Monday, October 25, 2010

daddy parties

so this past weekend, i went on a women's retreat with my church.

i knew not a soul there.

unless you count the awesome wife of a guy anthony prays with at his men's bible study who invited me via text and called the church to get me in her room and made me feel all warm and welcome all weekend.

never underestimate the power of going out of your way to be someone's friend.

take it from that someone.

because, seriously, who wants to go get trapped in the mountains all weekend with a bunch of women they don't know?

she was great. she was my friend before she even knew whether or not i was some wackadoo she'd be stuck with for 3 days.


so, it was going out of my comfort zone to go. but i'm totally glad i went. met great ladies. learned more about my great God. hiked in God's great creation. ate great food i didn't have to cook on dishes i didn't have to wash.

and then there is my fantastic husband, who encouraged me to be gone for TWO WEEKENDS IN A ROW.

that's right, he's a good man.

i know its a lot for him to do single parent duty on his own and i appreciate it.

and so do the kids.

the fun doesn't stop.

there's the beach...
exploring...
park trips. times a million.
sleeping arrangements...

and other special things like shopping trips where ella got new shoes and a cute little purse and other old navy clearance bargains.

seriously, daddy parties are like their favorite thing in the whole world. i'm pretty sure before picking me up he had to tell the kids, "now make sure you tell mommy how much you really missed her."

and then they probably got all confused and glanced around the minivan and finally noticed, oh, mom's not here? no wonder we've been having so much fun.

anthony puts parents everywhere to shame.

4 comments:

Juggler said...

Isn't it amazing to be married to a man who will let you go away for the weekend and you aren't completely freaked out that the kids will drown in the tub or eat only ketchup? Yeah, I love my hubby too.

And that retreat sounds wonderful!

Vicki said...

What a great tribute to your hubby. Glad to hear you enjoyed the retreat and came away with some new friends.

Stef said...

So it was totally a win/win. And if you go out of town again, let me know. There are some really cute shoes I have had my eye on for a while....

debby94 said...

I went on a women's retreat a couple weekends ago too. Guess who I ran into? Malissa Brumett. We talked about how much Ella looks like you & Grace looks like Angie! I'm glad you had fun!