"It takes a village to raise a child is a proverb which means that it takes an entire community to raise a child: A child has the best ability to become a healthy adult if the entire community takes an active role in contributing to the rearing of the child."
And you can believe it took a village to make my birthday weekend happen last week.
Tuesday: Birthday calls, cards, well wishes started rolling in all week:)
Wednesday: My wonderful friends held a birthday lunch for me
Thursday: Travis & the boys gave me my presents and made me a cake
Friday: We took the boys to our friends, dropped the dog at our neighbors, and set off for St. Paul where we barely made it a sealing session at the LDS Temple there. We followed that up with a few hours exploring the Minneapolis Museum of Art and then got to check in to the hotel; and yes, we did jump on the bed because Maddix asked us to:) For dinner we found this awesome restaurant called The Cadillac Ranch; they had the best service, delicious food, and a live band. Then that night the boys went to our next friends' home.
Saturday: We slept in, enjoyed a delicious healthy breakfast, then jumped back into bed (because it was FREEZING) and planned our future. We had so much time to relax and get ready before checking out and walking around the ENTIRE Mall of America. We topped the day off with a large trip to Costco then made our way home where we had Oreo shakes and stayed up late.
Sunday: We were lucky to sleep in again, then picked up our boys and finished off Travis's Sun-Mon off work together as a family.
Perfection.
But it took so much work on the part of so many families just so we could get away for two nights. And they were so needed and rejuvenating.
Having kids can make simple things so much more complicated; however, they make everything that much more enjoyable. I missed them the moment we drove away. I loved every minute with just Travis.
Now I'm ready to get away again! ;) Or... I'm just ready for Winter to leave, sicknesses to go away, and Spring to warm us all back up!
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| Birthday lunch Outfit |
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| Actual Birthday: Groundhogs Day |
Weekend Away
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