Even though the kids have already started back to school, we still feel like Labor Day weekend is the final hurrah to summer. We are celebrating by taking the kids to L.A. to stay at our really cool pad down there. We plan to go to the beach and walk on the Santa Monica Pier. (If we’re lucky maybe we’ll run into Mathew McConaughey body surfing.) This trip will be a welcome change of pace and a brief respite from our busy, stressful and hectic lives. BUT HERE’S THE BIG NEWS: WE GOT INVITED TO STAY AT SOME ONE’S HOUSE. Yep, that’s right. All seven of us. This is a really big deal because aside from family, no one really invites us anywhere. (I can’t imagine why that is.) We are going to spend one night with one of our business clients who has become our friend. I’ll call him Tom and his wife, Kerry. They are lovely people. Very gregarious, generous and with a zest for life. Tom is a contractor and he  and his family just moved into a beautiful home that he built.  It is a big house with plenty of room for all of us. They have two young children whom our children have met before and they all really hit it off. This should be a lot of fun.