A break

The last time our kids were all away from us overnight was last July.  So it's been quite awhile.  Now I know that some parents never get a break and I know that some parents take breaks often from their children and don't mind leaving them.  We prefer to have our kiddos at  home, and enjoy being with them daily; afterall they are our children to raise.
So last Wednesday Will and I drove all THREE of our kids and dropped them off at my parents house -- they were on Spring Break, and we needed a break too! 
 -- we left them on Wednesday evening with my parents and went to dinner (just the two of us), we had a whole conversation, we laughed, talked, and enjoyed each others company (Oh, and we had dessert too)!  Then Thursday we both had to work all day, we got home and found ourselves not wanting to do anything but just hang out and watch TV and relax together so we did just that.  (It's just he little things in life that are enjoyable these days!)....Friday same thing we went to work and decided to have some friends over for a cookout and just relax.  I got up on Saturday morning and went to get the kids.  I was so anxious to see them, and they were excited to see me too!  My parents looked completely worn out and my mom said "I guess you guys did need a break, and I can see why!" haha.  They love going to their Mema and Papa's because it's total fun.  They play hard with them, let them get dirty, play hard....let them do whatever they want...play hard...! haha

Again, the kids had a great time.  They prefer to get to do something fun when they are out of school for Spring Break, and our jobs weren't allowing us to get to do anything with them, so I am so thankful they were able to go spend time with their Mema and Papa, and even more thankful that I got to spend time with Will.  We needed that. We didn't realize how much we needed that break but non-the-less it was great.