Countdown to Alaska ~ T Minus 2 Days!!!

Making a final shopping trip tonight and finish packing for the kids trip to Alaska tomorrow night.  It's a bittersweet couple of days for me.

I love that my kids get to spend time with their Grandparents and explore and learn new things.  My parents are the best!  I know they are going to have such a great time. 

But it's starting to hit me that they are going to be gone.  I don't just love my kids.  I like my kids.  I enjoy being around them, even when they are hormonal, tired, or moody.  I enjoy their presence in my life.  Even if we do nothing and just sit around the house all day, the feeling knowing they are there makes me feel whole. 

This year I get to not only drop them off, I get to stay the whole weekend.  I have never been to the base in Alaska.  I'm excited to see their new house.  I'm looking forward to the kids showing me their favorite part of their summer adventures.  I'm excited to see where my Dad work....kind of!  He always has such cool jobs.  Ok, they don't sound that cool cause he usually can't tell me otherwise he would have to kill me, but you know!!! 

The flip side to this is I will be away from the youngest two for three nights.  We fly out Friday night and I return Sunday after they are in bed.  They have never been without me for more than one day.  I know that they are in great hands, but Mom's hands are always the best.  (Sorry Dads you guys are amazing and raising a kid is not the same without you, but you know). 

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