One-day vacay(ish)

We always cherish the times we can get away from everything and just enjoy being a family.  This year was supposed to be a Destin year.  I'm so missing the beach!  The sand and the waves and the sounds and the fun and the love.  It makes me super sad that we aren't getting a family vacay this summer, the summer before baby girl first's senior year!  I'm so thankful for baby boys life and I know God knew all and has us in His hands and it will all work out somehow but it still hurts.  It's been a hard summer and in just a few weeks we will be enrolling all my sunshines except baby baby girl in school.  Currently we are running into Dallas about once every two weeks or so.  v   bklkn,lohhy6hhm m (walked away to check on dinner and baby baby girl hijacked my blog, again!  LOL)  So this one day Marmie invited us to her apartment to swim!  She had sandwich stuff for lunch too.  So we got up and left early that day, one of Glenn's off days too!  First we went by the clinic bc Glenn had a check up (please keep him in your prayers too, his sugars, BP and cholesterol were high), afterwards we ran by Sams where there was a big blowup ring toss on sale.  $6 and we got 5 rings of varying sizes from the smallest which was about Kalani size to the biggest which was probably just a bit bigger than a tire float and a center (which we haven't used) so we would have floats to play with.  Then after that we were all hungry bc Glenn was fasting before the doc so we ran to McDonalds for some breakfast.  Of course this thrilled the babies!  :)  We try to visit my Papa in his nursing home on sundays but Kirsten wasn't feeling well at lunch that day and so we went straight home instead, so we ran by there to say hello before heading to my mom's.  He just enjoys seeing Kalani so much and she was so happy and running all over and gave him kisses.  Meme said he was still talking about it that afternoon!  And then we made it to mom's!  We got into her apartment and all started getting dressed for the pool, I put my plastic waterproof cover thing that Kirsten had given me for my bday and I hadn't had a chance to try yet on my phone in hopes of getting cool pics which I did!  :)  You should've seen the teens and me blowing up the floats, oh I forgot to mention that they look like donuts!  LOL  Then off to the pool!  We all love to swim or rather play in the water.  I got some really cool pics.  Kirsten hadn't been swimming since Kayson wasn't able to yet so she was excited to get in the water, she played with Kayson, gave him a ride under water on her back and held Kalani and talked with Marmie.  Chris swam and floated and joked around some with Cayden and carried Kalani and took selfies with his mama.  Cayden was all over the pool and even fell through one of the bigger floats trying to get in it, all I saw was feet, LOL!  Keegan learned how to doggy paddle, he was so excited and did real well.  Kayson didn't let his neck brace slow him down!  This was his first swim since his stroke.  He actually swam from one person to another, he floated with the donuts, he is our little fish.  It was so great to see him so active and happy.  To see them all happy and enjoying each other and not fighting.  Just having fun, just being a family, laughing together.  These are the reasons we cherish our vacay/holiday times so much.  Just to strengthen our relationships, just to love and cherish one another.  To make memories!  Kalani loved the water too!  In the deeper end, like 4 ft, there was a ledge or seat along the edge and she loved running (slow run, its water!) along it.  I don't know if she was so sure about going under, she didn't cry though.  Oh but she was attached to her daddy!  Towards the end he was ready to get out and relax a bit and she didn't want to sit out of the water with him but she didn't want to be in the water with me either, she fussed bc she wanted her daddy in the water with her!  lol.  She floated a bit with the smallest float, actually holding onto it for a little.  Then she started trying to crawl out of it and that was the end of that!  LOL  Then we had lunch at Marmie's and watched some netflix and got some naps.  Then it was dinner time and we hadn't yet been to the new Chick-Fil-A bc we just couldn't seem to get us all together at the same time to go and we wanted to go the first time as a family so thats where we had dinner.  Its really nice and all brand new.  We took selfies and ate and laughed some more, Keegan took Kalani to the play area, it was so nice.  Then we headed home and finished the night off with a family movie!  Oh how I love these precious babies sooooo much!  I am so thankful for this brief time to slow down and just be as a family, even if it was just one day.  We all needed this day, together!