The rest of the weekend...

So while my parents, Jodi and Kendalynn were here we took the kids to the pumpkin patch, took walks to feed the horses, played in the backyard (when it wasn't raining), colored, played cards, palyed soccer at the park and ate dinner at Tucanos for Kendalynns birthday. 

Getting together with my family can be frustrating at times.

 Seems like no one can ever get along, put differences aside, have fun, just talk (about other things other than health and food and toxins), or have any real quality time together. I don't want it to sound like I don't love my family because I really do. But it's just not how it used to be. The weekend was fun and I LOVE my dad. He can make the drama and stress go away and he can do no wrong. So it's really great to have him around to calm the storms.

I worry where all of our relationships will be in 5 years.

I feel like we are all going in our own directions because we are all so different and do not see eye to eye. I felt like the weekend was taken over with electronics. At one point I looked around and there were people downstairs watching T.V., my parents were on their i pads, Jodi was constantly on her phone along with Tessa and Ian. Even Lexi was in the corner sneaking games on my phone. When my parents mentioned having an electronic free Thanksgiving and having everyone turn over their gadgets I lost it and said that would be awesome and that maybe the next time they all came to visit they could leave them at home then too.

My mom was pretty taken back and is totally in denial that her ipad had taken her over.

I don't think anyone ever really realizes just how much time they spend/waste on their phone or ipad or whatever (doing non-work) things. I think most people would be surprised and shocked and sad if there was a recording of their day and they got to see how they spent it. My mom and my my sisters are tx aholics and my moms sisters and brothers won't stop txing her. I told her maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to let her family know she would be out of town for a few days and that she would talk to them when she got back. We didn't really get to spend a lot of time together just talking or laughing. Why is it when we are with people we spend all of our time talking to other people who are far away?

Long rant short, 

I just miss my "old" family.

Technology is a wonderful thing when it doesn't become everything.

And I was rude and disrespectful to call everyone out like that and most likely out of line and I normally don't just blurt out stuff like that but it just came out.

I need to work on thinking before speaking but sometimes I want my thoughts to be heard.