I know that dream Cass - you just want your kids to have cousins and aunts and uncles etc, a big family base to grow up with. For starters when you grow up without a father half of the potential family is gone already. It must be tough to lose the other part as well. I don't have much family (that I consider family) but I do have a few and I am grateful for that. My two cousins now have a few kids and my children really love going to see their cousins (second cousins, but they aren't getting any real ones any time soon!). That was a consideration in the move, but I am determined to get up a couple of times a year to visit so it should be alright. At least we will be close to an airport down there.

Bummer about the friendship blues. I can see some of that coming my way. W has a really good friend and is in tears at the thought of leaving. I have been trying to amplify the positives and make sure he knows they can Skype and we will be up for visits but he will take it hard. A is very happy about the move but when the reality hits of not seeing her bestie she might feel a bit differently. It is hard, that is for sure. Yay for the visits though, that would have been awesome