Vacation with the Family

After a long day, I am setteling down and getting ready to go to bed.  I look at he past couple of days and I realise that my vacation would not have been so much fun if things were different.  Having the time with everyone has been wonderful, you could say even amazing.

I got to get to know my brother in law so much better.  He is a lot of fun, and such a great father.  The way he looks at his little girl is amazing. 

My sister got to get some rest that she needed and to see her look so well rested was great. 

Seeing my parents have so much fun with there grandchildren was wonderful. I am so glad that they are here to play with them, and have fun with them.  It is wonderful that my children have grandparents who are so involved in  there lives.  I just don't know where I would be with out them. 

Being able to spend time with my Grandma is wonderful.  I have enjoyed it so much.  These are moments that I will never get back and I am so glad that we were able to do that.  Watching my boys interact with her is so wonderful.

This is a great place to be.  Relaxing by the lake!!!

Sun Set

Vacation is wonderful.  We have had such a relaxing trip.  We took a sunset trip on the boat, and we got some beautiful pictures:

 

Just a beautiful picture.

 

 

God shares some beauty with us!

Lake House

We are getting ready to go on vacation for the week.  My husband's family has a lake house.  How wonderful that we can go on a week vacation - It costs us gas and food.  What a nice thing to do.  We are right on the water. The boys love being able to play outside.  I love sitting in the water and relaxing.

 

We have everything that we have at home.  Internet, cable TV, telephone, so it is just like being at home. 

It is so beautiful.

Lets Get Ready

We are getting ready to go on our week away.  I love going away, but preparing is another story.  Laundry has to be done.  I hate keeping up with laundry.  And of course someone has to wear something that they will need so I always have to do a last minute load. 

The dog has to have all of his things together so that he can go to the kennel.  That means packing all of his food into individual bags, with his name on them.  Getting his pills ready and anything else I want to bring for him.

Don't forget to clean up the house before you leave.  Nothing worse than coming home to a messy house.  So I make sure that everything is cleaned up.  The trick is to do this with kids playing and messing while cleaning.

Litter boxes need to be cleaned.  I hate cleaning those out, they smell so bad.  But they need a good cleaning before leaving.  I try to make sure that is as last minute as possible.

Then packing.  Making sure that you have enough cloths for the boys, expecially Ty because he is potty training and still has accidents now and again.  Making sure that any "special" toys and blankets are ready and easily found.  Don't forget my sleep apnea machine and other things like that.  And of the most important thing - The lap top and camera, LOL.

Now time to clean out the car.  Yes clean out the car.  I try to keep it clean.  Before I had kids my car was spotless, now a completely different story.  We have to take all of the junk out of the car to fill the car up with everything we need to bring with us.

We need to make sure that the potty seat is easily accessable for Ty just in case he has to go as we are traveling.  Hopefully not, but better safe than sorry.

So now that I have written about what I need to do, time to do it... 

Fourth of July

What a wonderful weekend. We got to spend some time with my inlaws. We were there for the 4th of July. It was a fun time watching all of the kids play together. They were running, swimming, and playing. T was youngest of the kids that were running around. But he played well with them. It is hard because he is so tall and yet is just a little shorter than all of the rest of the kids. He is 3 years younger than the next closest to his age. It was so much fun watching him play with the kids. I did not know that gender separation starts so young. The boys basically played together and the girls played together. But they all had so much fun. I can't wait to see what happens as they get older. There were three little ones that were crawling or just sitting there. That was fun watching them play together, or I should say next to each other. They were so cute. You could tell what toys were at hit - the empty water bottles. I often wonder why we spend so much money on toys when kids like toys like boxes and empty bottles better, but that is another blog all together. I can't believe how big my children are getting. Watching T play with other children is so much fun. It is amazing how each year things change so much. They are so much more fun as they get older. Watching there imagination grow and develope is so much fun.