Yep, we are that crazy!!

On Feb 27th we left for Hawaii; Eenie, Commadore, Me, Lilly and MJ to help welcome Uncle Bobby back from his tour in the desert for a year. We did it all.....Honolulu Zoo, Aquarium, surfing, lots of time in the pool, walking and shopping, eating and sleeping, and of course surfing. It was a fantastic trip. Only thing is was missing was Fitz. I got to surf 4 out of 7 days, and LOVED every minute of it. Kids loved Hawaii, minimal clothing, often no shoes, and no where to be! Lilly might just move there someday! While there, MJ learned to "swim" he has forward movement, and can travel like 5 feet or so on his own. It was great to see Uncle Bobby, and not "have" things we had to do like when we are home. Lucky for us, Uncle Bobby got to come back to NC with us for more family time.

We returned from our warm vacation on Tuesday on March 5th, only to fly to sunny Florida on Saturday the 9th. We wanted to get down for West Palm Beach to visit Fitz's grandpa, so dubbed "great big grandpa" by Lilly. We had a blast, and nothing got broken in the 3 hours we were together. The kids did great, and it's always great to see Great Big Grandpa. At 92 years young, he's a force to be reckoned with! We continued our FL vacation with a trip to the Palm Beach Zoo, and then to Disney World. We never do things small. We got to the park at 8:50am and took it by storm.....Lilly got made over as a princess at the Bibbity, Bobbity, Boutique and she was in heaven. We then saw ALL of the characters we could: Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Cindrella, Belle, Tinkerbell, Vidia, Mickey Mouse, and Minnie of course. Lilly LOVED this part; she was in heaven with all of her characters. Since she was dressed up as a princess, she got lots of attention. MJ was not down with the lines to do things, but he managed. We headed back to the hotel for a rest from 4-7pm and then made it back in time for the electric parade (which is a top priority if you ever go), and the kids loved it. We then finished the night with the Mad Hatter's tea cups and headed back to the hotel about 12:30am.....not much rest, but we had a blast.

We finished the month, with me being a member of a marathon relay which ended up 3rd in the team division and a time of 3:27:34....not to shabby. I got to travel with out the kids, and with two great gals, so it was a really fun 24 hours (we left about 3pm Saturday and got home about 3pm Sunday). This did light my fire a bit about wanting to race again! We shall see how long it lasts.

The very next weekend, the traveling 5 (E&C, me, lilly and MJ) did a 36 hour trip to PA for me dearest cousins bridal shower. Whoo, this one was the hardest trip by far in the distance covered and short amount of time. But again it was great to see all the family in one place. We managed to have 16 out of 20 grandkids and great grandkids together in one place. :)

Things have since returned to normal as far as travel but we are now preparing for the kids birthday. Which, of course, occurs on the same day! So here's to less travel, but no less adventure!