7 A.M.

We got home last night after a whirlwind of a day.  We left the Jersey Shore just after 8:45 a.m. to get to the airport for our 11:15 flight.  Once there and checking in, the machine notified me that our flight was in an "oversale situation" and if we were willing to volunteer to give up our seats they would give us $200 in vouchers per seat.  That's $200 less per person we would have to spend on Thanksgiving or Christmas tickets.  Sign me up.  Long story short they did end up needing our seats and gave us $500 vouchers.  That's $2000 worth of plane tickets.  Yipee!

The only problem was we traded in our non-stop flight for a connection through Houston, which meant we had to wait about 2.5 hours for our journey to begin, take a 4 hour flight to Houston, have a 2.5 hour layover and then another 2.5 hour flight to Denver.  The kids did it, because they had no choice, but they were not happy about it.  All three of them fell asleep in the car on the way home from the airport.

As tired as they were, they were all up by 7:00 a.m. this morning.  I don't know what it is, but with all the trips we've been on this summer and all the switching time zones, they still wake up by 7:00 a.m. almost everyday.  It doesn't matter if we've jumped two hours or gone back an hour, 7:00 a.m.  I, on the other hand, am exhausted and just wish they would sleep a few hours more.  I don't think that's going to happy for quite a few years.

How was Jersey?  Wonderful, fantastic, amazing.  I got to hang out with my two best friends from college, need I say more?  The kids had a great time at the beach and are totally geared up for Destin next week, they got ice cream everyday, we got to go to a pinball museum and play old video games and my two friends and I were even able to sneak out one night sans kids for a beautiful evening thanks to Renee's husband, Mark.  All seeing them does is make me want to see them more.

Saturday we leave for Destin and that is our final trip of the summer.  I can't believe this time period that we have been looking forward to for so long is almost over, but it has been a fantastic summer, one to remember.