Alyson has had so much fun keeping in touch with everyone, she has convinced me to start a blog. My main purpose is actually to help me with my journal writing, since I haven't been very good at that this year! And I definitely don't want to forget the good times we have had this year.....!!!!!

Thanks to Brian's spontaneous personality (most of our family vacations are very spontaneous!) we took a fun trip to Universal Studios the week before school started. Mom was actually relaxed on this vacation and had a great time!! (the awesome pool at the Royal Pacific Resort was my favorite!) It was fun to leave everything behind and just be us!