What I did on my summer vacation

So I just got back from a wonderful vacation to Wisconsin to visit two of my children. It was sooo good to see them again! I can't tell you enough how much I miss them kids! I had a blast while I was up there! I have been back for three days already and I tell ya......my feet and legs are STILL hurting! We kept ourselves quite busy over the past week. We went to the State Fair, a car show, 7 mile fair, shopping at Gurnie Mills (where I SCORED at Archivers!), hunting for long lost relatives in the cemeteries, visited my mom and Grampa Phil's burial place, went to the Art Museum where we named some of the art there ourselves. (This was funny as hell!) I visited my girlfriend Janet and her boys and ate dinner there and looked at her scrapbooks and took some fun pictures. I took a trip to see where Holly works and got to meet some of the people she works with. We even took Sarah and her roommate Erin out for lunch since it was Sarah's 24 th. Birthday! Went shopping at Southridge with Ryan, Holly and Sarah and discovered another scrapbooking store right across the street! WoooHoooo! We checked out the bookstore that Holly always goes to and I didn't do too bad there. I mere $21 is all I spent. I'm getting better with them books stores I tell ya! We went to Leon's for the ever-so-wonderful custard sundaes they have. Even Izzy came with us. It was so cool to see him again. He *hearts* me! Sat around upstairs and looked at old pictures and laughed till we cried, took a bike ride with Stosh and Holly experienced her first bike ride. She looks like a natural on the back of one! Stopped at the greasy George Webb's but didn't bother buying a burger. No one didn't want my money so I didn't give them any. Poop on them! Went to Best Buy and bought Ryan his belated birthday present and stopped at Cold Stone Creamery to taste their over-rated ice cream. That's exactly what it is too.....over-rated. IMHO. Went to a yardsale, went to Michaels, went to Steins, went to Goodwill and went to a couple gas stations so Ryan could shove off his beautiful mom to a few of his friends! (That's my boy!) Went to the lake front and took a long walk down the pier and got some cool shots of the city lights at night, (Thanks to Ryan!) Holly and Marcus took Ryan and me out for dinner at Olive Garden. Boy was it scrumptious! Ryan took Holly, Grandma Marcia and me out for breakfast and boy was that good! Got to scarp by Holly's girlfriend Sarah's parents new house. Wow was that nice! Got some lovely shots of their home along with the beautiful backyard with all the flowers, waterfall and fish. We also stayed and scrapped by Holly's house the last night I was there. Unfortunately I didn't bring none of my scrapbook stuff with me but that turned out to be a bonus for Holly because I just worked on her book! I was just so happy to be scrapping it didn't matter who's I was working on! We watched a couple really good movies and spent a lot of time laughing our asses off looking at t-shirts on the computer and watching the videos on ebaum. Tom and Marcia also cooked us a fantastic dinner with a shit load of food on the grill. I think I actually came back home 15 lbs. heavier! Took a couple trips to the gas station to make sure both my babies vehicles were filled up before I left. Holy crap was gas expensive! Well, at least that's what I thought until I got back home. Holy Moly! The weather was BEAUTIFUL! A couple hot days but nothing like it was here! I couldn't believe how nice the weather was! I hated to come back home to this shitty 98 degrees with high humidity! Ugh!
Well I could ramble on and on all day about all the things we done but I think you got the point. We had a blast and I am so thankful that the kids and I got to spend good quality time together! I can't wait until I can go back and we can do it all over again! Now it's back to reality and all the responsibilities that go with it. I'm not happy about that, but, I AM happy that I have many many happy memories from this summers vacation with my kids! Thank you Ryan! Thank you Holly! I love and miss you both so much! You are the BEST!!!