I am SO excited for Florida!

I love winter, I truly do. I'm one of those people who don't get mad when it snows (I love it) and I look forward every year to the cold weather. Well, cold weather within reason. I don't mind it when it's 30 degrees, or even 20; I'll throw on a hat and gloves and be fine. But when it's supposed to be -7, like it is tonight, with wind chills of 15 below, well, then I get a little irritated. So.... needless to say, I am so glad that as of 6:30 tomorrow morning I'll be on my way to sunny Orlando!

It's my mom's 60th birthday celebration (well, her birthday is actually at the beginning of February, but since she's a teacher she wanted to go over MLK, Jr. Day so she doesn't have to take as much time off) and we are so excited! It's going to be a huge family reunion of sorts; my aunt Chris, two of her kids (Katrina and Matthew) and my grandma will be there. AND, as of Sunday, so will Tracy and the girls!! I am so freaking excited. Initially, they thought they wouldn't be able to come. But we were talking on Sunday, and Tracy expressed how disappointed she was to be missing her sister's 60th birthday, which I totally understand. So, while we were hanging out with Kirsti and Rori (they wanted to play the Wii at our house for awhile, and then we went shopping), Tracy & Dan H. got online, found some amazing plane tickets, and booked them! So they'll be spending the week with us!

Needless to say, Kirsti (13 1/2) and Rori (almost 6) are over the moon. On Sunday, Rori kept saying that we were going "tomorrow." We had to explain, "No, first you go to school for two days, and THEN we go." To which she would respond, "I know; it's not tomorrow, but it's the other tomorrow." Oh, ok ;)

Our laptop broke, so I won't be able to post pics when I'm there, but I'll definitely do it when I get back!