Another Beginning

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 Beginning of what? Well, another school year. One started preschool yesterday and the two older ones will start tomorrow. How do I feel? Good and bad. Bad because we got to drive everywhere and pay a ton now for gas! (Currently hovering around $5/gal) good because we can try to do more around the house. Of course we’ll miss the kids as we had a summer full of mini vacations, which they loved! Trips to Monterey and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom were the highlights. Local drives always come in handy especially when you can’t fly anywhere (for us because of many kids!). But finding a local and driveable place is golden and the kids love staying at a hotel cause it’s all about the feeling of being on vacation!  

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