Sunday, July 9, 2006

Wow - what a weekend! I don't want to rub it in to anyone but I did have a wonderful weekend. I headed to South Boston with my best friend since high school and we hung out at www.berryhillplantationresort.com all weekend. It was so relaxing and peaceful that I thought about calling in sick tomorrow to stay an extra day. We ate some good food, had a message at the spa, sat in the sauna, went swimming, walked around the grounds, and talked while sipping a glass of wine on the balcony. I probably talked her ear off and seemed a little too excited about not doing anything but boy was it great. I won't go on and on like I could as I know there are others that deserve a break like that and may not want to think about all the details without getting to take one immediately. Thanks Beave - it was a blast!

Mike stayed back with the kids but did have some reinforcements come to help - his mom! Ella Sue is just the greatest and I sure hope she gets a chance to rest. Each time I talked to Mike he was doing well but was increasingly worn out. Upon arrival the kids seemed to be in great shape; happy, healthy, rested, and did I mention hungry. I am sure they ate well but it was quite funny when Landon woke up from his nap. He got to have a cookie and afterwards he asked for an "orange cracker" (what most people call a nab), after his nab he said "I don't like orange crackers" so he wanted some veggie tales snacks. I opened some snacks for him and after he ate those he continued on to eat 4 more orange crackers and drink tons of milk. I gave Mike a hard time to see if he fed them lunch earlier in the day.

I think Landon had just worked up an appetite in the "water bag" pool that somehow showed up on my back patio over the weekend. Landon had enjoyed the pool at E Frank's last weekend so Landon got one this weekend - he must have a way of talking his dad into things or maybe his dad likes to spoil him as much as he can. I have heard that with the pool comes a cabana boy (Mike) who will clean it and take care of it while in the hot sun with his shirt off - guess I win in this deal too. Jake seems to think it was a gift for him and I am not sure what Ella thinks of it yet but I'm sure I will find out tomorrow.

No pictures to post for the weekend. I left the digital camera behind and asked Mike to take some pictures but his response after we talked was "it was too hectic to take any pictures". I took two pictures of the plantation with a disposable camera but still have 25 to take before you will have a chance to see them.

Glad to be home!