First Visit to the NC

My sister sucks! Just kidding, well kind of. She moved so far away that I don't get to see her very often.  A couple of months ago I found a great deal on a ticket to see her.  Little did I know that it would be right smack in a the middle of a crazy month.  Between Disneyland, moving and Halloween having to make sure there was someone to watch the kids and deal with their schedule seemed really stressful.  But thanks to my Jason, my mom and Jason's mom I was able to go and life somehow went on without me.

 This is Allison's amazing house.  I looks like the perfect dollhouses I always wanted as a kid.  I love it.  She says it looks purple, but I think it is just beautiful, and all the houses in her neighborhood are like this.

 This is the view from her side yard.  Wouldn't it be horrible to wake up everyday and look out the window at this?

 There is a little water pond/lake thing behind their house.

 It's trees, trees, and more trees.  My parents went to visit her a couple of weeks before I did and my mom decided that they are going to go live with Allison.  My mom loves it there.

 I specifically told Alli that I didn't want to do anything.  I was stressed enough and I just wanted to sit and relax with her and her family.  So that is what we did.  We painted her bathroom, which she ended up being disappointed in.  Nothing to do with me I assure you.  This is Eli having a picnic on her front porch. 

 I completly enjoyed myself and am so happy I was able to go.  I hated saying good bye because we used to be able to say "I'll see you in a couple of months"  now it is "I don't know when I will see you next".  I hope we get to see them within the next year.  I hate saying goodbye to them.  The kids grow up so quick and I am missing it all.  

I had to keep telling myself that I was blessed to be born at this time when air travel is so affordable, and available.  I am also blessed with a husband that allows me not only to spend the money to see my sister, but takes care of the kids while I do it.  I am blessed with a mom and a mother in law who are willing to come and help out as well.  So really life is not too bad, even if I don't see my sister and her family as much as I would like.