vacation~

I am lucky to have a husband that is a top performer in his job. His performance has won us some pretty nice trips over the years; Maui, Cabo San Lucas and now we head to the coast of Monterey, CA to Pebble Beach. We are staying at one of the top Golf resorts in the US, The Inn at Spanish Bay!

http://www.pebblebeach.com/page.asp?pageName=_Inn_Home

Ted will get to golf a few rounds on some of the top courses in the US and I have scheduled a few things at the Spa, one service being a prenatal massage which should be interesting. We have tours of the Wine Country scheduled (go figure!) and have group dinners planned each evening.

We also decided to extend the trip one extra evening and venture off to Big Sur, CA. I rented us a little cabin overlooking a cliff along the Coast of Highway one.
http://www.lucialodge.com/mall/c121/s14406/default1.htm




I am really looking forward to this trip as when we went to St. John in May was so close to my parents death and it was hard to even walk along the Ocean without feeling such great sadness and depression. Although the sadness and missing them will always be constant, I will now allow myself to enjoy the surroundings and appreciate this wonderful trip.



Since being married, we have always promised ourselves we'd take nice vacations each year and so far, we have done just that. We have went to Mexico several times, Dominican Republic, Hawaii, Cabo San Lucas, St. Thomas, St. John and various weekend getaways. The memories and pictures taken away from a vacation are priceless and I look forward to taking our daughter somewhere special each and every year. I will work hard to be able to enjoy these things with my Family. And I hope we have family and friends to join us as to be honest, a vacation is even that much more fun and special with others along with you. I can just see Aydan, my Sis, and Ted's Family with our little one somewhere special in the coming years. Life is too short and on vacation, you really make memories that last a lifetime. I know I will never forget the family cruise we took with my Parents, Aunts, Uncles, Grandpa and many of my parents friends. I have Mom's scrapbook that documents every moment and I am grateful we had that time together as a family.

I will try to write a post or two while I'm out there. I'm sure there will be some stories.

Mom and Dad, please keep us safe as we travel and continue to give us all the strength to live our lives the way you would want. Let us know you are at peace and are happy. But I miss you Mom and Dad and I know if you were allowed to miss people in Heaven, you'd miss me right back.

Love you always,
Melissa