Of course the week that we go to Florida they hit record LOWS! Yikes! Monday morning we woke up to 33 degrees. That's not supposed to happen in Florida weather. But hey that's ok because I got to do whatever I wanted for a whole week. The weather wasn't going to get me down any. And by the end of the week we were enjoying weather in the mid 70s so all turned out ok in the weather department. So what did I choose to do during my week of relaxation? I'm going to tell you...
-We slept in and set NO alarms....and no little people awakened me. I slept with no monitor next to my head!
-We drank lots of coffee in the morning and had hours of devotional time (with no interruptions)
-We went jogging and I tested out my new Garmin GPS watch. I loved it! It told us our distance, pace, heartbeat, and other fun tidbits I so enjoyed having at my disposal while running.
-We played tennis. I was a bit rusty to begin with.
-We went shopping (pushing no stroller)! Although the only thing I bought all week was a West Palm Christmas tree ornament.
-We picked up shells on the beach and layed out with a cabana blocking the wind for us.
-I read an entire fiction book!
-I cooked meals (just a few) with no little people clinging to my legs.
-On that note, we ate out! And I had no one to feed but myself. Wow I had totally forgotten what that was like.
-And I watched lots of HGTV. And I loved it! We don't have cable and I'm glad we don't because if we did I would have the TV on way too much. So when we go on vacation it can be a fun treat. And I never realized how fun HGTV was! I'm totally ready now to make over our whole house! I'm thinking I'll start small...maybe with the light fixtures :)
After an extremely long harvest this vacation was very refreshing. And getting to spend some exclusive time with my husband was a blessing. We spend so much time and energy on the kids when we are in our weekly routine that we often forget we need to spend time just the two of us. A couple months ago someone said to us "A healthy family is not a family that spends all their time together, but a family in which the mom and dad have consistent time together." I think that is so true. We love our kiddos soooo much and we feel so blessed God has entrusted them in our care but my first priority is to my husband. And it is so easy to forget that, especially when the kiddos are as small as they are.
So we didn't take too many pics but we took a few...
The beach...our resort was right on the beach.
In the background you can see our resort. You can also see the cabana's that made 70 degrees feel like 80 degrees.
We had an absolutely fantastic week. And it was the perfect amount of time because I was ready to be home yesterday...ready to hold my babies again. A BIG thank you to Mamaw and Papa, and Gran and Poppie for keeping the kids for us!!!
2 comments:
You're welcome.....we really enjoyed the kids, and they were very good!! Of course I have to admit that it's nice not to have monitors in my ears at night (however with Makayla's voice in the middle of the night, who needs a monitor?!) But the biggest laugh was the night I was cleaning up the kitchen when I suddenly realized I hadn't eaten any lasagna because I had cut mine up, given it to the kids then got busy. My plate looked like someone had eaten but it was later when I realized it wasn't me!! Your dad said now he knows why you are so skinny......chasing kids and no time to eat!! I need to keep this new diet in mind!!
What a fun time you must have had! And oh to be kid free. I feel like a vacation with kids is almost harder than being at home with them. :) We are hopefully getting away next Winter -- which is far off -- but I am already looking forward to it!
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