This year for Christmas Russ surprised me with a weekend away! He had booked two nights at FivePine Lodge in Sisters, Oregon and arranged for his parents to come stay with the kids. This was the first time I have been away from the kids overnight {except for Blake; when Lily was born and when we were in the hospital with Lily, when she had pneumonia}. I was looking forward to the refreshing time away, but also a little nervous about how Blake was going to do {Blake has been going through some major separation anxiety lately}. We wait till right before we left to tell him we were leaving. It broke my heart to see him process what we were telling him. I felt like it was best to wait to tell him so that he wouldn't dwell on it and get too worked up. He cried when we left and then a couple times while we were gone but overall did pretty good!
The little cabin in the woods we stayed in.
The first night we enjoyed at glass of wine by the fire in the lodge and then headed to dinner at Three Creeks Brewing which is right next to FivePine. After dinner we headed across the parking lot to the movie theater. We saw Saving Mr. Banks {I think it was maybe the third movie I've seen in a theater since Blake has been born! That's 3.5 years ha!}
The next day we got up {amazing how fast you can get ready without kids!} and headed to Sisters Coffee {one of our favorites} and then into Bend for the day. Again, amazing what you can do without kiddos! I forgot what it was like to not have to worry about nap/meal times ha! We did some shopping and had a nice lunch at 10 Barrel {another favorite} and watched some snow fall. It was a great relaxing time!
Sunday we headed home through the snow. We had to put chains on to get over the pass but it really wasn't too bad. It was great to get away with Russ and have sometime without the kids to reconnect. Thank you, Papa Don and Nana Pam for watching the kids! We really appreciate it and are thankful!
I'm already looking forward to the next getaway, hopefully not in another 3.5 years!
