The kids are back in school (phew) and I have a moment to breathe in the serenity of a quiet (for now) home. The last time I felt this relaxed was- oh, just a few weeks ago. I had to look through my old posts to confirm the unbelievable - I hadn't yet blogged about the greatest, most fantastic part of my summer. My instagram peeps got to see the best of the photos but now I realize that I never actually wrote a record of it. So here goes...
What I did on my summer vacation…
A few years back, my friend and her husband hatched a great plan for a dual-family vacation. We were going to do something EPIC for our husbands 40th birthday and go to Europe. All 6 of us and 10 of them. It was going to be crazy - rent a villa, invite some more friends, and just hang out in the south of France or somewhere equally cool for a few weeks.
We got passports for all the kids.
We looked at amazing places to rent.
We looked at plane tickets.
Then we booked a place in California.
It turned out to be a wonderful vacation, but it certainly wasn't the European Get-Away of our dreams.
Fast-forward to spring, and these same friends are at it again talking this time about a couples trip to England. Now England is one of my favorite places. I love