A Night Away

Just a quick post tonight. I spent an hour (and a TON of flour) making play dough last night for Payton which put my "to do at home" list behind. I didn't get to bed until midnight!! Uggh.


I wanted to capture here the wonderful weekend Roy and I had together. Our birthday gifts from his mom, dad and sister was to watch the kids overnight while he and I got out-of-town for a night. And we took them up on it quickly!! Jenny, Roy's sister, came up to the house at 2:00 on Saturday afternoon. We were pulling out of the driveway at 2:30. She spent the night so before we left I had to show her the "lay of the land" otherwise we would have been in the car waiting for her to get here!


We went to Branson for the afternoon/evening for some shopping, eating and reconnecting. It was a great time and I feel blessed that he and I had that time together. Roy surprised me with a suite at the Hilton Branson Landing which was beautiful! We stayed on the top floor with a view of the fountain and Lake Taneycomo. We got there, checked in, dropped our bags off and then hit the shops!! The hotel is basically right above the "strip" known as Branson landing which has several shops and restaurants. We shopped until they closed (with a quick stop at Macaroni Grill for dinner). We got back up to the room and sat on the leather couch and watched the Florida/LSU game. It was so nice to be able to sit and hear what we were watching on tv. On the way back to the room, we stopped at Marble Slab Creamery and got some ice cream. We ate our ice cream while we watched the game, and I got to eat ALL of mine!! Bliss!


We slept in on Sunday, got up and had some coffee in the room, got dressed and then hit the road, but not before we stopped and got some fantastic breakfast at a little restaurant on the downtown square. Yum! After that, a quick trip to Dick's 5&10 to pick up a few fun things for the kiddos, a drive down the "76 strip" to the outlet mall where I found some cute things for the boys at Carter's and a darling pair of shoes for Eli at the Stride Rite outlet. Payton lucked out at Justice the night before :)


When we got back, Roy's mom and dad were here. Their plan was to have Jenny come up Saturday afternoon and spend Saturday night and then "Nanny and Paw" come up at 8:00 the next morning and let Jenny go home. It was a PERFECT night away. Roy and I had such a great time and we really needed it. It was just the amount of time away. We missed the kids and if we were gone much longer we would have REALLY missed the kids and wouldn't have enjoyed ourselves as much. It really was the perfect amount of time. I'm sure as they get older the easier it will be for us to be gone longer. Right?


I love our marriage. I love my husband. I love my children. We are so blessed.


"To whom much is given, much is required." The Lord requires a lot from me and Roy because He has given us so much!