Our Life Back in Texas!: A Week Away

Sunday, October 20, 2013

A Week Away

A couple of weekends ago, we went to Tyler for my Godson/nephew, Gabriel's, first communion and confirmation! It was such a lovely Mass and we had a great dinner and party with him afterwards celebrating his special day in his faith! That Sunday we all had a fun day at my parents house celebrating my nephew Jacob's 8th birthday! The kids all enjoyed a piñata and of course some yummy cupcakes.

The timing of the weekend worked out well too. The following week Michael had to go to New York for a work trip, Tuesday thru Friday night. I decided to take advantage of the time and stay up at my parents house for a few days while he was out of town. On Tuesday, we drove over to Tyler and went to the zoo with my sister Kristina. Unfortunately her kids were all in school, but she was able to spend some fun auntie time with Joseph and Andrew. It was a gorgeous day, actually all week was, so it was just perfect for being outside and having a picnic at the zoo!

On Wednesday, my mom was able to take off of work to spend the day with us. We had a nice and slow morning and then went to Chuck E. Cheese for Joseph's first time there! He had fun playing several of the games there, although I think his favorite part was just putting the tokens in the games! Afterwards, we went to lunch at a nearby deli where I ran into my 2nd grade teacher! She actually recognized me (but probably only because we are friends on Facebook!). That afternoon, we just headed back to Mom and Dad's house where Joseph and Andrew loved spending time with their Grandma and Grandpa too when he got home from work!

Thursday, we met up with my best friend from high school, Carrie. She has two adorable little girls and is expecting a baby boy in March! It was her first time to meet Andrew and my first time to see her pregnant in person. We met up at a pumpkin patch that had lots of great activities for the kids. They all had so much fun running their little hearts out. They had lots of cute photo ops so we tried to take advantage. I so wish we could have gotten a pic of me and Carrie but we were so busy trying to keep up with all the kids!

I headed back home Friday after lunch. I was kinda nervous for my first long car trip with just me and the boys, but all in all it went just fine. I have to say that it was a really good week away for me. I was very eager to get back home and see Michael, but I think the change in scenery and routine was very refreshing for me. It seems like we have had "house stuff" going on for several months now and it just felt good to get a way for a few days and have a break from it all. My parents house is more out in the country and in a small town, so it was also very relaxing to be out there where the daily pace is so much slower and relaxing.

It was really good to get home to Michael that evening. It was actually the longest he has been away from either of the boys so they were excited to see him too. When Joseph woke up the next morning (he was already in bed when Michael got home Fri night), he asked about him first thing. As soon as he saw him he just ran and gave him the biggest and longest hug he has ever given...to anyone. It was the sweetest thing I ever saw and I know Michael wasn't ready to let go of that hug either!