Andrea mentioned in a recent thread that it's hard to find time to keep in touch with family across timezones, and I agree! Bee's parents are 3 hours behind us (they live in California), and my parents are 12 hours away (they live in the Philippines)... and it's been tough to schedule calls.

Before I had kids, I never really had trouble keeping in touch with people 3 hours away... since I generally stayed up late and had a lot of time flexibility. But it's a lot tougher with kids, since they go to bed early! Weekends are the best bet now, although we haven't been great about having regular calls. Working on it!

Is your family in the same time zone?