Vacation!

Vacation Time! Vacation Time! -Woohoo!!! Oh! wait! I'm not going to some nice tropical beach?!


Oh yeah-That's right we're packing up our van and heading out for a road trip!


Oh and it's not just going to be our family of 4 but us + 3 more. My brother and sister in law and little nephew also from the in law's side are cramming into our van too. Hmmm-Well hopefully we'll have a nice time. We're going to be staying at my other brother in-law's and his family's house. It will be nice to see all of them- my kids get along with their kids ok. I just hope their not too much of a shower nazi-I've heard that before when people were staying with them they asked them to help pay the water bill. And I understand being health conscience but, I think they may run too much of tight ship for me-No junkfood,no pop,must go out and excercise everyday,Must take FAST showers-Ugh! I'm debating if I should just give them a $10 or $20 even and say here you go I'd like to take at least 15min-30min showers =P -What do you think?!

But,It will be nice to get out of state-This will be our 1st ever family trip out of state! I just hope there's not too much mayhem ;) I don't want it to be like the National Lampoons Vacation or anything =D I'll let you know -I'll be back in about a week or so -Stay Tuned!! ....

My little girl is growing up!

In just a few days my daughter will graduate from elementary school! She'll be moving up to middle school next school year-I'm already imagining dealing with full blown puberty,boys,and all that other tween stuff. I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to worry about all that though.

Right now I want to reminisce about the elementary experience. I'll always remember travelling the winding back roads on the way to the school. Seeing some of the empty lots turning into new homes. Seeing the fields by the school and even occassionally catching a glimpse of horses in the field.

I'll remember the sense of community and accomplishment in contributing to the PTA. I'll also remember some drama and hectic times in contributing to the PTA ;)

I'll remember seeing my daughter learn and grow and now moving on. Until next time elementary school ...

10 year anniversary -Cont'd

I'm back from a lovely time celebrating our 10th anniversary! I wanted to do something special for our 10th so, we planned an overnight stay at pretty swanky hotel here in town. Although I was a bit nervous to leave our son that long since we hadn't before it went pretty well with my sis watching them. Since we didn't have a lot of time to eat we ate at a nearby Chinese buffet-It was ok-Not the best or anything. After about 10mins the sky went from sunny to dark and cloudy and then pouring down rain. Which we got caught in going to the hotel. But once we got there it was really nice!

We had a great view from our 10th floor room(See below) It was nice to have some kid-free time we even took advantage of the spa at the hotel and got massages-etc.

They even had a nice pool/sun deck area we used for just a little while-(See pics):

And this morning before we checked out we ate from their great breakfast buffet. And even listened to the piano that was being played while we ate-Awesome!!

All in all-We has a very enjoyable time; A wonderful way to spend our 10th wedding anniversary!! And even though after reading the back of our fortune's with chinese sayings that said... My husband's:Not Married ; Mine:Boyfriend -I don't think we'll need to learn those sayings ;)