall and it was a decent temperature outside, we all had mentioned different thing and my mom started putting piece by piece together. After a few minutes she had said that she knew of a place where we could do all of that. At first we were all so excited while driving to wherever she was taking us, but when we get there all hopes were thrown out the window, we were at a hiking trail. From by previous experience with my dad, by older cousins Gabby and Cameron, and younger cousin Clara, and my father's fiancee Claire, I realized that this trail was a lot of fun. I told Abri and Camille I knew of a place where you could see all of the woods, at first they didn't believe me but after walking for a hour or so we finally got to the spot. I soon realized that the rock to climb to get to the spot was way too tall for them, but that didn't stop me from pushing them up the rock. While all of us girls were getting up on the rock by mom was heading down into a valley thing so she could get the perfect picture. After about 20 minutes we were all on the rock I pointed Abriannah and Camille in the right direction and they were astonished by the view. After getting down from the rock and back to mom the sun was setting, so we all ran to the
Many people with families will look at spending time with their families will be spent:- * shopping * events These are mainly the two most important things to do whilst spending time with family. Families destinations can range from London to NYC to Australia where distant relative and close relatives will live.
I am by myself wearing my blue jeans and an old flannel shirt. It is cool outside but I decided to leave my gloves at home, feeling comfortable with my warm shirt and my sturdy boots.
The journey of life follows a predetermined pattern; we evolve from needing influence and guidance to finally reaching that point where our lives are up to us. I consider myself very lucky up to this point in my journey. Some people become sidetracked and wind up on a far different course than initially planned, but the detours I made have only assisted in embellishing the individual instead of devouring it.
Some of my best family experiences were on family trips, but sometimes it was not in fact the activities at the place we were going but the journey there that held the learning experiences. Most of the family trips that we take are over eight hours long. There are many things that come from being in a cramped car for that long. One of which is you get bored unless you talk to other people, so that’s what you do. Sometimes you can find out a lot about a person by talking to them for that long, even people that you thought you knew completely. On one of my family trips my brother told about a time that his friend almost suffocated on a snow caving trip. It happened when they were crushing in the snow caves and it wasn’t working, then the last time that his friend tried jumping on it, the ceiling broke through and he was stuck halfway with his face buried in snow. My brother finished by tellin...
In the event that a boisterous work timetable is abandoning you with little time for your relatives, then outdoors is the best action, for example, family outdoors are something that energize family holding. This where the family can unwind and where one's relatives can assemble for some pointless fooling around. A perfect approach to hang out with companions, outdoors is a certain hit particularly among generally kids. The recollections and shared encounters meet up and appreciate all that nature brings to the table.
"The great gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you." -Kendall Hailey. Many people among us think that a family reunion is boring. It is an unpleasant social affair where our parents drive us to go and stay there for a considerable length of time. There are odd individuals who come to us and kiss or embrace us while we are still considering "do I know him/her?”. It is because we believe that enjoying the holiday out with friends is much better than investing hours with the people, we “unfortunately” belong to. They have no other subject for discussion aside from our studies and grades. On the other hand, family gathering is always a new experience for someone who lives far away from his blood relations.