Weekend Away

Ahh...I had a lovely, wonderful weekend away with some of my favorite girls. I met up with my Sissy (sister-in-law), friend Lisa, and new friend Chrissy. We met at the Rockin R' in Temple, TX for some scrapbooking. We had a great time, laughing, talking and working on our albums. I think out of everyone, I got the fewest pages done, but I'm okay with that; I'm a slow worker. Plus, I did a lot of great journaling. I feel very satisfied with my new style of scrapbooking...creating layouts based solely on the pictures or stories that I am inspired to tell, and allowing the other pictures to be put in a photo-style album right next to my hand-crafted pages. I love it! So freeing, because I don't feel as if I have to scrap EVERY.SINGLE.PICTURE!!

So, great weekend, but I was ready to get home. It's normally a 2-hour trip, but for whatever reason, traffic was a nightmare and it took me 3 hours to get home! I was so happy to walk in and have Nate say, "I find you!" and give me the longest, biggest hug. Shortly after, Aves joined in for a big group hug. I had missed my babies! It's so funny how eager I was to get away and to have time to myself. Yet the entire time I was gone, I was focused on my family and missing the kids. It didn't take too long to remember why I needed the get-away, though. Nate was tired and fussy; Aves was so very needy of my time. Groceries had to be bought, the kitchen had to be cleaned and even the sheets on my bed had to be washed and dried before we could get to sleep that night. Argh...I can't complain though. I love my family and I'm so thankful that I was able to get away while Russ and the kids had fun together. I am so blessed!!