On June 30th, we celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary. I can't believe how wonderful these past 4 years have been! It's so worth it to do it right and marry God's way. God is the center of our marriage and with him we can make it through anything! Over July 4th weekend, we went away again and honestly it was about the best time we have ever had together. Our love is so strong and so sweet. We are learning how to love unselfishly and it makes our relationship so much sweeter!
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This is the room we stayed in the first night. After that, we were supposed to go stay on the beach, but the weather wouldn't allow so we just booked another hotel in the area.
There are so many things I did this past weekend that I have not done in YEARS......
- Slept until AFTER 10am, with not a soul to disturb me. :) That won't happen again until probably next year so I enjoyed that A LOT. Sleeping until 8:30 is considered sleeping in for me, and that rarely happens, so TEN? Miracle!
- Shopped in a 3 story mall for an entire afternoon without feeling rushed or looking at the time. We had all day. We shopped and talked and laughed and spent money....I got some new clothes and shoes! Yay for me!
- Sat in Starbucks in the mall with my man for almost an hour, enjoying a doughnut and Starbucks triple-filtered water, and the best company in the world. (It is the best. If you are a water lover like me, you must try it!)
It's so important for couples to take time to focus on just them, especially after children are in the picture! We have gone away over night every year (1-4 nights, depending on what we could do) since we've been married, including when Brookie was 6 weeks old. It is so important to us to have that time away to focus on each other and our love without any kiddos around. We love them, but they take a ton of time and energy and it's hard to find that time for just us when they are tugging on us all the time.
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On our last day, we started out with fruit and a work out. We pigged out at the restaurant on the way home for lunch, but at least we had good intentions! :)
We had such a relaxing time. I never thought I would say that. When I go places I always want to do something, but this time, laying around and doing nothing was plenty for us! We were talking in the pool about how we must be getting old! :) Such a special time and I'm so blessed that we were able to do it!
PS. When we got home, Brookie was bawling because she didn't want to leave Jessica's house. She would not hug me. Joe showed a little more enthusiasm. :) Special thanks to our friends Dave and Jess for watching the kids! Obviously they had a great time! We couldn't' have had such a wonderful time had we not known that they were in such good hands. Thanks guys! We love you!