The next 6 months are going to be crazy ones....

How do you cram a years worth of family fun into 3-4 months? We are going to have a crazy few months that's how. For those who don't know, which most should by now, Mike is getting deployed...again. (Now I won't ever be posting any specifics, because I think we can all agree that we want them all to be safe and don't want to put out any information out on the internet that could potentially be used the wrong way. ) He is leaving sometime in the next six months and we want to have as much fun with the kids as possible before he leaves. So tonight I finished booking our two vacations we are taking. We were trying to space them out over a couple of months, but resort availability didn't let us do that so we are going on two vacations in two weeks with wedding in between and another right afterwards! I told you it's going to be crazy around here!

Our first vacation is going to be Las Vegas. This is the third vacation to Vegas we have planned and will hopefully be the one that Mike finally gets to go on. I went on the last one that we had planned but Mike had to miss it because of drill for the Guard. I pregnant with Morgan and brought Mason along as it was a family trip. This time we are going kid free. I think I am going to have a hard time leaving them behind, but I think it will be a good trip for us to take before he is gone for so long. Mike thinks I am weird when it comes to leaving the kids (because I never want to), so he is excited that I am doing it this time. I know we will have fun and my Mom is going to come stay with the kids, so I know I won't have to worry about anything there either!

Our second vacation is about 5 days after we get back from our Vegas trip and we are going to Florida. Mike said he wanted to take the kids to the "real" beach before he left. Now, both the kids have been to the beach on the Oregon Coast, but Mike doesn't think that qualifies because it's cold and not "tropical", so we are taking them to the east coast. It will be fun and I must say will be nice to be able to stand in the water and not have my feet go numb! We are also taking them to Orlando to Sea World. Hopefully Mason will enjoy it as much as we think he will. And we get to go for free! There IS an up side to this whole military thing :) I'm kidding of course, there are a lot of good things, but it is nice that we will be able to go and enjoy ourselves and that Mike can be recognized and appreciated for all he has done and is about to do. (although I don't think Sea World admission nearly comes close to paying him back, but it is a nice bonus, and I'm not complaining!!!)

I can't wait to start our family adventure and spend some quality time with my hubby before he has to leave us. But to do that we have to get him back from his 3 week AT.