Romantic Weekend....:)

OK so for Andrew's birthday I got "us" a present - a night away at a nearby hotel/resort place. It has literally been years since we have been away without the kids for a night (I am thinking it might even be pre Amelia!!), so probably about time.......
So I arranged for someone (the very cute Brooke, who my girls were sooooo excited about) to come stay the night with the kids and picked Andrew up from work on Friday......
I have to say there is something weird about not being with your kids....I think we both commented on it for the first couple of hours when we were sitting by the pool without being splashed or running to take someone to the toilet or get them a drink, rescue them from drowning....or each other......life would definitely be boring without our beautiful kids:)

but by the time dinner rolled around and we got to eat in a really nice restaurant and not gulp down food, but have a nice relaxing conversation and really enjoy the food and experience, we were OK to have the night to ourselves:)

Glad to have Andrew's new toy (iPhone4) to capture the moments.....:)

 Fast forwarding to the next morning.....we went to check out and found that our lovely neighbor had paid for the room as a Thankyou for a referral we sent her (wow if we'd have known sooner we might have splurged on the $6 bottle of Fiji water!). Thanks Susan:)
We spent the next morning having a nice breakfast and then wandering around a few stores before finally making it home to four kids and a dog who all seemed excited to see us:) 
I would say a few things I learned from this weekend -
1. Andrew and I really do get along pretty well....still!
2. We love and miss our kids when we're without them (as much as they drive us crazy when we're with them!)
3. Hanging out together is rejuvenating and good for the soul:)
4. We really need to do this more often....
Love you Andrew