Princeton, NJ

Yesterday we were spontaneous and decided to take a trip to Princeton, NJ to see the university. Luckily, the Rasmussens and Gedges were willing to be spontaneous with us. It took a little over an hour to get there. I'm always surprised at how close things are back here in the east. Now if only traffic would cooperate...Anyway, we spent the afternoon walking around Princeton University's campus. A few facts about the University: it's an Ivy league school, it was founded in 1746, originally the college of New Jersey located in Elizabeth, NJ. It moved to Princeton ten years later. If you've seen "A Beautiful Mind", that was filmed at Princeton. I couldn't get enough of the beautiful buildings and greenery. It was absolutely gorgeous. Besides dragging along 7 kids who each took turns causing trouble (mainly Josh having to go potty...there aren't a lot of those on campus), and making it to a pumpkin patch just as it closed, the trip was a success and one of my favorites. Take a look and see if you think it's as beautiful as I do.

These lions sit outside the Nassau Building, the oldest building on campus. It was built around 1754 I believe. I was being an awesome tour guide and told Joseph and Catlin that the building was actually moved from the original college in Elizabeth...Joseph was pretty surprised, and I was saying things like, "Yeah, isn't that amazing? Who knew they could move things like that back then?" Well, they didn't move it, I just thought they did when I read about it on Wikipedia...

The best family picture we got that day. Which isn't too bad considering there are three boys!

I can't really tell you what the rest of the buildings are. Just that they're pretty.

I'd be willing to travel far and wide to get a look at this beauty anytime.

I was standing with our friends while Ryan was taking Josh on one of their many bathroom breaks. I mentioned to them how the campus reminded me of Hogwarts, and they all gave me a look/snort that said I was a big geek face. I might admit it's not the most mature thing to talk about Harry Potter like it's a real thing, but what is all that wrong with having an imagination I ask you?