Things I Learned at Newport

I know you all must get so sick of my many postings, but I can't help but want to contribute my own thoughts and impressions about our recent vacation to this silly little memoir that seems to be happening.
1. Morgan doesn't need company to enjoy Disneyland. He could go on all the rides by himself and I'm sure that he would act exactly the same as he does when other people are around. He has a passion for Disneyland that I am rather envious of.
2. Before this trip, I wanted to have six kids who would be two years apart in age. Now I only want three and I want them as spread out as much as possible.
3. The Lewis Girls looooooooove sugar.
4. Jenn is very generous to lend money but does not forget a debt! [I have the money I owe you, by the way...]
5. Crystal Light and Diet Coke with Lime are essentials to this family.
6. We are all quite good at adapting to sometimes less than desirable sleeping conditions.
7. The dogs are greatly missed on vacations.
8. Except Bandit. [Just kidding! I love the little guy.]
9. Bill does not like things out of place, even on vacation.
10. Law and Order somehow manages to find us anywhere we go. And we never feel very guilty about watching it either.
11. It was nice to not have cell phone service in the house we stayed at and to truly be able to get away from it all.
12. "You're pregnant" is my no-nonsense way of telling you to stop bothering me with complaints about being great with child.
13. My brothers-in-law are very excellent fathers and husbands and I'm very afraid for my future husband and the standards that have been set for a Lewis Girl's man that he has to live up to.
14. Distance doesn't change anything between me and my sisters, just age.
15. I will never again bike in Newport Beach on the fourth of July because I am not aggressive enough.
16. I can't wait to have a family of my own to bring on family vacations.
17. Playing with my nieces and nephews on the beach was one of the highlights of the trip for me.
18. Tracie and Aaron are too thoughtful when it comes to offering to give things up for the family, such as body organs and air mattresses.
19. We are not a party family.
20. We are a very tolerant family. Mostly. Sometimes. If we're in a good mood.
21. I am the baby of the family and I always will be, even when I'm four hundred years old.
22. I think my nieces and nephews don't listen to me because they know I'm just like them: I don't like to share and I'd hit people too if I could get away with it.
23. The kids are better at sharing than I am.
24. I'm very lucky to have many siblings to use as examples as to what kind of parent I'm going to be when I grow up and have a family.
25. The child-raising part of my future family won't be happening for another 15 years or so.