for a whole month! Yep, that's right I am sitting in my mom's house right now in Oregon soaking in all of the love, fun, and wonderful mealtime momemts of being at mom's house for holiday . I wish Americans used the word holiday for vacation--it sounds so much more exciting and like family will be with you for the time away so I'm just going to borrow holiday and run with it. Besides, today's Indepenence Day--a wonderful holiday and I'm feeling especially independent today :) My kid