We're heading for vacation...

While Dad, Dave, Sophie, Lucy and I head 650 miles north to the wilderness and water of Canada, John will stay here with "Big Carmyn." Remember her? She's like a seventh aunt to the kids and a great friend to both Dave and me. All the neighbors have agreed to help her out, have them over for dinner, and provide plenty of playdates.

Dave's rule for the kids being big enough to go to the cabin is that they have to be able to read chapter books - that's why Sophie and Lucy get to go and John stays. This will be Lucy's first time, Sophie's third time, my third time (although the last time I went was before I was pregnant with Sophie), Dave's eighth time and Dad's fortysomething time.

So, unlike this last time, there will be a "real" reason for the blogging hiatus. We will, after all, be staying on an island where there's no human civilization for miles and miles, we bring in all our own supplies (except for the fish we'll be catching and eating) and have no electricity by which to blog. What we do have though is assured rest and relaxation, lots of books to read, and an awesome log cabin to stay in - one that was built by Dad and a host of others (including Dave) over 18 years ago. We're off - next time I see you there'll be lots of pictures of our time "up north at the cabin."