Vacation

From the twelfth to the nineteenth of December our family had a week at the condos here on the north side of the lake. We hadn't taken a vacation together since our camping trip two summers ago so it was great to get away together. There is that something about being together in a four room condo literally on top of each other and loving it. We really did have a great time. Daddy still went to work but I was a GREAT Mom and let the kids skip two days of school. We have been having freaky weather lately so suffice it to say, the first day we were there the kids swam in the heated pool but the rest of the time it was freezing. Never the less, there was a lot of put put, ping pong, arcade games (Mom still dominates at Pac man), activities set up by the resort (there was a Draper at the top of each one:>), a few movies at the theatre, several playground trips, board games and and and... just fun fun fun. We had some helpers who took over Thursday night and Spencer and I spent that night alone. Peace! Spence cooked a super tasty dinner and I spent over an hour in the huge tub... ALONE! Merry Christmas to me! So now it's back to life, kind of, since the kids are now out of school for two weeks and we are in full Christmas mode. What is normal anyway? If it's loud kids, a messy house, never ending busyness we've got it covered.