Atlanta

 

(Mine are the super cute bright blue ones, haha)

 



I have an AMAZING husband, no doubt about it. He is patient with "my crazy", and super supportive of whatever I need. I have been having a really hard time holding it all together. I feel like I am on the verge of going crazy. It's so hard to balance being a really good mom (which I fail at regularly, but pray every night that I can do better the next day!) and being Kimber, and serving in my calling, and being a great wife, and maid, and on and on. I decided to take a momcation to Atlanta to stay with my aunt and cousin. It was FABULOUS! I flew right out of Gillette and into Atlanta. I sat next to wonderful people there and back. I learned so much about Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, California, and Tennesse and how the election is playing out in all these places. I have never met an Obama supporter in Wyoming, so it was fun to hear others perspectives. I played scrabble on the Kindle with a new friend and got new facebook friends. When I got there we had no plans except Time Out for Women. That was awesome. Hearing about everyone elses problems made my frustrations seem quite minimal. There are some really amazing people out there!! There was no schedule the rest of the time. We just did if we wanted, and not if we didn't. I stayed up WAY too late talking to Candice every night. I made cookies for them. Went grocery shopping with Cathy. Got a pedicure. Watched YouTube with Candice and Spence all night. Then slept in until noon. So low key. It was more than fabulous! Chet told me on the first day that he was nervous I was going to have too much fun, and want to do it all the time. I text him back and said that he should be. And I was right! I told him when I got home that I was going to go away with or without him. We have always been so careful with money and not taken trips, but those days are done. We now have 3 trips planned for the next 5 months. We are not just going hog wild, but it has been so fun looking up places to go almost every night. Chet is texting me about places and prices and it is so exciting. He took vacation this time and stayed with the kids, but now we are getting creative on what to do with the kids. Luckily we have AMAZING babysitters of all ages (high school and college age girls), so the boys are really excited to have us go and they will get to party with Nanna and Papa, Makenna, and Megan. We have not taken many overnighters since having kids so we are REALLY excited for this next stage of life. Bye Bye Babies, hello a little freedom (before they become teenagers and we are strapped in town again!)