November 19, 2008

• My Birthday Weekend

  I finally have a few minutes to write about my birthday getaway weekend.

  Here's how it started:
  

  Not the best picture, but you get the idea... MY MOM CAME TO WATCH THE KIDS!!!!
  It was so nice.  That was my birthday present from my parents.  By far, the most expensive I've ever received from them.  That was the longest I had ever been without my kids, and it was so nice to not have to worry about them at all.  My in-laws don't mind watching them for short periods of time, but they rarely watch them overnight and I would really nervous about making them keep them for three nights.  And I also wouldn't have wanted to put that burden on any of my friends who have their own kids to watch.

  As you remember, I didn't know where we were going.  Turned out, he took me to the Adirondack mountains in Upstate New York.  It was about 3 hours away.  We were in the Lake George area.  The first night we stayed at a Six Flags resort with an indoor water park.  Let's just say we were very disappointed.
  

  It looks fun, doesn't it?  It probably would have been if most of it wasn't shut down.  Anything that I could have done in my "current state" was closed because of some kind of chemical problem with the water.  For example, the Lazy River was shut down the entire time.  So were several other things.

  And then this....
  

  Do you see the red lights from a fire truck on the left?  Yeah, at 5:00 a.m. the fire alarm went off and we were sent out of the hotel room for TWO HOURS!!!  What exactly are you supposed to do at 5:00 a.m. when you are kicked out of your hotel room??? Well, we ended up just sitting in our vehicle until we could finally go back inside.  Fun!

  This is us... trying to make the most of our situation...
  

  The other two nights were much nicer.  This is the Bed and Breakfast we stayed at. 
  
  It was still in the same area.  It was lovely inside and out.  Since this is the slow part of the year, we were the only ones at the inn.  It was so nice and quiet.  The owners were very nice and cooked the best breakfasts.  They were so huge that both days I didn't eat lunch and just had an early dinner.  It was totally relaxing and just what I needed.  Lake George is a tourist area, but only during the summer, so there wasn't anything to do at this time of year.  Everything in Lake George Village was shut down, EVERYTHING.  Even the McDonalds was closed.  There was another nearby town that had some outlet stores, a mall and some restaurants, so we did some Christmas shopping (didn't find much), but other than that, we just relaxed and enjoyed each other.

  My mom went home last evening.  It was so nice to see her again.  And I'm so thankful that she came to watch the girls.  We'll see her again in about a month when we go out there for Christmas.

  
  This is the cake the girls made for me with grandma's help. Can you tell they picked the frosting color and all the decorations????

  Now we are back to the grind here.  I had a meeting and a story last night.  We have our first parent/teacher conference for Ainsley in just a little bit.  Ainsley has a dentist appointment tomorrow.  Friends are coming over on Friday.  Saturday we're having portraits taken.  Sunday is church.  Monday afternoon we're on the road again to visit Josh's brother for Thanksgiving. 

  Life is good... busy and good. 

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