Vacation Recap
09 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in My kids, My Life in general
I took a vacation last week, I didn’t go anywhere or make any plans so I guess I should say I took a staycation last week. I haven’t taken more then 2 days off at once in a long time, I came back to work on Monday feeling revived, refreshed and ready to face anything. I truly have one of the best jobs in the world.
Anyway I wanted to talk about what a wonderful time I had…
On Monday which happened to be Halloween, I drove my husband’s grandma to the airport. She is half of our support system, she takes care of the kids three days a week for us while we are at work so when she found out I was taking vacation, she decided to take one herself and booked a trip to spend the week in Florida with her daughter. If you are a regular Fan Faire attendee for the last four years they’ve made the trip to Las Vegas and entertained my kids while I’ve worked and enjoyed Fan Faire. They really love coming to Vegas. It was nice spending a few hours with her. Catching up on the stuff the kids do during the week when I am not with them and that sort of thing. We got to air our concerns about the girls, work out any issues, ask questions about the way to do homework, or handle any other things that have cropped up in the past couple of week.
I made it back home in time to meet my best friend and we drove up to pick our girls up from kindergarten, they are in the same class. Then we ran some errands until it was time to pick up the 5th grader. After that I drove home, picked up my hubby, the Halloween costumes and dinner items. Then we drove out to my Dad’s house, he needed a ride since they were going to join is for Trick or Treating. My mom was going to come straight from work. Here are my girls in their costumes.
Kaylee my little kitty cat.
Katie the Police Woman, “stick em up!”
The kids got an epic ton of candy which we still haven’t finished off. They had so much fun trick or treating. The night was extra special because this time last year we were trick or treating with my best friends family and their dad was just days away from coming home from Afghanistan.
Tuesday I walked 5 miles with my best friend while we waited for the kindergartners to get out of school. Katie finished her Solar System project for school here is the final product! It wasn’t officially due until November 10th but she turned it in early.
Solar System Project
Wednesday I stayed in my PJ’s all day… I cleaned out my DVR, watched movies and relaxed.
Thursday after we dropped the kids off at school my best friend and I walked 11 miles!
Friday, well Friday kinda sucked 
It rained so we didn’t get walk again like we planned, then while we were at the gym checking things out my husband called to tell me our car slide into another car due to the rain. We still don’t know the status of my car. We should find out later this week if it’s totaled or not. But since my husband was home on Friday due to his untimely car accident I made him go grocery shopping with me, and pick up the kids with me. It was really nice to spend some relaxing time with him.
Saturday since the weather was clear we walked again, 11 miles again but we did hills! Here is the view from one.
The view from the top
I did want to share how I spent much of my vacation…
Coloring with my girls
It was a great vacation, I got some much need quality time with those 2 gorgeous girls in the above picture. Plus I did get some one on one time with Max our newest family member. She is learning to walk on a leash and I am doing my best to teach her some manners. She thinks Kaylee is a play toy.
Anyway I advise you to take a staycation, it’s awesome!!
