Yeah, so I'll probably get flames for this but oh well. Tomorrow we leave for our mini family vacation (without ss)! Since the baby was young this summer we didn't take a trip because we didn't think she'd do well on a long drive. By the end of the summer (after all the tension of a ss filled summer) I was regretting not takin a vacation. Even dh wanted to go on a getaway as his only time off was doting to ss and even taking ss and ds on a one day trip to a town 300 miles away! So we looked at the calendar and besides Thanksgiving and Christmas break, the only other time school was off is Columbus Day. Unfortunately for ss (fortunately for me and our kids) this holiday weekend is NOT a visitation weekend. YEA!!!! So tomorrow dh, our bios and I go on a mini vacation. When dh planned it he agreed we needed a 'reward' after the looooong ss summer. Anyway, I'm excited!! The kids don't even know yet. We are surprising them tomorrow. Woo hoo!!!