Seventeen Days In A Cave Of Wonders...

... Can give you such a crick in the neck!

Wow... 1100 miles is just too much for anyone, but it is especially too much when you are packed like sardines... and your feet can't even touch the floor... and you are all sick!

Seth and Caleb fought the entire way home! If I ever hear the words, "Caleb is irritating me," again, I may jump out a window (hopefully on the first floor)! Ian screamed the entire way home... except when he was sleeping... which was for approximately 3.8 minutes! Grace was actually pretty good on the way home... except when one of her brothers looked at her... which wasn't that often, since they were too busy fighting and screaming!

But we made it! And when we walked through the back door and into the kitchen, our house looked huge... kinda like it looked before we owned it... and I was reminded to be thankful for absolutely everything we have!

Am I sad the trip is over? You bet. Am I already thinking about the next trip? Uh... yep. But am I glad to be home? No doubt about it!

Now... while we were riding the lazy river at Wet and Wild last week, I heard the song, "Don't Blink" for the first time. It's pretty rare that I would put something up here that is not from a "Christian" artist, and truthfully, I had never even heard of Kenny Chesney until I googled the lyrics, so I have no idea if his other music is good or not. It's country, so it might be about his truck... and his dog... and his seventeen affairs... or it might not be. However, I love this song. I am copying the lyrics as a reminder that not only are vacations short... life is short. You just get one shot at it, and then it's gone. Make the most of it!

Don't Blink
By: Kenny Chesney

I turned on the evening news
Saw a old man being interviewed
Turning a hundred and two today
Asked him what's the secret to life
He looked up from his old pipe
Laughed and said "All I can say is."

Don't blink
Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your "better half"
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

I was glued to my tv when it looked like he looked at me and said
"Best start putting first things first."
Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand
You can't flip it over and start again
Take every breathe God gives you for what it's worth

Don't Blink
Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your "better half"
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

So I've been tryin' ta slow it down
I've been tryin' ta take it in
In this here today, gone tomorrow world we're livin' in

Don't blink
Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your "better half"
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So Don't blink

Naw, don't blink
Life Goes Faster Than You Think