Last week Nathan and I dropped our kids off at their grandparents' house and left them for a SIX day Florida vacation!! It was a much needed and appreciated break--we had such a great time together. Although we missed our kids quite a bit, too...
So the whole reason that we decided to go to Florida was because we have some good friends (from our training in MO) who were getting married in June. We thought it would be a great chance to have a getaway to a beach state :) And also, we had credit card points to get our hotel stay for FREE!! So...we decided to go to the wedding. However...due to some scheduling misunderstandings (kind of a long story)...we actually missed the wedding!! The whole reason we went to Florida in the first place! Such a bummer. (Good news--we did make it just in time for the reception!)
So anyway, our trip was wonderful. We stopped in North Carolina on our way down, to visit Nathan's Uncle Steve. It was so great to see him. He is such an encouragement to us and he is so supportive and interested in what we are doing with New Tribes...it was awesome to catch up with him!
We also got to hang out with Nathan's cousin and his wife, Stephen and Pam. It has been a lot of years since we have seen them, too!
Here we are, dressed up for the
We took golf clubs along with us...one of our favorite things to do together. We hardly EVER do it unless we are on vacation together. So we went golfing twice while in FL :)
We ate out at an old favorite, Aunt Catfish's. What a great place to eat! About 9 years ago we ate there with my parents and Aaron and Jill--before we had any kids. It was fun to go back :) And very yummy! They have the BEST blackened catfish!!
We spent a lot of time at the beach! I will never get tired of seeing the ocean--so amazing.
So now here we are, back to our four kiddos and "real life". Absense really does make the heart grow fonder! I think I appreciate them much more after being away from them, you know how that is?
Dad/Mom S. and Dad/Mom M...thank you for keeping the kids! We feel very blessed that we were able to go away together like this.
4 comments:
We probably had as good a time here with your kids as you did in Florida. Glad you could get away. you really deserved it.
Grandpa Jim
Your kids were such a blessing:) loved having them...
gma jan
Looks like a great vacation, Sis! And you look so cute in all your pictures!! Especially at the wedding. :)
So glad you got to go! :)
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