Last weekend was very busy. It was my nephew’s first birthday party and my parents in law stayed with us this time for the visit. Not exactly prime blogging time! I always like when they visit and stay with us though. My wife’s parents truly feel like my own parents after 14 years of knowing them. I very much think of my father in law as if he was my actual father. It’s almost a perfect fit as all the things my actual Dad and I never had in common, he and I do. My dad never much got into sports, but he did get into music and movies in the same way I do. I do though enjoy playing golf with my father in law because he plays so often and I play so little, yet our scores are often quite close on the course. I really wish I could play more….I just know I could get really damn good at the game with more practice. Like my father in law during his younger years though, I’m not willing to give up so much of my quality time that I could spend with my daughters.

Speaking of quality daughter time, despite feeling sickness coming on, I got to sped Sunday with my Anna. I cannot remember the last time I got to spend this much one on one time with my oldest daughter. The reason for it though was so we could go to the movies. We had a special date that took us to the Toy Story double feature. Our youngest, Claire, can barely sit through 1 movie much less two movies, while also wearing 3D glasses. So Anna and I went and it was wonderful. She and I share a special connection between us and often that means very similar interests in all things. I absolutely LOVED seeing the Toy Story movies when they first came out. Seeing them again in 3D as a double feature excited me regardless of my children. Anna though, is in love with Buzz Lightyear and loves the movies just as much as I do. So this was a perfect way to spend the afternoon! I just read they extended the length of running so go see it before it’s gone. It’s fun and the movies are great. The intermission entertainment is filled with DVD extras and trivia. We both enjoyed the presentation immensely.

Yesterday I was sick, today I am still mostly sick. I dunno what with though. Complete exhaustion, body aches all over, headaches, scratchy throat in morning. No fever, no sniff-lis, no coughing. Not flu and not a cold. Just uncomfortable and exhausting bleh.

Anyway, this weekend we’re going on a little vacation. We are visiting our parents in the panhandle, or more like they will be visiting us. We’ll be staying in a house of our most favorite beach-side town known as Seaside. It has been voted in the past the most beautiful beach in the world, was the setting for the movie the Truman Show, and is just a little slice of heaven I have not seen in far too long. It is serene, relaxing, and more beautiful in person then a camera can do justice. I am so very thankful for the details surrounding this house on this weekend and maybe I’ll steal the camera for a few shots of one of my favorite places on Earth.