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I travel a lot for my job, which I LOVE because it allows me to see places I wouldn’t normally see and to keep up with people that would be harder to keep up with otherwise. I get to go fun places and see fun things. However, very rarely do I get to travel just for the sake of traveling. My travels for work usually allow me to take mini vacations (like my trip to Costa Rica which is hitting the blog soon!), but vacationing just for vacation is harder to make happen. So, as you read this, I am on a BEACH VACAY with my family! This exact weekend last year, I did the same thing. I vacationed and I rested. It was totally unintentional that it be the same week but in many ways it is so fitting. Fitting because it’s right in the middle of my crazy wedding season and though it may seem inopportune, it is exactly what I need. A good solid break from the craziness that is always my spring and summer. What I do is what I love, but even your passions can be tiring and well…breaks are good.

Though I wrote this ahead of time so as to protect my ‘resting’, I sure hope that at this point in time, I am sitting with a book in my hand, shades on my face and smile on my lips as I REST!

So, in the name of resting and taking breaks,

I Say, Leave Me Here!

If you have followed the blog at all, you may know something about me. I adore my family. Certainly, I can recognize that other families are pretty awesome too but if I’m being real…I’m pretty convinced that mine is hard to beat. That my seem narrow-minded but the beauty is that no one has to agree with me. I am perfectly content believing it on my own..and don’t worry, I’m smart enough to know that I feel this way because they ARE my own. Regardless of where they fall in the ‘cool families club,’ I can’t even begin to express how thankful I am for them and the friendships that we have. As the years go by and our ages increase, they become more and more a comfort to me and the source of so much joy. I have three sisters and they are some of my very best friends. About a year ago, we started a group text between the four of us and it has quickly become my  most favorite thing ever. If the outside world could only see the ridiculousness that fills that group text feed they would either think we are C-razy or that we are the raddest group of four women to ever grace the planet. In my mind, it would be the latter.

If you have been following the blog for a while you might also know that I LOVE the beach! I’ve grown up going to the beach my whole life and every time my toes hit the sand, I’m like that little girl again…just a happy camper. This year I’ve been on a Greek beach, a Turkish beach, a Costa Rican beach and now I’m headed to a Florida beach. Bring on the sun! This time next week, I’ll be merging a few of my favorite things, sisters, family and salt watery toes….and I can’t wait. This crazy group of four, along with their husbands, my parents and three little nephews (one as a stowaway) are all headed to the Florida for a week in just four short days!!!! We will be reunited and I couldn’t be more pumped! I’m a little over half way through my crazy wedding schedule so this time together is JUST what the doctor ordered. A chance to snuggle my nephews, play in the ocean, soak up some sun and spend time with my favorite people will be oh so good for my heart. I can’t wait to be with them again, to giggle like crazy…when no one understands why but us and to make the crazy text feeds an in person reality

So, in the name of sisters, family, beach vacay and rest for my soul,

I Say, Take Me Back!!!!

(This is the real us below…totally imperfect)