Family Time

We left on New Years day to drive Kara to BYU and today, January 3, we are back home. It was a quick trip where we moved Kara into her apartment, visited with Paul's parents, saw Nate for about 20 minutes and were driving back home yesterday at 4:30. We stopped in Vegas for about 7 hours to sleep at our timeshare before driving the final leg of the trip. As we were driving home, I texted Nate about his new ward and checked in with Kara to see how her first night in her new home went. We arrived home at about noon. Justin came home from church, we played games, started a movie, texted Nate and Kara, had a serious discussion with Justin about some things he shouldn't be doing, read the first presidency's message on how happiness is a choice and now I'm preparing for bed and work tomorrow.  We squeezed a lot into 3 days. I'm looking forward to a normal routine that tomorrow will bring. Today I'm grateful for family time. Whether we are texting on the phone in two different states or playing games together in person I'm grateful that our children like to spend time with us. As children get older they don't always see the importance of family relationships. My children do and for that I am grateful.