Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Two "Fun Filled" Weeks!!

So, it's been a LOOOOONNNGG two weeks at the Durham house!! It started off simply divine, with my wonderful, handsome, magnificent husband surprising me for our 9th anniversary and whisking me away to the Gaylord Texan for two nights!! It was an amazing surprise filled with 3 days of re-focusing on our family vision, eating wonderful food, catching a movie and shopping! Thank you, honey...I LOVE YOU! My sweet in-laws were so gracious to drive all the way to our home and stay with our kids:) It was so nice to not have to pack everyone up and send them somewhere:) Thank you so much Grammie and Gramps!
Well, our beautiful weekend was quickly interrupted when we came home on Sunday to all 3 kids feeling a little under the weather. We just thought they had colds until that night when we realized Mayce and Bryce had contracted some NASTY virus that shot their fever to 102! On Monday, I took all 3 to the doctor, and as I pulled up, the Lord decided to open up the sky and pour down sheets of rain! Now, I love rain as much as the next girl, but there was no parking space close, and all of my kids were not happy campers. We were completely drenched by the time we reached the door, and Mayce had started to cry because she began to feel sick to her stomach. By this time, I was praying for some serious GRACE!! We got into the doctor, and found out that Mayce and Bryce had canker sores covering their throat....ouch! I could not get them to eat or drink much for the next three days, and sleeping was in short supply. I felt so sorry for my babies! They were miserable! Well, by that Friday they were much better, so we decided to head out of town for my family reunion. We drove 5 hours Friday night and arrived at 11:30 pm. Everyone seemed to be doing well, but on Saturday I began to notice a little difference in my sweet Blake. And to make a long story short, by Monday, he had full blown sores all down his throat, which equalled NO FUN! He was miserable and could not sleep or eat well for 3 days. So, we are now all officially better and SO grateful this is all out of the Durham house!! Thank you, Father, for your grace and strength!
I have posted some pictures from our tremendous "get away," and informed my husband that I could handle one of these little excursions about once a month! HA!





It was so nice to just sit and read the paper....not something we get to do to often these days:)


3 comments:

Melissa Terry said...

I'm so happy that you two got to get away- so timely and refreshing! I am excited about all the things the Lord spoke to you guys and can't wait to watch them unfold.

Hulsey Fam said...

blessed you two got some time away...good job to the hubby.. you are one Momma who deserves it:)

Anonymous said...

Hi friend, I've just been enjoying your blog tonight. I've missed several posts - so I took some time to catch up! Just made me smile and think about how impressed I am with you and your beautiful family. What an amazing wife, mom, friend and mentor you have turned out to be. I'm so glad to be your friend and to be counted among those that love you so much. Blessings, Jan G.