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Valentine's Weekend

Me and my honey went away for Valentine's Day weekend. Okay, it was just Friday night and we only stayed in a hotel that was located 7 minutes away from the kids, but it was our first time alone in 3 years!!! We were alone at the hospital when Austin had his surgery, technically you can't count that since Austin was there and it is a sad place to be, so this was a treat!!! We let Austin watch the kids, that is why we chose a hotel 7 minutes away. We went to a fancy restaurant, a great movie and we slept in....oh wait, we didn't sleep in. Austin called us a midnight telling us Maylin was still calling for me and he wanted to go to sleep. He gave her the phone to talk to me. After 10 minutes I asked her to give Austin the phone. She said he was asleep. Great! I had her jump on him to wake him up. It worked and finally at 12:30 a.m. she cried herself to sleep. Then Kenzie called us at 5:00 a.m. to tell us she was up and ready for her Young Women activity that didn't start until 7 - guess she was excited. Heck, we got more sleep at home. Besides all that we had a great time.
 
For Valentine's the kids gave their class mates fun dips. Maylin loved them!!! She ate all the extras. I think her finger and tongue may be blue for awhile. Of course, daddy loved them too and was luckily enough to have Nini share. The flowers are from my sweetie. I gave him a card, but I guess I did plan our weekend.
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Dione said…
So when I first read your post I thought you said you were at a hotel 7 minutes... I wondered why you didn't want to enjoy the room a little longer.

7 minute away - I get it! Where's my mind?
February 17, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Valorie said…
Laurel, Glad you got away even if it had some interruptions. Way to go Austin for babysitting. I think that's great.
February 17, 2009 at 7:08 PM
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