Jumper cables................

This beach trip with the girls were the "jumper cables" I needed to restart my battery! It was perfect..................Perfect weather, perfect friends, perfect place!

Andee and her husband have a condo in Destin, Florida............It's right on a canal and a short walk to the beach...........lots of pools, tennis, puttin green and boats & fishin.......Perfect for kids......If we had brought them..........but we did not! We just brought ourselves.........And as always, our first night there starts with dinner at Dewey Destins.........A shack that has great food and very cold beer...........YUMMY!

Tara, Robin, Andee, Christi, Liz and myself have been friends since college. Although we are spread all around (And I was NOT referring to our butts!) we reconnect every year just like college was yesterday!!

Weather was just beautiful!! And only a few times did we laugh at the other parents sitting in sand making sandcastles and smearing sunscreen all over very quick toddlers.........Because those trips are great, too. Actually, those trips are made really great by having these "kid free" trips as well!! I firmly believe you need the balance.............especially to really appreciate life!

The Donut hole is a must.........not really just for breakfast.........They have the best keylime pie! YUMMY!!

I figured I should include myself in a bathing suit shot.......I mean really, who knows what next year will look like, right??? I kid, I kid...............

So here we are, all lined in our sorority pose!!

Saturday night we went to The Boathouse! Unfortunately, these pics just don't show the charm! You know, if you call bras and panties stapled to the ceilings CHARMING.........Which we did!! No, we didn't staple OURS to the ceiling, we just thought it was CHARMING...........many beers, shots and no dinner later!!

Oh to be young again...........We certainly tried............As will the hubby's text messages attest to! It really was a wonderful weekend with really great people! And a special thanks to all those at home that held down the fort, toted kids to birthday parties, soccer parties, dance recitals, baseball games and all those other things crazy people with kids do on weekends!

My brain is at the BEACH!

so...............tomorrow I am going to the beach with my sorority sisters...........AND I CAN NOT WAIT! Apparently, my mind is already there.......because so far this week, I have turned the hose on to water my flowers......forgot.........never watered them.......however I did water the lawn..........till I remembered at 4AM to go and turn off the hose! I also put chicken fingers in the toaster over............and forgot.................and burnt the hell out of them......................

so..............as much as the hubby isn't too excited about flying solo till Monday, I feel confident he is ready for my spacey brain to LEAVE!!

I am also hoping to get packed sometime very soon..............right now, my list is still long...........laundry, ironing, clean out car, clean kids rooms, clean house, cook dinner, lay out clothes for birthday parties this weekend, gather soccer stuff for games this weekend..............and then pack...................

shew...............better get goin!!

Best. Easter. Ever!

On Saturday, April 23rd, All the kids from Emery's class at Oxford, plus some sibling classes gathered at the Backus' household for an unbelievable Easter Egg hunt!! It couldn't have been any more of a gorgeous day filled with wonderful friends.............These kids have been going to school together for almost 5 1/2 years.........It has been so wonderful watching them grow and is so bittersweet.......Graduation is around the corner and for the most part, they will all go their separate ways................Thankfully, we have memories like this to remind us how special these times have been and how blessed we all are..........sniff sniff.............Both kids and parents alike have formed friendships that will last forever!!

Cancer is so limited............

It cannot cripple love..........

It cannot shatter hope........

It cannot corrode faith.......

It cannot eat away peace...

It cannot destroy confidence.....

It cannot kill friendship.........

It cannot shut out memories.....

It cannot silence courage.....

It cannot reduce eternal life.....

It cannot quench the spirit......

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This was us May 2009 for a breast cancer walk at Atlantic Station. Trinia's in the back with the visor.........

Thank you all, my sweet friends, for your continued support and prayers..........For anyone interested, there is going to be a Coed Softball tournament in Trinia's honor on June 11th........All proceeds will go to the Trinia Anderson Fund.

I also think you can buy Trinia's Prayer Pals T-shirts too which are pretty cute!!

I am anxiously awaiting to hear how her appointment with her Oncologist went today......will post more information as I recieve it...........

Keep the prayers comin!