The Sister Left Behind

I thought I would write to you ladies as you each were on your glorious and well deserved vacations. I can't wait to hear about the Yoga with incredible views from Luc and the skiing from Lizzy. All is great here. I have been feeling great the last few days, believe it or not. It has been really hot and the kids were out of school so we had a lot of outside time. Yesterday the kids and I had a great day at the zoo. Our Panda just had a baby so that was pretty amazing to see. I swear we go so much that one of these days I am expecting the Elephant to address by name. We had a great dinner party last night. Dill made Greek Gyros, Greek Salad and Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler and I did a hot artichoke dip for the appetizer. So yummy. Everyone got nice and drunk except me. I was stuck with my non-alchoholic beer. It actually is good, but no fun benefits Then tonight Dill made caramel from scratch and put it over Vanilla Bean ice cream for us and I swear it was the best thing I have ever had! Still on a serious organizing kick. The work on our house begins in a week so I can hardly wait for that. It will be such a load off to finish the indoor painting. It was about time that we accepted that we were never going to have time to finish it all ourselves! The baby seems to be doing great. I am on the home stretch and getting really excited. I can't believe I forgot to blog this, but Shannon got engaged a few weeks ago so we are so fired up about that. Will be an awesome wedding. They seem to be leaning toward a destination wedding but have not picked a location. They are definatley shooting for late summer/early fall. Any news on your possible dates Luc? I know you said it might be a little sooner than you previousy thought. Looking forward to another long day in the sun tomorrow. I have been on a serious gardening kick in the front so I think the kids and I will visit our Home Depot buddies again. I love you all and hope you have safe and amazing vacations. Sorry my blogs have been so few and far between lately. Maybe now that I am feeling better I will get back on track.