Vacation's Over!!

Today was the first day back for me and the kids. Back to work and back to school. None of us were really excited this morning when we left the house. Apparently Skylar had a good day, as soon as she got in the car she handed me a note about how much talking she was doing durning the day. Chase had nothing to say which told me he had a good day, you know men.

So, the holiday's were good to this side of the Rakestraw family. I got everything on my list (wasn't as big of a list as the kids), Travis got all kinds of airplane stuff and the kids got more than they needed!! We all enjoyed ourselves. On Nana's birthday the kids and I drove up to see her and Papa. It was a long trip, as it usually is, but we made the drive in 7 hours and 14 minutes. I even got to stop at Jack in the Box for lunch, yummmmmm. Mom loved her movie I made her of her and dad's life together, they both cried (and laughed). The weekend was a short one, we headed home on the 31st bright and early (didn't want to be on the road after dark with all the drunks). Made the drive coming home in 6 hours and 45 minutes, we only stopped to pee and went throught the drive through at Arby's. I tell the kids it's faster going home because we're going down hill, hehe.

The new year has been good so far. Made a couple resolutions that I have really been doing pretty good at keeping so far but hey, it's only the 8th!

As some of you know, Travis is taking flying lessons and according to the instructor is doing very well. It's because all he does is play his flight simulator on his computer and flies his RC planes. So, keep us in your prayers that he continues to do well!! This isn't really the kind of thing I had planned for us when we got married but who am I to stop the man from doing what he really loves doing?