Californi-aahhh!

If you read my blog entry six months ago, you might remember that my husband was surprising me with a trip to California to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary! Is knowing about an event six months in advance really considered a surprise? It was to me! And those months flew by before we finally purchased tickets for us and made arrangements for our kids to stay behind for our first vacation without them.

This past weekend we took our trip -- It. Was. Fabulous. We had such a wonderful time in beautiful Dana Point, Southern California! We spent our four days there lying in the sand, sleeping, eating, laughing, reading, digging our toes in the sand, watching surfers, breathing deeply, wading in the waves, reminiscing, and wondering about what the next ten years might be like.

We had dinner on our anniversary at the amazing Cannons restaurant on the cliffs above Dana Point Harbor. John managed to get us a table at the window.

Love was in the air! There was a wedding reception that we could see going on below on the terrace, and dining next to us there, we met another couple who was also celebrating their anniversary on that same day. Ten was a big milestone for us, but this couple was celebrating 66 years of marriage! They were so sweet! We had to have our picture with them.

(We had several conversations with them throughout the evening but realized at the end that we didn't know their names. Our guess was Horace and Mildred. Turns out their names are Don and Kris. Reality is boring! We decided to call them Horace and Mildred anyway.)

Back at home, Grandma and Grandpa were taking such good care of our kids that we considered staying and extra day or two. Not really, but they said the whole weekend was far easier than they anticipated, and that our kids were absolute angels. We loved hearing that they all did so well, especially because it means that there is a possibility of doing something like this again in the future!

And for those concerned for how Josiah would do in regards to nursing, everything turned out far better than I had hoped for. Within an hour of returning home, he took to nursing again like a fish to water. [Insert BIG SIGH of relief here.]

It's hard to believe that this trip we looked forward to for six months is behind us, but we have plenty back at home to keep us busy, and plenty more to look forward to in the days ahead.