Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Life is good!

Let me back up in time and tell you about a conversation Bob and I had 9ish years ago. We had been dating for over a year and it was time to talk about the big "M" word. We stayed up one night and told each other our concerns about getting married. They seemed SO real at the time, here they were... Bob's concern, afraid he wouldn't be able to hunt enough. My concern, the fact that I would have to give up traveling. Anyone who knows Bob can see that his hunting lifestyle is not lacking because of marriage. He assured me that traveling would just turn more fun because I would have a partner in crime. I held him to that promise and our first 2 years of marriage were one adventure after another.

9 years and three kids later I have lost the gypsy in me. Completely gone. 100%. We always said for our 10 year anniversary we were going to travel to Paris and Rome. Well guess what I have to say about that, this is as close to Paris as we are going to make it until the kids are older and can join us.

We left the kids for 4 days and flew to Vegas. It was wonderful once we were there but gearing up for it was horrible. I was a nervous wreck. But hey, now we have a trust fund and a living will set up for our kids. lol. And now the secret is out that I have major issues that I seriously, seriously need to get over. (Anyone know a good counselor haha) I don't travel without my kids, there is a time and place for everything and now for me, it's being a mom. A paranoid mom. In my defense, since I know you are all worried about me right now, Bob and I go out EVERY.SINGLE.FRIDAY. I leave them happily, its just the flying, and the fact that Bob and I are together. Strange I know but really, I can't help it so be nice.

Besides the fact that leaving them was hard, once I got there I was so relaxed and we may have had a little too much fun away!! Lucky for you, you get a peak at our one and only long distance vacation away from the kiddos. (maybe)

Barry Manilow concert. I was so proud that I actually knew 3 songs:)


Who's who?





Good night!

6 comments:

Hayley Nelson Potter said...
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jenn said...

How fun, love the pictures! It looks like everyone had a great time! And, I hear you on not leaving your kids. I'm the exact same way. :)

Harris Family said...

What a fun trip! Good for you guys. We hit 10 years next week and I would love to go somewhere without the kiddos...but we won't. I'm nervous about that too - you're not alone! And you two are SO cute!!

JEFF AND LINDSY said...

Hahaha your sooo cute!! I loved your post!

Brooke said...

You sound a lot like me. I am a wreck before we go on a trip. Once I am there, I am okay, but the days before aren't fun for me at all. I have to make sure our living will is updated, make sure life insurance policy information is available etc.. I also HATE the plane rides. I used to love flying, but when my kids aren't with me it is a different story. I am glad you had such a great time though.

reisnersest03 said...

SO glad that you got the time away with just your hubs! We got Lucky with these boys of ours! So Fun! Someday we'll have to make a couples trip!