getaway.

hey y'all! 

okay, to preface, this post is not ode to brenner. 

it is actually about our little one night getaway we had last week. 

however, i was practicing all my slick camera moves i have learned and here was my perfect setting with my perfect subject (he could sit still!)

so, all the pictures i took with my camera were of the hubs.  

this was our first real getaway since i was pregnant with cole.
over 3 and 1/2 years people.
since i stay home with the kids, we have decided over time to cut out a lot of unnecessary things to save money.  one of those things has been going on vacations.  we have been blessed by family to still take a few trips over the last couple of years and we have still gone to our family ranch in oklahoma of course, but a true getaway for just brenner and i has just not been a priority.  and we have been fine with that.
however, we both agreed that one night would do a marriage good and we are so glad we did it!!

we went to white bluff resort for one night, which is about an hour from here on lake whitney.  neither of us had been to this lake since college and were not even aware of this place to stay.  

we loved it!!!

we are already planning on coming back here with the whole family and some friends for a weekend sometime this summer.

the weather was great and we walked all over the resort.  

we stayed overlooking the lake and it was so beautiful! 

we ate dinner at an italian restaurant that was located in an old gas station.  

we were a little skeptical at first but brenner was right, hole in the walls are often the best food.

and, we actually had a real conversation over dinner.  

a conversation that did not include the phrases, "take one more bite now or you will go to timeout", "stop throwing your food on the floor", and "don't put yogurt in your hair."

after dinner we stopped at a totally random, yet totally delicious, ice cream stand on the side of the road.

and i didn't have to share with anybody!

and that night, we were in bed before 10. and we woke up at 8:30.  

10 1/2 hours of sleep, people.  

that has not happened in years.  

can we just pause and reflect on that a little bit??

and then we went out on the boat for several hours where we picnicked on subway, pita chips and hummus, and a 2 liter of dr. pepper.  we read, listened to music, talked....it was wonderful and refreshing. 

we are so thankful for the people that kept our kids so that we could have this time together.  

i love you hubs!