30 October 2012

Vacation Time!

It's that time of the year again!  It's time for the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas!  My mom and I started attending this annual event the first year I was married, so almost ten years ago!  We've been every year but two, once while I was in Japan and last year because we had just moved and I wasn't sure if Hubby would be home to stay with the kids.  A few years ago we invited my Aunt D to join us and now the three of us look forward to this trip all year.

This year I knew that Hubby would be gone but made arrangements ahead of time.  Last November (you have to make hotel reservations a year in advance) I asked my in-laws if they could come stay with the kids while I went to quilt festival.  They agreed, so this year they flew in the day before I flew out.  My in-laws will have their work cut out for them!  The kids are very busy with school and extracurricular activities, and on top of that they have Halloween to deal with!  I made them a daily checklist of the kids' schedules so they wouldn't forget anything and hung them in the kitchen.

Hiccup and I flew out first thing the morning of Halloween and arrived in Texas before lunch ready to begin a much needed vacation!


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