Rob and I have just returned from our first night away from the children since before Anna was born. It was very hard to leave my babies, but nice to be away. Rob's wonderful parents came up to watch the children, who had a wonderful time with their grandparents.
Originally, Rob's parents were going to send us to a bed and breakfast on our block, but we decided we wanted to at least get out of town, so we went to Johnson Creek, about 8-10 miles away. Not exotic, but fun for sure. After having lunch with everyone at Upper Krust, we headed out. We were a little early, so we shopped for a few minutes at the outlet mall and then checked in. My first order of business was a shower in a real shower. Our place has a claw foot tub, so there is no real shower, just a shower head. It's doesn't really bother us, but it's always nice to get a real shower in when we can.
We had supper at Fiesta Garibaldi, a local Mexican place. My favorite food is Mexican, so that was fun. We weren't sure if we would eat there or not so we decided we were going to do the read the menu thing and check out the place. When we entered, there was a live mariachi band, so I just asked to be seated. Rob was a little surprised at my boldness, but had a big grin on his face by the time we sat down. It was pretty loud, but a lot of fun and we knew we had a quiet hotel room to talk in anyway :) Oh, and the food was delicious!
We went back to the outlets to Harry and Davids, one of our favorite places. We usually buy some Moose Munch, but opted for some delicious coffee instead. Then it was back to the hotel to watch Micheal Phelps win his seventh gold by a very slim margin. We don't have channels on our TV, so it was a treat to watch some Olympic events, especially men's volleyball, which is Rob's favorite sport.
We kind of tooled around Johnson Creek for a bit this morning (which doesn't take long in a town only 2,000 strong) and then headed back home. We did some Wal-Mart shopping (always nicer w/o the little ones), went into GameStop, and then went home. Our little ones were happy to see us, especially Anna (who had a dirty diaper within five minutes of us being home--she only goes for me!!)
I did manage to catch Anna's head cold, so I'm pretty miserable right now. At least it held off until we were on our way home. We had a very nice time just being us again. Rob is my very bestest friend and time spent with him is always wonderful. We get pretty sarcastic when we're together and then just crack each other up, so much of our time together is spent laughing. I just love him to pieces! Next year is our 10th anniversary, so we'll have to come up with something big to do....like go to Jefferson, 20 miles away :) Maybe we should go crazy and make it to Milwaukee....
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Sounds like a lot of fun!! We went away once without Sela, while I was pregnant with Evan, and have gone away once with both kids since Evan was born. And he's 28 months old now. :P One disadvantage of having kids who abhor artificial nipples of any sort...and being on a penny-pinching budget.
We're going to an overnight marriage retreat a couple hours away at the end of September. My mom is coming to stay with the kids. It'll count as our 10-year anniversary getaway (our anniversary is in November) and our last hurrah before Baby #3 arrives. The retreat is going to be held at the same hotel where we spent the first part of our honeymoon, so it'll be neat to go back almost 10 years later. :-)
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