time to get away

YIPPEE!
we are taking a little vacation down to orlando this weekend -- our annual trip with my family to our good ol' timeshare :)

we are hoping to make it to the parks one day, but i am mostly looking forward to lots of much-needed R&R!


as for the NOW...

today was [hopefully] the last softball game of the season for russ. i took the kids out to watch him play tonight. they always act like they are excited to see him play "baseball" but then when we get there, they are so distracted by everything else (smh)... i love watching russ play (he was also on a league when we were dating) no matter how bad his team is (LOL) because he truly does have talent-- even at his age!-- but in the end, it is his age that worries me. for some reason, he thinks he needs to slide to every base, and then comes home with scraped up legs and knees, or limping, or tired and sore from running around in the outfield. the whole season, i kept waiting to hear him say that he was seriously injured, and for MANY reasons that would have been a travesty! so thank goodness we made it to the end unharmed! so, he *might* play one last game on thursday night but since we have other plans that day, i doubt (and hope) it doesn't work out ;)

tomorrow, i plan to take the kids to see one of the free movies they have going on this summer, but we would have to be there by 9:30 and being that it's 12:48 am right now, that is going to be a challenge...

and lastly, i'm saddened to say that on thursday we will be attending a funeral for one of russell's high school best friend's dad. it was a complete shock to hear the news and we are just devestated for their family. these things just hit way too close to home...


on another note, i will try to make some more updates tomorrow. i have so many pictures and stories to share from the past couple of weeks!