Friday afternoon through Saturday morning we went to a one day couples' retreat at our church. It was a trial run in several ways. We drove over the mountain and to the coast, which we'd never done. There were some highs and lows.
Highs:
-We did it! All 5 of us away for 24 hours.
-Sam had a total blast. He was happy the whole time, went swimming with mom, went to playground with dad, looked at the ocean, loved staying in a hotel, watched cartoon network on cable tv.
-Babies were okay. Eva was happy and ate a ton (she really liked a steam egg dish that is popular here, mixed with rice).
-Dad took lots of pictures.
-Speaker was good. Emily went to sessions while I watched kids.
Lows:
-Forgot the diaper bag, which necessitated a drive looking for diapers and binkys.
-Eli slept miserably, and Eva not great, so Emily got about 4 hours of sleep. Emily was feeling pretty awful for the second day and a bit discouraged about sleeping arrangements.
-Sam through up in the middle of the night. I won't go into details, except to say he got about four sheets/blankets and the mattress. OK, I guess that counts as going into the details. It was pretty gruesome. Anyway, he is in a fine mood today, but church is probably off the agenda in case this was something that will recur.
So, it was a gain a "glass half full" (kids) "glass half empty" (mom) kind of day. But hopefully we'll just remember the fellowship, the ocean, and the playing in a few years. I took lots of pictures, some below.
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