We really didn't know much about this place before we came. It sounded good and looked nice online.
But once we had arrived we realized how much more we enjoyed our time together without the distractions of phones, email, TV or people.
We are so busy, all year long.
Pat leaves early and comes home late. Sometimes he doesn't even see the girls at all.
He opens his eyes and checks his email, he goes to the bathroom and checks his email, he eats while checking his email and he checks his email right before he turns off the light to go to sleep.
He eats so fast my stomach hurts just watching him.
He can't sit still, his legs and fingers are always bouncing or fidgeting.
His job is so demanding that his brain is mush on some days when he comes home.
I swear sending him to the grocery store would end in a complete disaster because he'd come home with tons of TP and shoe polish for supper.
L is busy being a First Grader and we are running back and forth to school, have huge home work assignments and are still getting used to this new life of hers.
We added skating lessons, which cut our time for home work one day short and then somehow we are supposed to squeeze in 2000 pages of reading materials per week.
Lulu is loving school and laughing all the way. THANK GOD!!!
She is our new Preacher Girl and we absolutely LOVE it!
But with that comes driving back and forth, dropping off one, picking up the other, racing from here to there and not much time in-between to get anything done.
I feel rather ridiculous "complaining" about this busy life we have while others are two full time working parents, have three kids in 3 different schools and hour long commutes back and forth.
I know we are very lucky to live the way we do and for what it's worth its slower than many others,
BUT it's sometimes not slow enough for me.
The Bay Area is a crazy place and as soon as we drive back into the traffic heavy area I feel like I am getting a panic attach or claustrophobia.
People here just RUN. Always!
There is never a slow day and never a break.
It's always busy here.
So before we left "Heaven" we decided that we wanted / NEEDED more and booked us a little cabin over Christmas.
YEAH!!!!
... there goes the rest of our retirement savings but ... so what!
We can cry about it when we are old.
These Ls of ours are growing up faster and faster and we need to grab every second we get and make the most out of it.
I know one day I will look back and say "Thank God we did this. Thank God we spend all this time with the Ls and got to now them as good as we could."
6 DAYS of peace and quiet, just us and the snow (hopefully).
Maybe the Ls can take a ski class or toboggan down the little kiddy hill, right outside the cabin.
Maybe some hot, spiced wine and hot cocoa.
We get to cut our own tree, right off the hill (just a little one will do) and Santa will not have to bring us much since staying there will be the best gift of all.
We left "Heaven" with heavy hearts but knowing that we'll be back soon for more family time made it a bit easier to leave.
We stopped one more time to see the Salmon (this time without the tourist masses, since it was Monday).
... and L decided to participate actively in the spawning process by falling into the creek :)
Yup, thats my girl!!!
We stopped at a horse ranch in hopes of a horse back riding lesson for the Ls but they only offered trail tours :(
We'll have to make up for that since they REALLY, REALLY want to go riding BADLY!
But we got to pet the horses and spent some time talking to these beautiful creatures.
And then we headed back home ...
And life is just the way is always is, busy and crazy :)
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