Thank you for a wonderful family vacation. Thank you for putting up with a 12 hour car ride with the last 30 miles in bumper to bumper traffic. Thank you for renting such a beautiful house on the beach that I could never have afforded on my own. Thank you for assigning rooms for the week (even though most of us are grown it alleviated a lot of potential fighting). Thank you for establishing rules for the week. It is nice to know no matter how old I get you will always have my best interest at heart. Thank you for ordering pizza the first night allowing me to relax and unpack without figuring out dinner.
Thank you for going to the store with me the first night. It was a crazy adventure. Without you there I would have never gotten enough food and lets admit it with out me you would have never found the peanut butter, jelly or bread. Thank you for building a sand castle with me and taking the girls into the gulf. Thank you for buying a 2000 piece puzzle because lets face it a week relaxing on the beach (while the perfect vacation for most) just isn't really Leron's thing. Thank you for requiring us to make dinner one night. It definitely gave us a feeling of ownership over the vacation and encouraged us to do our part to make sure everyone had a good time.
Thank you for taking the whole family to mass on Sunday. It is great to know that our faith doesn't take a vacation. Thank you for taking us out to dinner for an adults only night out. Even on vacation, a night away from my kids was a welcome break. Thank you for taking Leron to Fort Morgan. It was by far the most fun he had on vacation. Thank you for 7 days of family time and all the whining, complaining, temper tantrums, selfish behavior, antagonizing, outbursts, slammed doors, running out of rooms and fights that come with it.
With such a large family, it would be easy to say it isn't worth it. It isn't worth the time, effort, money, discomfort, confrontation, or exhaustion. But in the end, you said a whole week of good memories is priceless. Thank you for putting family above everything else. Your selflessness is an example I strive to emulate. I hope one day I am able to see past all the obvious reasons why a family vacation would be a total disaster and see the joy, happiness and lifelong memories it will provide my family. (Even though it most likely won't be a beach vacation, Leron is my husband afterall.)
Thank you again, maybe one of these days we will all chip in and send you guys on your own vacation although knowing you, you may insist we all go with you!
With lots of love and gratitude,
Hannah
Everyone on the last full day of vacation in our family shirts.
The back of the kid shirts in numbered order as we entered the family... Not pictured Dad is 0 and Mom is 1.Laura (Pet Peeve) 3
Hannah (Farmer's Wife) 4
Leah (Crisis) 5
Rachael (Shortie) 6
Joseph (Adolf Hipster) 7
Matthias (Golden Child) 8
Gabriella (Princess) 9
Jen (Would you Rather?) 10
Brian (Prom Date) 11
Leron (Farmer) 12
We are pretty cute from the front too!
Just too cute!! Cousins enjoying their family vacation!
God Bless!
Hannah
The Farmer's Wife
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