Saturday, August 6, 2011

Still Celebrating

Happy birthday, honey!

Cheers!

Mom's vanilla bean cake with fresh strawberries
The swimmer!


Fun!

Playing with guys
The countdown begins.  The countdown to reality.  It has been a very beautiful six months with Daniel home. 

Last week, after the tournament, my amazing mother called us and asked if we wanted three days alone together?  "Wait, what?  Are you asking me if I would like to come home after the tennis tournament with Dan...ALONE...WITHOUT CHILDREN...FOR THREE DAYS???"  Then, the screaming was directed downstairs.  "Dan!!!  Mom wants to take the boys and give us a few days to ourselves!!!  Are you up for that?!" In his calm manner, "Sure.  That sound good."

And so we did it.  We had a wonderful time at the tournament and then came back home.  To the quiet.  To the peace of just us.  The way we started.  The way it all began.  It was such a gift!!

After three days of bliss, we hopped in the car (after hearing another of Todd's amazing messages on Sunday morning) and headed down to Indian Wells.  Our four days in the TOASTY desert were spent in the pool, playing cards, watching great movies, shopping, and just being a family.

Praise God for family!! 

The hose and the pool

Dan and sons

1 comment:

CornyCornKorens said...

Love that George is "cheers"ing with a bottle of mustard!