Running the Race!

There are very few things I enjoy more than being with my entire family! So, this week, I decided to take a vacation and spend it with them.  With my oldest daughter, Teryn, granddaughter, Salem, in tow, the three of us made the trip to Orlando.  Being in Florida with my mom, sister and brother and their families is better than a cruise, a trip to Hawaii or anywhere else on the planet.

Not only do my siblings and I enjoy being together, but the kids and grandkids do too!  We hardly see them from the minute they wake up until it's time for bed.  This leaves lots of free time for the adults to talk, enjoy good food and wine, play games, watch a movie, cook out or just literally do nothing and talk.  What a great concept to actually love being with people who share your DNA!

Our father was an avid runner and we have each taken up his passion (even me in the past 6 months!).  Each year he ran a race called the Gasparilla in Tampa, Florida.  Thousands of people from all over the world show up to put on their best pirate garb and run 5K, 15K, 1/2 and even full marathons.  This year, I'll be running in the 5K with my sister-in-law.  The rest of the clan will be doing the 15K.

We may not be running in the same race, but what we will be doing is encouraging and cheering eachother at the start and finish lines!

We're topping off our time together with a Busch Gardens visit on Sunday.  Yes, I love these people.  Being with them are the happiest times of my life.   My life is going to dramatically change in the next 30 days, so this week I'm enjoying my time by creating more memories with some of the greatest and my most favorite people in the world.......my family!  I only wish the rest of my daughters were here with us. They are truly missed.  Next time.

As my family found out yesterday with the death of two grandparents, life is way too short to waste not being with those you love.

Love and relationships are worth fighting for.  I'm thankful that the ones I can always count on are my family:)