This was our last night at Disney and I love that we all look so happy!! It was the first vacation we've ever taken just for fun in nineteen years and I will never wait that long again. The only thing that would have made it better would have been if Ryker and Hayden were with us- although it was nice just to focus on one age group!
I was totally having the grass is always greener syndrome and dreaming of moving to nice sunny Florida and spending all my days at the beach. I forgot how peaceful and relaxing the beach is to me- the smells and the sound of the waves and I am automatically relaxed which is generally not an easy thing for me.
I also realized how much of a deficit I have of sunlight. I really felt like a different person with all this energy and with such clarity in my thinking it was weird!
A few good things that have come from a month of rest:
1. I am now motivated in an organizational way- like I used to be
2. Getting out of the house before 9am doesn't seem like such a difficult task
3. I have way more energy
4. It was so nice to spend time with just my husband and kids
5. I realized how much time computers and tv suck out of my life
6. It was great to see our big kids and how responsible they can be when we are not around
7. Our big kids missed us
8. We had such a great time in Chicago seeing our family and my new little niece Ally
9. I love my husband more than ever
10. The biggest thing of all for me is that I realized that I want to go to school and have found a school online that will meet all my needs and my class starts in May!!
I must go and enjoy the rest of this sunshiney day!!
Summers in Alaska are the best!



