Summer time FUN!

Well one week till CJ leaves and I am in a tizzy trying to pack the house and move back in with my parents. We have found a renter and hopefully the family will take care of my house.

But besides the rush of moving we were able to get away this summer and go visit my Best Friend and her husband in Oceanside. We decided we would go camping instead of renting a room. It was fin and was in a beautiful part of California. We had a good camp site and well had a new adventure for the Warrens.
On the second day Karisa and Ivan stayed and had breakfast, the boys had a lot of fun playing with the fire. My brother came up from San Diego and spent the day with us as well. After breakfast we went to the Wild Park, it was hot but we saw some amazing creatures of Gods Earth.
Then we went to Camp Pendelton to there beach, we let the boys play in the waves and then we had a BBQ down on the beach. It was a lot of fun..
I am going to miss spending time with them and well we hope to be stationed lose by soon.

When are you an adult?

This last couple months has been less than great. So much has happened that has given me reason to question when society THINKS I am an adult.
So I pose the question; when is a person considered an adult?
Is it when you turn 18?
Is it when you go to college?
Is it when you live on your own and pay your own bills?
Is it when you have a degree?
Is it when you get married?
Is it when you live so many miles from home?
Or finally is it when you have your own children?

I am not sure which of these are correct if any...
Let me plead my case, I am 25, went to college and received two degrees and lived away from home and payed my own bills. I was married at 22 and we own our own home. So did I pass?
My brother recently told me that I am not an adult, his argument well is that since I live in the same town as my parents I am not an adult. He just got done with four years in Japan. He is 23 and well still acts immature, he is very stubborn about even trying to understand the religion that CJ and I have chosen to live our life by, he has decided that living in PV well isn't where we should be since our parents live here. So he has decided he is the adult and we are not yet. Is he an adult?

My step sister is 22 and is pregnant with a little boy. She has some college under her belt and lives with her 21 yr old boyfriend. She has never said anything to ever effect my not being an adult, but my step mother and my dad are treating her as though she is an adult. This may just be my ranting and my strong beliefs, but it hurts to see this.

I rant about being an adult and well just because I say I am an adult does it mean I am. What do I need to do to help make my parents understand that their adult children are tired of being treated like they are 12 years old? What can I do to make me feel like I have been doing what is right for me and my husband?

I am growing impatient as I stay here and get treated as a child, I hope that moving across country from our parents will then remind them that we are old enough to make the decisions that are appropriate for my family and not be second guessed by everyone!