Love family, missing family

After the last update, I wanted to let you all know that my daughter did not get a part in the Lion King at her school.  She was heartbroken, but has quickly moved on.  Now, we're a little less busy, and I'm good with that.

So, we've been having a wonderful time, enjoying life in San Antonio, just the four of us.  We are exploring and loving life here as the perfect family.  But, I have to say that there is one thing that is missing, time with our elders.

I grew up with a huge extended family that we saw all the time.  We spent every Friday, before I started school, at my grandmother and grandfather's house.  And, after I did start school, we had dinner with Grandma and Grandpa a couple of times a week, at least.  We visited my Grandpa Max at least once a month.  We saw my aunt and my cousins quite regularly.

But, my kids have no family around.  We do our best to Skype or FaceTime with her grandparents whenever we can, but it just isn't the same.  And, we go to Michigan once a year and Florida once a year, and so they're able to see most of the family, but we don't get to see them all.  We haven't seen my husband's father since we moved here, almost 2 years ago.  And, we haven't seen my niece, Isabella, in almost as long.

So, I'm sitting here on a Sunday evening, after a wonderful weekend with my family.  I had a perfect day yesterday, taking my daughter to see the Little Mermaid at the Majestic followed by a wonderful dinner out for sushi with the whole family. We had so much fun and the great conversation you get with a 5 year old and a 2 year old.  You can't ask for a better time.  And, today, we watched Papa play soccer and made my daughter's star student poster!  She was so excited and we had fun putting it all together.  But, I still miss my mom and dad.  I miss my sister and her beautiful children.  I miss my brother and his beautiful daughter.    I miss my husband's grandparents, his mom and dad, and his sisters and our nieces and nephew.  I hope we can plan a trip to see them again soon.  And, I hope they can plan a trip to come see us in our great city soon, too.