away...

All this summer I worked 9 hours a day, 5 days a week here at home looking after 5-6 little ones at a time. This is a lot of work, but it's work I really enjoy. My husband (a schoolteacher) and our three teenaged children were home a lot, and we had wonderful friends and family here visiting pretty well the whole time we were home! It was busy. Happy, but very busy!
Then Kirby and I went away together for the last couple days of the long weekend. He had been saying for quite a while that we needed to do this; and suddenly the time was right. We drove to Waterton Saturday afternoon, and walked by the lake, the river, the waterfall, the shops... (Actually we walked right into some of the shops; an art gallery and some red ballet flats called so sweetly :)
After a delicious dinner at 'Pizza of Waterton', we enjoyed the pool, hot tub, steam room, and sauna. RELAXING!
On Sunday morning it was only a few steps next door to church! Monday morning we went to the temple in Cardston. This was the perfect end to a perfect weekend.
It amazes me how quickly we feel 'in love' again when there are no demands on us, and how easily happy we are together! We didn't  have to go very far- just down the road. And we didn't have to spend a lot of money or do anything spectacular. It was sweet and simple.
Thank Heaven for a little time away together; a cozy cushion between a super-social summer and a busy new school year.

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