and as socially challenged as ever!
Well, not really.
We did in fact leave our beautiful little room at the Weathervane Inn {which you’ll see more pictures of soon. Whether you want to or not}.
Some highlights from our delicious 51 hours away together include:
4 solid hours of car time without so much as a second of “The Wheels on the Bus” or “Father Abraham” numbing our brains. Hallelujah.
Hours and hours of uninterrupted chatter, reconnection and heart-to-heart conversation
The most glorious weather imaginable…sunny & crisp
Not one opportunity to unintentional consume a cheerio {fresh, or week old}.
Nor endure one single episode of ‘Sid the Science Kid’ or {heaven forbid} ‘Dora the Explorer’, not counting the nanosecond we paused on a channel playing “Super Why”, in a moment of reminiscent weakness
“Divine appointments” with lovely people we clicked with immediately, and had dinner with our second night there. God is so cool like that!
Catching up on reading {you know, big people books…with no pictures}, uninterrupted, in the sunshine. Barefoot.
A walk/run {complete with lunges} on the trail that ran alongside the channel behind our hotel {and the lone reason behind the painful groans we emit every time we sit, stand up, or…well, move}
Belly laughs
Delicious dinners {including Middle Eastern food…which we served at our wedding}, a good ole’ fashioned cop movie & a little clothes shopping to boot {featuring killer 60% off deals!}
Charming a dragonfly with a very odd, foul-stench-beneath-my-nose type gaze
Watching Oprah from a massive hot-tub, McDonalds lattes in hand…then hopping into bed, and eating cold leftovers in the early hours of the morning while watching Myth Busters episodes back-to-back {which is hilarious considering we rarely watch TV, and never watch Oprah…and typically reheat our leftovers}
Sneaking out on a creaky, old marina dock to play with the shutter-speed on our new Rebel and capture the light/water/beauty of the night
Enough in-the-middle-of-the-day hankie pankie to keep us grinning {although I’m sure my hubby – like most men – would beg to differ with my usage of the word “enough”}
Sleeping in until 9:40 each morning and screeching downstairs just in time to hit the breakfast bar before the 10:00 am cut-off.
Marveling at the exquisite Fall colors that burst all around us
Indulging in a {forbidden} freshly baked chocolate chip cookie {after 50+ days without sugar}…and discovering…it didn’t taste that great.
Laughing. Crying. Praying. Eating.
{not necessarily in that order}
While we’re delighted to be home with our little ones, and are eager to forge on in the vital, character-molding roles we play as their parents, we are incredibly grateful for this precious time away as a couple. A time bursting at the seams with much needed rest, reconnection, refreshing, rejuvenation & reevaluation.
Because, while being parents is a tremendous responsibility and honor, the greatest gift we can give our children is to model a healthy, priorities-in-the-right-place, ever-growing, passionate marriage.
A marriage after God’s own heart.
ps. Thanks mom & dad for spoiling taking such great care of our little ones and enabling us to get away and celebrate our anniversary. These 2 just adore you! As do we. Now you get to go home. And sleep. And finish a sentence. Isn’t that swell?
