bye-bye

Today hubby and Abi flew to AZ for our niece, Karissa's, graduation. The other kids still have school, so I'm staying behind, but Joey and Sarah are traveling down from Utah and Idaho to be there too. Abi was real excited about going until she realized that I wasn't going with them. I was standing on the driveway waving and trying to get her to blow kisses, but she just stared at me. Joseph told me later that she was upset that I was staying. When I talked with her as they sat on the plane(they both got bumped up to 1st class, cool!), she told me that she wanted me to go too. There is nothing to worry about though because she will soon be the center of attention and will have her dad all to herself, so to speak. I will miss her but will enjoy getting things done without working around her schedule for a couple of days. The house is definitely quieter and shopping should be easier. I don't thing though that that will make up for the missed hugs and kisses.