2nd Mostly Annual Summer Family Vacation

We are back home. On my own couch and watching Hotel Impossible. Research should be done on why time flies so quickly when you have no daily responsibilities. Making memories shouldn't flash before your eyes... the memories should throughout your lifetime. I wish we could slow motion the making of them though. Removing the pictures off the camera and onto the computer is one of my favorite things to do after a vacation. I grab my coffee and relive the time photo by photo.

This year was all about friendship.  Last time was about us... our love and our wedding. Friends surrounded this excursion. Re-connection and smiles. Although Sue and I, we never ever disconnect. Our lives may be in different places ... but that girl, is always connected at the core. It was wonderful to sit with coffee.. and homemade wine concoctions... or mimosas at breakfast and just jibber babber about our lives. The same talks we always had and the same ones we always will. I thank them for opening their new home to our chaotic little family... as always. 

We went swimming until our little hearts were content... but I never got my night swimming in!  Saving that for next time. We have a little fishie boy who wants to learn to swim. His little legs kicking away in the the water was just so adorable. We went on a day date for our anniversary .. we went to see Jurassic World in Imax 3d...Took a small trek out to the beach we got married at. Collected sand from the approximate place we stood two years ago. Went to a wonderful whole in the wallish mexican restaurant and back to the house to relieve Sue from the craziness of the child our wedding made possible.

Watching the eyes of a child sitting at the base of the beach while the waves wash ashore onto his little toes is one of the sweetest things ever imaginable.

We had dinner outside while a wild storm approached but missed us. Bishop got his oysters but not his lobster. Again, he will get it next time. There just weren't enough days. But, there was plenty of fun.

Soon it's time to rejoin the real world. I do feel relaxed... but I want more! I want more beach and more pool and more of watching the baby walk around in circles after the brand new kitten.

Summer time in Twenty - Fifteen

Summer time.. and the living's easy.  I wish. Right now... this is me... Except I am the pint sized worry wart clinging on to my perception of lost control. When my children aren't in my care I feel like life is spiraling in a chaotic mess.  I've always  known and have been responsible for what they eat, when they sleep, how many kisses they receive throughout the day. Do they know their self worth? Do they wake up in the morning and greet the sun with a smile? Are they scared? Did they brush their teeth? Is that movie going to give them nightmares? But, I'm the one who comforts them and kisses their boo boos, I lay down with them when they can't sleep.... Oh, my heart hurts.....

But wait,,,,, My children... my life.. are growing. Summer adventure is essential in a well rounded childhood and yes, that means... mom isn't there. This is so foreign and weird for me. I need to trust that all I have taught them in their 15,13 and 10 years on Earth will be stored in their hearts and that they still feel my hugs 900 miles away. 

I hope their summer is carefree and memorable but I also hope they can't wait to come home to start another wonderful and successful year with Mama! So, let their feet point to the sky this summer with not a care in the world. I hope they have new experiences and their childhood selves are molded for the better. They worked hard this passed year and I know next year will be even more successful. It's time for us all to set worries aside and just have faith... trust.... this summer will be great!