a nice day

last week, my mother in law called and offered to babysit the boys on saturday night. they absolutely love spending time with us (of course its us they want to see...it has absolutely NOTHING to do with our two adorable offspring). anyway, they offered to sacrifice their saturday to keep the boys. :) travis and i decided to go on a date that night, which is something we dont do enough of. at some point during the week, i got the idea of surprising him with secret plans for saturday. i planned for us to go kayaking on the saluda river, and then do dinner and a movie in the evening. will you believe...i actually kept our plans a secret??? i usually cant keep a secret to save my life, but i was able to keep this one, dont ask me how. anyway, we had a great day together. i think at one point, we made it 2 hours without talking about the boys. i know, right?? before you start giving us too much credit, i'd better tell you that we rushed home at 9pm hoping to see them before they went to bed. their bedtime is 7:30, but we figured it was worth a shot. of course, they were in bed. go figure.

today was crazy...i had two baby showers to go to after church, and im trying to mentally prepare myself for what im sure will be a very tough week. they are coming tomorrow to start fixing all of the water damage in our kitchen. im glad its getting fixed...im sick of walking on rotten plywood and doing dishes (GASP!!) by hand, but i am really dreading the actual repair/construction part. i wish i could go away to an island with a hammock and a babysitter, and when i came back, the kitchen would be fixed. and maybe the babysitter could come back with us. im just saying...


anyway, since that little scenario isnt likely to happen, i need to just prepare myself to have a frustrating week! at least i have these guys to make me smile...