Remember When...

I used to blog. I vaguely do. We have been having so much fun this summer and with my computer in storage I just haven't really been up for blogging. But I don't want to forget all the fun stuff that we have done this summer so I am dedicating this week to trying to catch up on a few things.

Florida!!

Aaron and I took a vacation to Florida in June. Well for me it was a vacation, I tagged along with Aaron because he had a conference in Miami. Aaron was really trying to convince me to come. What? convince you why? you might be thinking. Well I really miss my kids when I'm not with them and I was worried about leaving my sweet baby girl. I'm kind of attached to her and I was still nursing her so I was going to have to wean her and I just wasn't sure if I could leave. So Aaron convinces me to get a ticket and its settled. I will be spending 5 days at The Palms in Miami. I was anxious/nervous up until the day we left but also excited, but I started to worry about what I would do all day by myself. I splurged and bought a new swimsuit for the first time in 5 years and Aaron and I were off.

 My kids doing just fine without me, wanting to eat breakfast together.

 

Well let me tell you, I don't know why I worried at all! Apparently I am perfectly content sleeping in until I want to wake up, running on the boardwalk, spending the morning by the pool while Aaron brings me lunch, taking a nap in the afternoon, and then spending the rest of the afternoon at the beach while Aaron brings me fruit and chocolate, and then leisurely showering/getting ready to go out and eat fancy dinners. My kids didn't miss me at all and Camilla loved her bottle so much. It was such a fabulous vacation, I would not have done one thing different.  Its just the sort of trip we would never normally get to take without Aaron's firm and we ate up every second of it.

Okay so you might not believe me but these are actually all from different days even though I'm doing the same things. Ha ha.  I finished two books.

Go ahead and say it friends, I look good. :) Well I at least made an attempt to get ready for this vacation. I only ate ice cream one night a week and didn't get fries with my meals when we ate out. That was a serious sacrifice.

This trip also happened to fall right before our 5 year anniversary. So we celebrated while we were there. Aaron's firm graciously offered to let us eat out wherever we wanted to celebrate. I thought that was pretty classy since they know he's quitting soon. So we ate fabulous sushi and then went to Serendipity for dessert. And by dessert I mean amazing deliciousness. These sundaes were so huge and we each got our own because Aaron hates sharing dessert with me because he says I hog too much.

Yes those are fried oreos.

The last day of the trip Aaron had no meetings so we got to spend the whole day swimming together and relaxing together. I was so sad to leave, we had so much fun. It was just so great to have time just the two of us. I made Aaron promise me we could do something again for our ten year anniversary. Miami was such a fun city and I loved the downtown area. I couldn't believe how beautiful the water was and the water temperature was perfect.

 

My Mom was so fabulous to keep my kids for us the whole time and they had so much fun with her. She did fun stuff with them all week and I know they didn't miss us one second. I was so appreciative to know that my kiddos were in such good hands.