Quick Vacation Poll

[WOT?*]

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1.  Take the girls to California to visit my relatives and do Disneyland (the relatives haven't seen the older granddaughter since she moved back in with mom in '09 or thereabouts and haven't met the younger granddaughter ever.  They're spread all over the state so we'd fly in to San Francisco, stop and visit my sister, do the drive of death through central California to visit my brother and other sister and head to LA.  Or just head to LA and make San Fran sister drive to Central Cali to save us the drive.

2.  Take the girls to Florida to visit DH's family and do Disney World and other Orlando/Florida stuff.  (They Skype with Grandma E but haven't seen her since she last flew out here a couple years ago.  We haven't flown out there since '05 or so.)  DH's grandmother is also 93 and in hospice with dementia.

3.  Take the girls to Hawaii.  Just because.

[annie8671]

Is it a requirement for you to be present at the hearing?

eta: reading fail.


If being present is not an issue then I would do CA. IMO, FL and HI will be super busy because of spring break. I know this isn't on your list, but we are taking my bf's daughter to Breckenridge, CO for spring break. Maybe that's an option?

[CheshireGrin]

I know you said you are not required to attend the hearing, but is it possible for it to reflect poorly on you if you don't? Or put you at a disadvantage in some other way?

[WOT?*]

It won't reflect on us. Caregivers aren't required to attend. We attend because it's my daughter. But they're Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. two hours north of us so it requires daycare for the girls by 7:00 a.m. (I SAH so no daycare) and technically they have counseling on Wednesdays so we'd have to reschedule that week for me to attend the hearing. I've been to a couple, which is a couple more than I "needed" to attend. It's nice for me to be there to support my daughter. I can give a written caregiver report. We're starting the homestudy process for the adoption (the older is a certainty.) My ex will be there according to his wife so she will have parental support.

[WOT?*]

Oh and if anybody during the day wants to play, the girls are 7 and 9. 9 year old has done the Florida thing when she lived with us, but she was about 3 at the time. 7 year old has not been on a vacation beyond us taking her to the coast (WA and OR) type stuff. We'd be leaving from Seattle.

[Monica Geller]

I voted Hawaii for 2 reasons. #1 if you can afford Hawaii--DO IT! Best vacation of my life. #2-- do something nice just for your family after going through the whole court process, a celebration if you will. It'll be a fantastic memory you all will share as something you did together.