I must admit that although the blogging world around here has been quiet (I think I have two posts this month), my life has been a whirlwind of travel.  It all started Halloween weekend when we packed up the kids and flew to the San Francisco area for a little family reunion.  I’ve already posted about this trip, but hey it’s part of the month of traveling, so I’m mentioning it again.

Blake and I In Front of Ghirardelli in San Francisco

After this trip I was home for three days.  Just enough time for me to unpack, wash the clothes, clean the house, go grocery shopping and re-pack.  Then I hopped on another plane, but this time it was with my bestest bud Shanny and her and I had a girls trip to Puerto Vallarta.  It was five days of sleeping in, drinking tons of beer, eating guacamole and chips non-stop and chilling on the beach with one of my favorite people in this whole world!

Shannon and I Drinking at a Beach Bar in Mexico

Life was so good there!  Here are some of the highlights!  We swam with dolphins, had beach side massages almost every day that we were there, contemplated how to get a pelican to fit in the overhead compartment of the airplane, went on a tequila tour, danced the night away, we were told that we were beautiful by the locals about a thousand times (who cares if it was because they wanted us to buy their goods), learned how to say, “Donde esta mi novio Jorge?”  Also, bought a slice of amazing chocolate pie from the pie Nana who was peddling pie on the beach and last but not least…I slept uninterrupted for four whole nights…it was spectacular!

Oh and let’s not forget:  Todos y todos y todos y todos….y Hugh Jackman!

Don’t get it?  Well you should have been in Mexico.  Okay here is a hint…Dr. Cox.  Still don’t get it?  Okay here is the clip.

So after getting whatever tan I could wearing SPF 70 (hey, gotta worry about pre-mature aging people), I came back to Phoenix.  Again I had just enough time to un-pack, do laundry, clean house, grocery shop and re-pack so we could all go up to the White Mountains for the weekend with our awesome neighbors.  So I went from a warm, tropical beach to freezing my ass off in the snow in less than a week.  It was awesome!

The Newman's Getting Their Snow on in Show Low

It was so very cold and it made me remember why I don’t live in a four season state!  I must admit though, that it was beautiful and watching the snowfall was magical, even if it was just a small storm.  We had fun doing family activities in the day and then once the kids were in bed we had a blast playing “Drinking UNO.”  I haven’t laughed that hard in a really long time…Hanging out with the Arthur’s was a blast!

So then we came home and three days later, Travis re-packed his things and headed to San Diego with one of his business partners for a conference and some guy time.  He comes home today.  Then, while he un-packs so I can do laundry, again, I’m going to take the kids to Tucson on Sunday to see my grandparents since we aren’t having Thanksgiving with them this year.  After that, I hope, we are stationary for a small amount of time.

So, I haven’t been blogging, because one of the reasons is I haven’t been here.  Or, I’ve been taking care of the kids solo.  It’s been a fun month and it’s gone by fast…I guess that’s what happens when you travel for a month!