A Little Time Away

My dear friend Kathryn treated Claire and I to a few days away in the mountains in Branson, MO this week. What a fun time we had. We had the pleasure of staying with her and her two boys in a darling and I do mean "DARLING" Cape Cod style community. It was such a fun and refreshing time to just get away from the normal routine and enjoy time with friends. Kathryn and I have been close friends now for about 6 and a 1/2 years. We have been through a lot together and I treasure our friendship. It's been a challenging year for me (not all bad, but challenging none the less) and Kathryn knew it would do me some good to get away and have some fun, thank you for that friend!!! In this stage of life it's all about our kiddos so we spent lots of time swimming in the indoor pool, playing games, doing a little bargain shopping at the Tanger Outlet ( didn't buy a thing for myself, Claire made out like a bandit though ), cooking, watching every kid movie we brought along, bathing those munchkins, and of course reading bed time stories. After the kiddos were all tucked snugly into bed, it was time for us to be "girls", so we watched chick flicks, made cookies, did facials, read magazines, and just enjoyed hanging out and talking. We ventured into Branson here and there but mostly just relaxed in our cute little cottage. On one trip out though we trecked over to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts to get the kids hyped up on sugar and then headed over to the "World's Largest Toy Museum", it was pretty neat :) Kathryn and I had a good laugh about the fact that the toys we played with as kids were now on display in a museum... go figure, we're OLD now!! Lol! Such a fun time, and memories that will last a lifetime were made. I love my life!