I was in the process of finishing a post earlier today - when all was quiet on the home front & all of a sudden I hit the back key in error   All my thoughts were lost.  As was my time.  I had to run off & just stew over my lost entry. Now I have a brief moment to attempt to recapture where I was going as I was about to finish writing earlier today.  Let's see if I can manage it one more time.

The other day we were delightfully surprised to hear that my hubby's grandmother (80 yrs old & a newlywed   ) was a mere few hours away & wanted to visit - if we were up to it. We had just gotten home from a short trip to Texas, we are having our pool redone, our daughter is having the yard sale of the year (remember she moved out - well this is her way of helping clean out the house & make some $), we have 3 dogs & came home to unfortunatley losing our rabbit of 4 years to an undiscovered health challenge .  That's not all but hey someone was coming to visit us up here in Minnesota & we could not be happier!!!!   We had the most wonderful time with them.  It was a joy to entertain them & show them around where we live.

See we are the family travellers.  Ever since our kids were born my hubby & I strapped them in their car seats & off we went.  We'd spend summers in Texas where my hubby's family lives, travel to California to see my brother, Pennsylvania to visit my sisters & Florida to see my mom when she lived there (she's here in MN with us now).  Homeschooling has most definitely given me the freedom to go whenever possible.  We have been to Mount Rushmore, the Grand Canyon, Disney Land & Disney World.  They've seen the Liberty Bell & the Alamo to just name a few places we have loved to visit. But most importantly to my hubby & I is the relationships our kids have been able to form with their relatives.  Distance has not been a deterent to us & the legacy of their heritage has always been a deep value piece for us.

Yet I have pined over the fact that it is rare to have anyone visit us here.  That is until this year  .  My youngest sister is coming for the 4th of July with her 2 kids (1 & 3 yrs old), my youngest brother - who used to live here but is now out east - is coming with his girlfriend (whom we all really like & hope he proposes to soon) & I just got a call from my hubby's brother & he's coming with his 2 kids (3 & 5yrs old).  We are so very excited  We can hardly wait!!

Whew - well that's the gist of what I wrote earlier.  My daughter has just shown up (which she did earlier when I lost everything) with some of her friends & the boys are most surely prunes from being in the pool.  Speaking of the pool - how I love the summer!!!  I'll write about that another day.

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