My Cute Husband is a Very Cute Father

Happy Father's Day to my hubby and brothers!

Here are some pics of Aaron with the boys:

I Miss Living Out-of-State/Things I Love About Being Home

Thought I had complained about this enough, eh? Well, think again! Not that I am actually complaining, because that would be silly - since I am so blessed and selfish - considering how many people there are in this world that are far from home and missing their loved ones.

It's just that...

I miss being Who I Am! Just being me. That was freedom!

I miss tons of family time with the boys and Aaron, even when he was in school.

I miss having very, very limited social engagements, unless I chose to.

I miss the together, on-top-of-it woman that I was.

I miss the diversity.

I miss discovering new places.

I miss being thousands of miles from relatives who made me grateful I was thousands of miles away.

That's not to say that being back isn't fantastic in it's own way. It's totally cool being back, because...

I love being closer to the relatives who made the thousands of miles hard to take.

I love spending time with friends who have known me since back in the day, who don't need a back story.

I love that my boys are close with their grandparents and extended family.

I love the grid system for the streets and not getting lost! When you start out going South on a street, you almost always keep heading South - what a concept.

I love the mountains, they are amazing.

I love being able to get decent sushi and Mexican food again! I guess it helps to that there are Meixcan and Japanese people here.

*sigh*

Trade offs...