Perfect can take many forms....

Last weekend we celebrated Steven's birthday in Highlands, NC with some good friends. We look forward to heading to the mountains once each Fall without the kiddos! It's really nice to get away and feel like yourself and more like a spouse than a parent for a day or two. It's always so nice to not have a schedule and just be together.  Steven and I got there around lunch on Friday and had lunch at one of our favorite places just the two of us. PERFECT.  The Stephens' got in town later that afternoon and we sat around on a great porch in the mountains having drinks and just talking. PERFECT.  The next day we stayed in pj's, drank coffee, made a fire and had a yummy breakfast. PERFECT.  We went on a long hike and then back out to lunch with no schedule! We had fun appetizers, chili, drinks and another fire that night. PERFECT.  It was such a fun weekend and the weather up there was so great! It really was a PERFECT weekend to be together.  We followed up our weekend with a day off on Monday.  We NEVER do this...we both took the day off and stayed home together. We just hung out and were together. We had a big dinner and sang Happy Birthday with the kids that night. PERFECT.

 

This weekend was a full weekend at home. PERFECT. Especially with the holidays coming full throttle at us, it was great to just be at home with nowhere to go!  (And we had LOTS to do!!!)  We woke up Saturday and started getting down the Christmas stuff!!! Jack had been so excited about getting up in the attic and seeing all of our decorations. It makes it so fun that the kids enjoy it so much! It is SUCH a job to get all the stuff up in the house. It's just hard to believe that it's that time of year! We spent the first half of the day working in the house and we spent the afternoon playing in the backyard.  The kids were having the best time.  They were dancing and playing! We grilled out and made smores Friday and Saturday night by the chiminea. PERFECT.  Both kids sat by the fire and had hot chocolate. It was just one of those really happy times.

When life gets crazy, we are running 90 mph  and we are super tired and easily aggravated...it's just amazing to have some times that are so PERFECT to make you stop and really think about how wonderful life is for us. So very thankful for our life.

Here are some of the pictures we took this Fall!