Kathy,
The R22 is a ideal family boat. The large cockpit is ideal for socializing  
and the cabin can provide an out of the way area when desired. Don't forget to  
teach the kids how to sail once you have regained your skills.
You will also find that this is a very forgiving boat. We all have done a  
number of stupid things and lived to tell the tail. My stupid thing was  
something you aren't supposed to be able to do with a Rhodes, but I won't go  into it 
again because it involved a large quantity of rum and much wind and this  is 
a family site.
 
Rummy