A weekend getaway

Jon and I were blessed to have a weekend away without the kids last weekend. Thank you to my WHOLE family who pitched in and each had a kid. We could not have done it without them. Our church had a Marriage retreat at Winshape. We were pleasantly surprised with how beautiful the place was. Jon and I never really thought we would do a marriage retreat, but let me tell you it is great to do. Marriages need to be focused on. It is so easy to put aside your husband or wife while you are raising kids. You don't even realize it's happening. It was great to just spend time together and talk. Who'd a thought....communication. These days, communication is tough when 3 kids are fighting for your attention. The weekend highlights for me were
1. riding bikes all afternoon with Jon
2. yummy cookies
3. food was wonderful
4. tranquil room with great music
5. laughing with Jon
6. star gazing (don't get to see stars anymore since moving here)
7. FULL and complete conversations with friends
8. sleeping for 7 hours straight and not waking one time!!!!!
9. taking walks/hikes

It was constructed after French architecture.

*notice something about the picture of Jon and I? I was trying to get a nice picture of us. After several tries with him making some obnoxious face, I gave in.

It's been a while...

It's been a while since my last post. Honestly, by night time, when O is finally in bed for the night, the last thing I want to do is use my brain. I just want to be comatose in the recliner. Is it weird that sometimes I stay up late just so I can be awake with a quiet house? No one is crying, no nose to wipe, no diaper to change, no snack to get, no sippy cup to fill, no shoes to put on, and I could go on. BUT even though they are long days, I do cherish these long days. I hear they go by quickly. As my brother says, "little kids, little problems, big kids, big problems". I'll take the little problems for now. Does anyone remember that commercial "It's 9 o'clock, do you know where your children are?" It was a NY commercial when I was a kid. Anyway, right now I DO know where my kids are and for that I'm thankful for this stage.

O is growing!!! It's hard to believe she will be 4 months next week. She's a happy baby. It's amazing how all three of my kids have been completely different babies. You'd think they'd be the same, but no...of course not. She's sleeping through the night - Praise the Lord! But naps are inconsistent. She's kind of a cat napper. I'm trying to just go with it.

And of course, my almost 4 month old is trying to cut her first tooth. AND my almost 2 year old's molars are coming in. Oh, what joy! Today was just one of those days. God is good and his grace ABOUNDS in my life. His grace makes up for all my weaknesses. And I thank God for that daily.

We head for Orlando tomorrow!!!! Yippee! We are meeting friends there and are so excited. We'll be going to Disney one day! J does not know yet. I know he's going to LOVE it. M on the other hand will probably be scared of everything. I'M SO EXCITED! I'll post pictures when we return.

Pictures of our week...


At Dekalb Airport picnicing at the playground. So fun to watch the planes coming and going.


After J's face plant into our cement patio. Turned into a nice black eye.