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Vacation on the Brain


VACATION! AHHHHHH! 

Its getting close. Yet I haven't really done much to get ready. I am a secret planner. I usually have a staging area (dining room table) to start the vacation process. I can't find my dining room table at the moment.

On our vacations we rent a house so that we can cook some of the meals. So for the past 4 or so years I've kept an on going list. I add/take away each year based on the amount of peeps and changing diets. But its a good place to start. It helps the conversation between me/MIL/ my mom get started. Yes, we vacay with BOTH sets of grandparents in the same house. Its amazing  memories for my kids. AND they get along like ROCKSTARS!

But this year is a little different. My house is in different stages of construction. AND I have a birthday party for  #4 and a recital for #1. So my planning and early stages of packing have been neglected. YIKES!

All I can accomplish right now is making lists. NOW my lists have lists. I hope I don't forget something and I hope I am not up until the crack of dawn packing...because we are leaving 30 minutes after the crack of dawn.

This is a picture of palm trees and the beach....#2 has vacation on the brain too!

Soon I will be sitting by the beach or hanging out at the pool that our house has.....soon!

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  1. No worries if something is forgotten. That's why God made stores!!

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