Just Breathe

Because we all need that special place, The kind of place where you can hang up your everyday hat, the one that you wear because you have to, the one that you wear because it shows the person you have become and who you have to be on an everyday basis. AND you trade it in for the whimsical hat of who you really are, you know the person deep down inside that needs to come out every now and then and just BREATHE....  

The kids and I had two weeks of breathing in that wonderful air and soaked in every minute...  We immersed ourselves in the amazing friendships, the wonderful family time and of course lots of spontaneous fun...  I love the fact that even though we have been gone for almost 5 years The kids can pick up the phone and call there friends and they show up like they just saw each other yesterday. 

                                                                                ( I hate that they look sooo grown up)  

I also like that my girls show up also...  :)

While in town, the kids and I were asked to help out at a charity run at the beach.... And of course we jumped at the occasion to get up at 6:00 in the morning to help out and man the food table with Grandma Susan.. which was loaded with Starbucks coffee and lots of fresh fruit.. 

And I think some one might of sampled a few.. :)

We also had a Wonderful day out on Pap Paps boat...  The kids got to go fishing were a trout and catfish met there match between Madi and Daniel .. Then off to Lido beach were we met up with friends and the kids played for hours in the water, skim boarded, and went for long walks to see the many blue herons waiting for someone to catch a fish and throw it there way..

There is just something about being home, where everyone is just family, where you can just show up with out even a phone call and people are excited to see you and grilling out becomes whats for dinner because it is expected that you will be staying and the kids will be playing till dark and everyone is going to have an amazing time... And when you do not have the time to call after you have made it somewhere they are calling you to make sure you are o.k. and if there is anything they can do and if you need help and if you need them to take the kids for the day and .. and... and....  I mean there is nothing better then Family...

And after an amazing 2 weeks there we load up and go to the cottage on the beach.. where we bring tacos for dinner and just go for walks on the pier and Solomyn waves Hi and Bye to everyone he sees (including the poor homeless man who is just trying to read his book and my little one would like it more then anything if he would just look up and acknowledge the fact that he can say Hi and when he does the smile on his little face lights up the room and he now says Bye and smiles then walks around the corner )because he can and my boy is amazing at it and if we could all be that polite to everyone we saw what a better place this would be...

Life is just tooooooo short to not make the most of every minute we have.. to enjoy the small moments as much as the big the ones and be thank full everyday for the people in our lives.. Our family is blessed and since the material things could all be gone in a minute We will count our blessings by the Family and Friends we have to share our lives with and well that... is Amazing.. :)