Smiles

So the last week has given me enough smiles for a lifetime. It started when Jason and I went to Orlando for an early anniversary adult-only vacation. His cousin Liz and her ‘crew’ offered to keep the boys for us and we took advantage of it. Jason had a conference for work that started on Sunday night so I tagged along and we went down a couple of days early. We had tons of great food, 2 rounds of golf and lots of pool and sun time. I have to admit that I missed the kids, but not as much as I thought I would. I did NOT miss the daily grind. It was nice to not have to think about breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner and all the stuff in between for just a few days. I got to eat a hot meal SLOWLY and actually enjoy eating it without constant background jabber. I came home on Monday while Jason stayed on and finished out his conference. Jason talked to Chase twice a day and not once did he ask about me or to talk to me! Go figure. However, when I returned he was just as excited as the triplets. And let me just say that was another reason to smile. Those boys went CRAZY when I came up the stairs. I literally just laid on the floor and let them crawl all over me. Think puppies in a box with a new toy – got the image? Now, change the puppies to 16 month olds and the new toy to me. It was awesome and made me smile for hours!

Then on Tuesday Chase went to swim lessons where he made great strides and is gaining so much confidence in the water. Hooray – but am I really ready for that? And then I got another chance to smile when my new kitchen countertops were installed on Wednesday morning. We are almost done with the kitchen update (no more mid-1980s for me!). Then we met my mom and grandparents at the mall for lunch and playtime (no running water or usable kitchen counters remember? Perfect excuse to eat out.) More smiles watching the boys at the play area in the mall and then literally lunging into my grandparents arms while they watched. Then, to top it all off, we went to the pool late in the afternoon and out for pizza for dinner. (More smiles all around). Jason got home from a day trip to DC a little after 9:00 pm and all the kids were asleep and I wasn’t far behind.

All in all, this week has been a good reminder of all that is good, no scratch that, GREAT in my life. Sometimes, I think I just need to remember that. Especially in the moments where I am going crazy and want to go hide in a corner.

Hopefully I will get some new pictures up soon but we have been so busy that I haven’t stopped to take any!