Mother's Day Weekend--Breathe Retreat

I think that Tammy, Tara, Kim, and I got the BEST Mother's Day gift ever!! Our hubbies sent us on a two night women's retreat with our church. It was fabulous! We had so much fun--the ride up, the time away, wonderful speakers, memorable small group time, etc.

Getting ready to leave for retreat--so excited!!

The first evening session.

At another session...not much sleep the night before...but oh, so much fun!

I was so grateful to Jeff for making it possible for me to go on retreat...he did such a great job with Noah! It was also super nice to hear how much I was missed! ;)

The Cloffice

In our attempts to make room for Baby #2, we've had to do some consolidating of spaces. We have a nice sized walk-in closet in our master bedroom, and decided to turn it into a "cloffice"--half closet, half office. For me, it was really a dream come true! Though I don't always achieve such order, I LOVE to have every inch of space utilized and organized. Here's how it turned out....



It was so exciting for me to have this done! Now we can work on making our old office space into a bedroom for one of the boys! I think I may be nesting...:)

Our Babymoon

Jeff and I went on a "babymoon" at the start of this week. It was a chance for us to have a getaway before #2 comes, and for us to celebrate our upcoming 5 year anniversary! (Have we really been married 5 years?!?!) This was our first overnight trip away from Noah, in almost a year, and we were so excited to have the opportunity to go! Mamaw was finishing up at the the Georgetown Kite Festival, and we dropped Noah off there on our way to Newport, KY.

On our way to Newport, we stopped and ate dinner at Cracker Barrel. We didn't get to our hotel until after 9 p.m., and thought about heading to bed...but then we reminded each other that we were baby-free and we should really take advantage of the restaurants within walking distance of our hotel! So we took off down the river walk a little ways, and ended up at Don Pablo's. It was pretty chilly that evening, but we chose to sit on the outside deck to enjoy the lights glistening off the river, riverboats passing by, and night sky. It was beautiful! Things were made even more perfect by the fire that they had going on the deck.

Here we are at Don Pablo's...I really wish I would've gotten a pic of us by the fire!

The next day we went on a riverboat cruise, and walked around the Newport on the Levee shopping area. We had ice cream, played at the arcade, and even got a couples massage! (Well, it was actually just those chairs you sit in, pay a dollar, and the rollers massage you for like 3 minutes...but we counted it as a couples massage.) :)

That evening, we had dinner reservations at The Chart House which was directly across the street from our hotel. We had a wonderful, quiet dinner with a riverfront view...so romantic!!

Tuesday morning, we checked out after breakfast and took off for Winchester a little early. It was the twins' birthday, and Mamaw and Papaw had taken Noah up to the school to eat lunch with the boys. Jeff and I were both anxious to see Noah, so we hurried down to the cafeteria to see everyone....

And this is the part that I want to have etched in my memory forever...we came through the door of the cafeteria and saw Noah sitting on the table in Mamaw's arms. He saw us and started to do a little "happy dance" in her arms. As soon as we were close enough, he reached up for me to hold him. I scooped him up, gave him a big hug, and he touched my nose and said, "Mama!" Then he leaned over to Jeff, touched his nose and said, "Dada!" It was sooooo sweet!

It sure was nice to have the time away, together, just me and Jeff...I think that time of refreshing is so important for couples...and it made coming home, to be reunited with Noah, that much sweeter!

Georgetown Kite Festival

Mamaw and Papaw arrived back in town this week, and we're so glad they're back! They had a couple days to regroup in Corbin, before heading out to their weekend events. Mamaw was pretty close by in Georgetown, so Noah and I went up to visit for the day. The event she was working was the Georgetown International Kite & Culture Festival. I think it was probably the best family event I've ever been to. It was only $5 to park, and then they had inflatables, kite making, kite flying, dancing, food, vendor booths, etc. There were families sitting in lawn chairs or lounging on blankets, around this huge open field, where everyone was running around flying kites. It was so relaxing and very fun!

Making our kite!

Noah decorating his kite.

The kite flying field.

Noah working on getting his kite into the air...

And we did it!! That's our kite all the way up there!