Hawaii, here we come!

We leave next Wednesday. I'm so so sooooooo freaking excited!

I plan to turn into a human slug. In a bathing suit. With a drink in my hand. And a big 'ole hat shading my face. (Gotta prevent those wrinkles even more now than ever!)

We will do a bit of conference stuff (we kinda HAVE to) but c'mon, we'll be in HAWAII. My guess is those lecture halls will be freaking EMPTY. Nobody's gonna wanna sit through a class when there's an island out there that needs exploring! And shopped, and snorkeled.

I'm starting to think about packing now. It's so strange to not pack for the kids :-( I'm gonna miss them so much! I keep catching myself thinking, "I better not forget their sunblock shirts, or their hats." or something like that, then I realize they're not coming with us! I feel like such a bad mommy for not taking them, but there's no way we would be able to get done what we have to do if we had them with us. And we do need some time alone, I think. It'll be good for us. I am really really looking forward to it, but I am pretty anxious about leaving the babies. Not that they won't be in the best care possible, but I've just never been away from them for that long before. Megan knows to send pictures and updates as often as possible. She's really good about that. Thank God for technology.

The kids are currently dancing in the living room, Brady keeps saying, "Shake your BOOTY!" and proceeds to do so. They're adorable, in their coordinating jammies (naturally) and booty-shaking dance. I don't know WHERE they get it. :-D

The good thing is, they'll wear themselves out enough to sleep well tonight. One can only hope.

When we get back, we have a laundry list of resolution-type goals to attend to, including but not limited to:

-Getting back (for me) and continuing (Glynn) the exercise routine and even amping it up a bit. Once I get the go-ahead to work out again, there will be no stopping me! We just need to find something to train FOR. I'm not gonna hop right back into marathoning or anything, but maybe a 5 or 10 K or something. A mini tag-team triathalon, something. I do much better with a goal in mind.

-Going back to church regularly as a family. Getting the kids in Sunday school. They're old enough now that they should be able to participate and actually separate from us without too much drama.

-Really getting to work on our practice. We should have built enough contacts at this meeting that we can start planning with vigor.

-Getting the kids started in the summer session of gymnastics. We had to hold off this current session because of my surgery and some interferences with schedules. But now they'll be ready to go back and have some fun! They call it "sticks". As in gym-na-STICKS. How cute, huh?

-Plan our summer with the girls. I think we're going to have them for almost an entire month, and we want to plan some activities and maybe a mini-vacation with them.

-Finally getting to work on my garden. I've been limited in activity, but I should be well enough in a couple of weeks to get back to it. I hope.

This trip has been the kick-start to our summer, and once it's over, it's time to get back to work. Like, for REAL. :-)

Also, Megan will be moving out and as much as I've enjoyed having her and as much as I'm gonna miss her, we will be able to have a lot more private family time, which I think we've been missing a bit. And we need to get back in our routine, just the four of us, which I'm really looking forward to. And I think she's really looking forward to moving on with her life and accomplishing her goals that she put on hold for awhile. We will miss her terribly (you have NO idea), but it's time for her to start living for HER. It's a win-win on all sides, I think.

Well, that's enough random rambling for this evening, I believe. As you're all snoozing at the computer reading my deep thoughts. *snort*

Hope everyone has a great night and enjoys their family time as much as I'm enjoying mine!