The family is gone and the house is quiet... a little too quiet

The time with family has ended, we are back to a routine at home, the house is cleaned up, AND it is extremely quiet in the house... I am sad that every one is gone though.

It is always so fun to be with family and even though being with family comes with some chaos it is so hard to see them go. I cried 3 times on Saturday, first after I dropped my mom off at her best friend's house (my stand-in mom when my mom is away) and then again after I had a brief conversation with my sister about some stuff she left at my house, and then again when my sis sent me a text message saying they were boarding the plane. Then I cried last night when Lady Bug asked if her cousins were coming again this week. I got teary this morning thinking about writing this post. I just hate that they have to leave.

Although I had to work most of the time they were here, I wasn't updating this blog because work was busy and when I was home I was busy chatting with my mom and sister. Plus what was there to update? I wasn't involved in any of there fun activities at home... it made me so sad that I couldn't take more time off. Oh well. It worked out for the kids for sure! I wonder what the kids would say was their favorite part of the trip? They went skiing, played outside, saw a movie, had sleepovers with the cousins, had ice cream, had pillow fights, etc. Maybe that will be a dinner conversation tonight, to see what they say was the best part of the family visit.