This weekend I had a much needed weekend away... I love Aaron and Matthew and everything, but sometimes I need a break from the mom/wife role! Well my sisters and I (minus one sister, who lives out of state) planned a weekend away together and my mother in law Kathy was nice enough to let us use her house are our retreat!
We went shopping, did pedicures, watched a girly movie (French Kiss - the best!), had junk food, and got all dressed up to go out to dinner... all the things I don't normally get to do with a husband and toddler in tow!
These are my sisters Sandie (left) and Windy (right), and that's me in the middle... this is us when we went geocaching. We very nearly found ONE cache... except it was in a rooftop garden that was only accessible during business hours. Lame! Oh well, we got distracted by lots of boutiques and quickly forgot about geocaching.
We had lots of fun... Kathy says we should do this every month! I think our families wouldn't be too happy with us. Neither would our bank accounts.
Anthony's in Gig Harbor... it was such a beautiful night!
On the phone saying goodnight to my little Matthew Man... this was the longest I've spent away from him... so hard! He is such a sweetheart! (The conversation consisted mostly of "mommy! buzz! mommy mommy, buzz!" ..."buzz" as in Buzz Lightyear... yes, he and I apparently rank close to the same, although I did hear more "mommy" than "buzz".)
We had lots of fun... definitely something we will have to do again! Maybe next time we can get Merry up here! We missed you Merry!
I made it home just before Matthew's nap time on Sunday... and came in the door to hear his sweet little voice saying "Mommy home! Mommy home! Mommy home!"
... I love that little guy, he sure knows how to make a mom feel loved!
...and apparently he also knows how to make a dad appreciate his wife a little bit more!
love you Aaron
I love that picture of you on the phone Melanie! What a fun weekend. I feel like all I need to do is post a link to your blog on my blog and that would be sufficient...
ReplyDeleteSweet pictures!! And that one of you one the phone really is pretty much awesome Melanie! When you guys get a chance send me a copy of all the pictures please:) I know we really can't do it once a month, but maybe it could become like a yearly get away or something? We could still do smaller things every now and then, but once a year we can go and invade Gig Harbor and make a reputation for ourselves!!
ReplyDeleteI think this town needs a little reputation...go for it! So loved you girls coming down!
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