I finally went on vacation without any children!

I had to give a shout out to my Grandpa's car. He had it for over 20 years and drove up until the week he went into the hospital. Last year he changed the brakes on his car by himself. He was 96 then!

This is the first time all of my siblings has been together in a long time.

My cute mom and step-dad.

This is me and my 2 sisters, Cari and Lori, on the right, and our cousins are on the left.

So it wasn't actually planned as a vacation, but my sister's and I made it into one. My wonderful 97 year old Grandpa died on April 17 so we decided to leave all family behind and fly to Phoenix. We were there only 3 and a half days but we had a blast! The weather was in the high eighties, low nineties the whole time. We went swimming, shopping, visited family and went to the funeral of course. We decided we are going to do a sisters trip every year from now on. As much as I love my family, it was so nice not to have to worry about anyone but me. That hasn't happened since I had Jason.

Re-entry (does everyone know what I mean when I say that? If you don't let me know, I'll explain) was extra hard after this trip for some reason. It seriously took me a long time to get back into my routine and not keep wishing I was still in Arizona. We definately needed another day or two to really feel like we got a good vacation and wanted to go back home.

All in all it was great and can't wait to do it again next year. Hopefully without a funeral next time.