Girl's Trip to the Beach!

A few of you have asked where I was when Adam had a weekend on his own with the boys. Well, a few of my friends and I decided a while ago to plan a girl's trip that we could take once none of us were way pregnant or breastfeeding. All of our awesome husbands coordinated their time off work for the same weekend (which is more complicated than it sounds since a lot of them work in the same place). My friend Rachel's parents own a beach house in Saint George Island, Florida so they were so nice to let us stay in it for the weekend. It was a beautiful house and it even had an elevator in it which I was amazed at the whole weekend.

We left Thursday at around 4 and after an 8 hour drive full of adventure in and of itself, we arrived and went to bed. Friday we took a walk on the freezing cold beach and found beautiful shells and starfish and other interesting treasures that we couldn't identify. We went to lunch at a little diner called "That Place on 98" that had yummy burgers and also some fish foods that I'm sure fish-lovers would enjoy (I am not a fish-lover). Saturday we just hung out inside because it was rainy and cold. The whole weekend was just relaxing and full of fun. I kind of forgot I was a mom sometimes because we just did whatever we wanted, which rarely happens in the life of a mom. We watched tons of girly movies, did each other's hair and nails, stamped cards, made our meals together, had great conversation, and laughed and laughed and laughed. It was an amazing and rejuvenating weekend. We all learned a lot about each other and became even better friends.

Although I enjoyed my weekend away I was so excited to come home and see my 3 boys again. When I got home, I was not disappointed. Brody was waiting at the window for me and there was a "Welcome Home Mommy" sign on the door. Bridger kicked his feet in excitement when I picked him up and cuddled him. I am really grateful that Adam was not only willing to stay home with the boys but is such a great dad. The boys had so much fun with him I'm pretty sure they didn't even realize I was gone. I thought I would get home and Adam would be so much more appreciative of what I do everyday but he just said it was so easy and he would rather stay home with the boys than go to work everyday. I guess I'm not going to be getting any sympathy from him from now on! =)

This picture: From left Rachel, Hannah, Me, Shari, and Megan.

Now real life has started again... but now I am starting to plan in my head my next weekend away with the girls!

Finally, I would just like to say that I am kind of devastated by the death of Heath Ledger. I've been a pretty big fan since "10 Things I Hate About You" and "A Knight's Tale". Mostly I am sad because his little 2-year-old daughter has to grow up without a dad. It's too bad that things like this have to happen to such great and talented people.