California pictures

Last week's trip to California was wonderful.

As much as I missed the kids, it was so nice to have a week to just concentrate on us. There are times when Ben is so busy with work and I am so busy taking care of three kids and the house that a day or two will go by without us having a chance to connect. Our conversations are frequently interrupted by the kids....our evenings together are full of things that need done....our date nights are not as common as we'd like........but such is life, right?

For these reasons, it was wonderful to be spoiled by eight days of togetherness. Of holding hands with one another instead of a child. Of eating at adult restaurants. Of waking when we chose to. Of following our schedule, or lack of schedule. Of ignoring Ben's phone, his work email account, laundry, cleaning, and cooking. Eight days of just being together. It was just what we needed.

(Not to say that I am not thrilled to be home! By the last day we were both missing the kids so badly that we were counting down the moments until we could board the plane and come home. Our red eye flight Saturday night couldn't fly fast enough!)

I've never gotten around to posting the last of our vacation pictures or gone into more details from the trip. We've been having a fun week enjoying summer and my computer just hasn't been able to hold my attention as much as usual. :)

For now, I thought I'd share the slideshow I put together to show Gracie and Luke our trip.