Like a kid in a candy store...that would be me!!

Today the final detail was ironed out when Ryan purchased his plane ticket!!! All of our kids will be home for our annual trip to the cabin. We have gone to the cabin for years and years, but for the last 5 years not everyone could be there at the same time...BUT that is going to change this year!!!!

This year, this momma...this grandma couldn't be any happier!!! We'll celebrate Roy & Naomi's 5th Wedding anniversary, we'll celebrate Roy's 26th birthday and Ryan's 24th birthday, and we'll celebrate family!

Roy & Naomi will have dinner where they dined the night of their wedding, exactly 5 years ago, at Lord Bennett's, while gma, gpa, Ryan and KT enjoy some time with Maddie and JJ.

We'll walk down those 57 steps from the road to the cabin and then load the trolley and take turns shuffling our food and bags down. Then we will dread having to reverse the process when we have to pack it all back up the trolley on Sunday because we brought too much food, too many clothes and have gathered too many treasures while walking on the beach.

Face Rock will greet us each morning while we have a cup of coffee and dig out the binoculars to see what we can see far off in the horizon as the morning fog lifts bit by bit.

We'll play on the beach come rain or come shine, we'll drag driftwood along the sand, grandpa Ed will carry his bucketful of agates. Ryan will convince Roy to rock climb, Roy and Ryan will skimboard and show off their skill to the girls, KT will play with Maddie and JJ. I love to hear KT laugh.

There will undoubtly be a game or two of Skipbo, if we can keep Ryan awake that is, and if he falls asleep, well...KT and I will peak at his cards and the game will continue on...

We'll read the guest book from years past and our memories will be sparked by the words written. Undoubtably JJ will hear the story for the first time of his brave daddy and uncle trying desparately to save a beached shark (OK, so the shark was only a sand shark and barely 2 ft long, but they were brave boys and it broke their hearts when the seagulls had their way in the end.)

We'll wonder once again why a cabin that has sleeping for 14 (not counting floor space) has only one bathroom while we stand in line waiting our turn.

We'll add the leaf to the table before our first meal on Friday night and gather chairs around it. We'll share that meal together and then stay gathered around the table while we laugh and yak and visit and enjoy each others company.

If we are blessed with clear evenings we will enjoy beautiful ocean sunsets, nothing NOTHING can compare to the sun setting on the ocean. Lovers holding hands, children cuddled in laps, shared slience as we witness God's glory in those sunsets sitting on the deck or huddled around a fire on the beach. mmm, mmm, mmm....can't wait!!!!

The final pre-planning detail has been crossed off the "to do" list, this momma, this gma is like a kid in a candy store...and I can't wait for the yummy time we are gonna have. October 7th can't come fast enough...but that is ok, the plane ticket has been purchased and I am a happy camper!!!