7 years and counting

Aunt Martha's Bed and Breakfast

(I stole the picture from their website, as we did not take the camera)

On January 15th Mike and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary. I was so thankful for the efforts he took to surprise me with a night away at Aunt Martha's bed and breakfast at Fort Walton Beach! It was my first night away from the children with my man since I was pregnant with Hosea. And I suppose in that case we could say Hosea came with us. :) But that was a trip to Germany, pretty extravagant. Also my first time ever in a bed and breakfast. Anyway, all that to say it was a huge blessing to me! I was a little nervous leaving Aggie, and giving instructions about her over-night tube feeding and such. Mike told me in the morning, so I had the whole day to prepare for the sitter coming that evening. There were many typed out detailed instructions. A good friend from church volunteered to say with the children, on her birthday no less. It was so kind of her, as I especially feel comfortable leaving the children in her care. She has a gift for enjoying them.

So we left Friday night, the 13th for Fort Walton, just over an hour away. Found our room situated cozy on the water front. Then walked to dinner at a nice restaurant, where I had some delicious salmon, rice pilaf, and roasted veggies, and Mike had steak, fancy mashed potatoes along with the veggies. It was tasty. Mike got me a pretty ring as a gift and presented it at dinner, very thoughtful. I think my favorite part of the whole time was in the morning. We tried our best to sleep in..... started stirring at 6, and gave up at 7. We're officially adults. We got around and went down stairs to read before breakfast. Breakfast was elaborate. We were the only house guests that night, so we had the place to ourselves. After breakfast we sat comfortably on a sofa over looking the water out many large windows with the intention of reading, but had the pleasure of conversation uninterrupted until check out time. It was perfect! Thanks babe for all your efforts to bless me, it did!