Thank God for the blog. If I didn't have it, we wouldn't have met some great new friends. They invited us to this beautiful cabin a few hours south of here last night. We kind of wavered back and forth whether we should go - was it worth it to pack up all our stuff, leave after work and not get there till late, and keep Madeleine up way past her bedtime? YES, it definitely was. We had such a great time. We left around 5:30, stopped at Dennys around 7, fed and changed Madeleine into her jammies, and she fell asleep for the last hour of the trip. Of course, when we got there, she was wide awake for a few hours! She was fascinated by a deer head on the wall, and kept pointing to it and saying "Doe!" I think we might have to get one, Ken :)
We brought some cards and board games and didn't end up playing any of them. D and P were so much fun to talk to! Ken made us some great beverages, and we just had some great adult conversation and stayed up till 1am. (Both of those things are way different from normal for us! - and just what we needed!!)
The cabin was really great - and the grounds had beautiful rolling hills, lots of horses, cows and deer. We took a drive this morning to try not to wake them up (we are used to getting up at 7am every morning, but we wanted them to be able to sleep in!)
When we got back, they made the best breakfast for us that I've EVER had! We had blueberry pancakes, poached eggs, english muffins, bacon, sausage, muffins and fruit. WOW! It was all so delicious. They were even thoughtful enough to make the pancakes with soy milk so Madeleine and I could have them. I haven't had pancakes in a LONG time. I had such a great time and was sad to leave! Thanks so much again for inviting us! I'm glad we were spontaneous and decided to go :) I hope we get to see you again soon.
On the way home, Madeleine slept for the first hour and a half, and then we decided to stop at a little diner. She was thrilled with the food, - after her healthy lunch, we let her have a few fries, pickles and baked beans. It is her birthday week, after all :) Speaking of her birthday week, her party is tomorrow! I made the frosting for the cupcakes and frosted them when we got home. We gave her a little taste too - I think she'll enjoy her cupcake tomorrow for sure!
We brought some cards and board games and didn't end up playing any of them. D and P were so much fun to talk to! Ken made us some great beverages, and we just had some great adult conversation and stayed up till 1am. (Both of those things are way different from normal for us! - and just what we needed!!)
The cabin was really great - and the grounds had beautiful rolling hills, lots of horses, cows and deer. We took a drive this morning to try not to wake them up (we are used to getting up at 7am every morning, but we wanted them to be able to sleep in!)
When we got back, they made the best breakfast for us that I've EVER had! We had blueberry pancakes, poached eggs, english muffins, bacon, sausage, muffins and fruit. WOW! It was all so delicious. They were even thoughtful enough to make the pancakes with soy milk so Madeleine and I could have them. I haven't had pancakes in a LONG time. I had such a great time and was sad to leave! Thanks so much again for inviting us! I'm glad we were spontaneous and decided to go :) I hope we get to see you again soon.
On the way home, Madeleine slept for the first hour and a half, and then we decided to stop at a little diner. She was thrilled with the food, - after her healthy lunch, we let her have a few fries, pickles and baked beans. It is her birthday week, after all :) Speaking of her birthday week, her party is tomorrow! I made the frosting for the cupcakes and frosted them when we got home. We gave her a little taste too - I think she'll enjoy her cupcake tomorrow for sure!
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Really, I am glad you went and had such a wonderful time!
We had so much fun, too!!!!
Seriously, we need to do things like this more often! We came home feeling so renewed and excited about life.
We are so thankful for your friendship. Thank you for sharing the gift that Madeleine is with us!! What a precious girl!!!!!!! She made the whole weekend.
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