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priming over the beautiful green that served us well for almost 6 years

donning my new bling

BJ at Swagat

there will be a chartreuse painted border in the bathroom

So....we did it!! Our first weekend ever away from our kiddos:) We went to Nana and Papa's house in STL on Thursday night for Asher's 2nd birthday party held on Friday night (a later post for that) then after we tucked the babies in bed, BJ and I hit the road!!! I mean, he drove in some fierce wind while I supervised aka slept:) We got home at 2am and I got up at 8am to start taping the bathroom for our painting project.

Yes, while our kids were gone we took advantage of no distractions for home improvement. We taped, sanded, removed hardware, moved all furniture and 'stuff' from our bedroom, and primed on Saturday!!! Thanks to the help our amazing friend, Tonya, we were done with phase 1 of painting by 4:30. And she brought some great Brynna Bear entertainment as well.

DATE NIGHT!!! Then we got cleaned up and I received some very beautiful earrings and necklace to wear for our night out at Swagat and a late show of Sherlock Holmes. We ordered the Dinner for 2 which filled our entire table and gave us 2 full boxes of leftovers.....should have been a dinner for 3 or 4!!! But it was delicious! The chicken musala (sp?) was my favorite, as well as dipping the non in some great relishes (avacado and mint, onions/tomato, etc) We enjoyed a mango lassi and some rice pudding to cool our tongues as even just the 'medium' heat left us sweating:) Next on the agenda was Sherlock Holmes....I really enjoyed, I did, but after hard work all day long, and 2 nights of not much sleep fell asleep during part of it. sshhh....don't tell anyone that I am one of those people who does that. It was a lovely evening:)

Sunday I slept in til 8:30!!! Then got ready without interruptions for church and was able to worship in a focused state and enjoy actual adult conversation!!!! After a great message from the 2nd video of 'The Blessed Life' we went home to complete Phase 2. We painted Gray. It looks fabulous. I think we were done painting by 5:30 but by the time we took a pizza and 30Rock break then cleaned e v e r y inch of the room and furniture/hardware to move back in, we weren't done until 9. (did you know that q-tips are great at cleaning outlet covers and switch plates after they've accumulated years of gunk??)

You know one of the best parts of the weekend?? We worked really well together on a home improvement project, we laughed a lot, spent more time together than we have in ages, and barely got frustrated with each other. That gives me hope for when our kids are grown and out of the house- BJ and I will still have fun together:)

I drove to Columbia in the snow today to pick up the kids......who didn't even give me the time of day when I first saw them because we met at Grandma Leach's vet clinic http://www.myzooanimalhospital.com/ and there were way cooler things to look at than mom. Even if they hadn't seen her in over 2 days. After an hour of playing with chinchilla's, walking ferrets, having Whopper the parrot sing 'Happy Birthday', and following Hermes the tortoise around, we ate at DQ and the munchkins took an hour nap on the way home. The kids had a fantastic time at Nana and Papa's.....I think we will have to do this again:)

That is the adventure of US for the month. Next one coming up in May when BJ is in wedding in Vegas, Baby!!!