Back to Reality~

We made it home from vacation in one piece.  We spent 3 days in Daytona, 3 days at Disney, and then another 3 back in Daytona.  Did I mention we drove?  15 hours in a car sucks no matter what, but add in a 4 and 5-year-old and who knows what will happen.  But amazingly, the kids were great.  

Disney was a blast.  Denny met the Power Rangers and Grace met the Princesses.  So it is true that dreams really do come true at Disney.  

Daytona was great too.  We stayed with Bob's dad who has a beautiful home with a beautiful pool. We spent our days swimming in the pool and at the beach, and the nights we played cards and drank lots of beer.

Now that we are back home and I have my Mac back, I will try to get back to blogging more regularly.  

Here's some pics from the trip.  I'll put a lot more on my FB page.

Spring Break~

We made it through Spring Break week and I think we wore the kiddos out.  The past day and a half, all my son wants to do is sleep.  Here is a picture of him from Friday, where he spent majority of the day in bed. I have some pictures of myself on Spring Break years ago looking quite the same, but I was passed out in the sand, not in a bed.  Oh, and I may have had less clothes on.  But let's save those stories for another day, this is a family blog people.

Then there is my Grace, who rarely naps anymore.  She passed out on the couch for hours and that is a rarity.  I guess I could have been productive while the kids gave me a break, but I must admit, I was tore up from the floor up also.  So I tossed my "to do" list aside and did what I never get to do anymore:  nothing...

CHICAGO~

The marathon from Eric's window.  45,000 people ran

I haven't had a chance yet to blog about our Chicago trip.  Really I mean I haven't had the energy to blog about Chicago yet.  Yes, it does take energy some days to blog.

So 3 days in Chi-town and besides consuming way too much alcohol, some of the other highlights included:

Shopping

Losing my money in a Casino

Watching the Chicago Marathon

Sushi and plum wine

Watching a shirtless man with a fake 2 foot boner walk the streets

"Borrowing" souvenirs from bar

Whenever I return from a real city, I always spend days questioning why we are still in Cleveland.  Besides the obvious friends and family, this place kinda sucks.  But I am not going to go on an anti-Cleveland rant, we all did enough of that when we were in the windy city.  I am glad to be home though only because I missed the kids.  Now that I have been home for a few days, I am ready to get rid of the kids again.  Any takers?

Bob & Eric at the marathon with one of our bar souvenirs

Thanks Eric for your hospitality and thanks Mom and Joe for watching the babes!  We had an amazing weekend.