Travel Tips

SO There we were... I was driving by myself with the kids to my parents house. A drive that should take (according to MapQuest) 9 hr and 20 min, but took us about 11.5 hours. I got a wild hair to pack all our food, snacks and lunch... everything, instead of eating out. Well... It worked out wonderfully! We ate at a road side park, and the kids could run around. It was great. Not to mention.... HEALTHY! This was so much fun, that we will not do it any other way from now on. We had tons of fun games in the car too, instead of relying on movies and video games the whole time. I have to admit though... when traveling by myself, it was nice to have movie and video game time... It was nice quiet time for mommy! I love traveling, and have done lots of research on traveling with kids. I'll post some things that have worked for us! Maybe, you'll find things that will work for you too!

Wow!

So, I had some visitors from my past, and loved having them visit! Talking to these little people (I can call them that, because they are kids) made me really miss their mom, who was once upon a time one of my very best friends. So why aren't we now.... a divorce happened, and I guess he got us in the divorce. I forgot to ask for shared custody. Anyway, I contacted her the other day after hanging out with her kido's. I want to try to see how things will go! I have missed her a lot. I have high hopes, she was one of my most favorite people... Living states away from each other made not talking much easier, but that's not good enough. None of us know how many days we have on earth, so why not make the most out of every minute. I'm willing to make the distance work. We did before, we can do it again. I will let you know if we become the friends we once were, or the "Christmas Letter" people... You know what I mean by that. The people you only keep in contact with at Christmas!

Slacker

I am such a slacker when it comes to updating this. With Facebook... well, it's a whole lot easier to update that. We have had a very full 8 months. Baseball season, karate, guitar lessons, end of the school year, and now getting ready to start the new school year! This includes clothes shopping and supplies. We love the smell of new crayons. Mmmmm When our school books get here, it's like Christmas. We look through everything and get really excited about the upcoming year. It's time for lunch around here, so more later!