My motto for this vacation (with some help from Sherdawg) was "we are going to have forking fun!", yes forking not any other f-word, it's the polite and kid appropriate way of saying WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FUN! -it's mandatory. Vacations come and go but this one was really special. Everything was really easy going and we got to spend lots of quality time with our kiddos and friends. We sang songs in the car -cheesy yes and silly. Mostly just Old Mac Donald because Abi likes to pick the animal and Ben likes to say "E-i, E-i, Oh". I didn't check my e-mail, go on facebook, or blog for a whole week. The kids didn't watch any TV or movies and spent all day outside. Abi learned how to pee in the lake, which is actually so nice. Brad and I talked a lot more than any given week with our busy work schedules. We sat outside and drank wine late into the night while the kids that should have been sleeping giggled at each other. We enjoyed the moon and the stars, things that otherwise pass you by on a busy day. I thought about my mom every night as I fell asleep and when I felt overwhelmed with sadness I thought about how this is exactly what she would want me to be doing. All she would want is for me to be happy, and I am mom. I hope you can read my blog from heaven -because we are having lots of forking fun. I just wish you were here to be part of the happiness too. Ben is saying words you haven't heard him say and Abi is getting so much more social, and we all miss you so so much.