Several weeks ago when I was in the midst of my struggles with our boys, (especially our almost 2 year old), my husband presented an idea to me. Would I consider a trip to Hawaii for a few days to "get away from it all"...without kids?
As many of you know, LOVE is not a strong enough word to describe my raw emotions when it comes to Hawaii.
In fact, I adore it so much that when we lived in Georgia, (and I was 32-34 weeks pregnant with our 1st son), I did not bat an eye when we flew as far as one could from one side of the country to the other, and then over the ocean for a long haul, just so that we could go to my very special island get-away location. (My Georgian neighbors all thought I had totally lost my mind when we told them we were going!!)
Here I am 4 Years Ago:
When it was presented to me a few weeks ago, almost everything in me was wanting to go, with the exception of the reminder deep within my conscience of the partnership I have with my husband to keeping our finances in order.
He then took this idea to his 2 different men's groups that he is a part of, (where they really hold his feet to the fire when it comes to keeping him accountable to our spending), and BOTH groups encouraged him to use some of the money from our April savings account to pay for the trip.
So, we searched and found an unbelievable package deal that includes rental car, airfare and hotel...and we decided to book it! For the 1st time in our marriage, we are going on a vacation that has already been paid for!!
My in-laws have graciously offered to watch our boys, (and dog), to allow this to be possible.
I've never left our kids for more than 2 days...however I have heard that absence makes a heart grow fonder. :)
So, tonight I am just putting the finishing touches on packing...and tomorrow...off to paradise!
Aloha!~ Dear Friends, In my absence, my awesome father-in-law, Jack, has promised to use my blog with a day-by-day account of the adventures our boys will be having...please check in on my blog to find out just what they will be up to. I will look forward to posting about our trip when we return! :) ~
Take it away, Jack Daddy!!
2 comments:
That is awesome!!! It will fill up your tanks and you will come back refreshed and ready!! It's hard to go away when the kiddos are small, but it's so worth it. And once you get past the first 24 hours, you're fine! Plus, how lucky are we today to have cell phones!! I always tell myself that... at least I can talk to them anytime I want!
Just looking at those pictures makes me sigh.
I'm thinking back to those hard days when you were going solo for awhile and how hard it was...
I'd say you paid up front in more ways than one! And it was totally worth it!!!
Enjoy.
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