"Back to life, Back to reality, back to the here and now todaaaay".  Anyone remember that song?  Telling my age I know.  Well Disney was absolutely the BEST WEEK EVER.  Just the four of us enjoying time together.  Laughing, playing, eating and just having a great time.  The kids rode almost every ride.  We never could get to Thunder Mountain or Peter Pan and that was basically because of the lines.  Cbug rode every ride her brother did except rockin' rollercoaster and only because she was too short (and she was NOT happy about that).  She loved tower of terror (Cdog DID not) but she did not like Mt. Everest (Cdog rode it 3x).  I wish we could be on vacation every day but I guess if that was the case it wouldn't be as much fun and exciting to do because it would be routine.  I've attached a few pics but if you want to see all of them they are on facebook. 
 

19. vacation
20. watching Cdog play baseball
21. watching Cbug dance
22. cuddling with my babies
23. GNO (girls night!)

13. encouraging email from a friend
14. a smile for no reason
15. rainy days
16. a good song on the radio
17. my children playing together
18. my children laughing

1000 gifts

I was "surfing" blogs today and I ran across one where someone had listed their 1000 gifts (in life), big and small.  Slowly they keep adding all the things they considered "gifts" in life.  Getting to 1000 will take a long time but I absolutely LOVED the idea.  All of a sudden I thought of all the things I am thankful for and because of that I am going to start my list of 1000 gifts.  Some may not make sense to some of you, some you may not agree with but of course this is my list so I guess it doesn't really matter.  So here I go...

1. GOD (because without Him I wouldn't have 999 more amazing things to list)
2. My wonderful, loving husband. 
3. My children
4. My Family (you know who you are)
5. good friends (you also know who you are!)

okay now that I got the most important out of the way the rest are in no particular order just when I think of them

6. warm days
7. a good book
8. an unexpected "I love you"
9. my days off work
10. a good nights sleep
11. my new glasses
12. a good laugh

I think I could keep coming up with more but I want to start recognizing these gifts as I see/recognize them throughout the day.  There are so many we take for granted without ever realizing it.