Cruisin'

Last week Justin and I went on a trip all by ourselves! It is rare that we go anywhere by ourselves, let alone a vacation. But we desperately needed some time away. It was the first time we have left the boys for any length of time. I knew they would be in good, okay, great hands (my mom), but I still don’t like being away from them!
We decided on a cruise. I didn’t want to have to think about driving, cooking, cleaning, anything! I pretty much wanted to make no decisions at all. We flew out very early on Monday morning. Easton must have known something was up, because he refused to sleep that night! After having an extremely early flight, practically sprinting through the Atlanta airport and someone with a medical emergency on the flight, we finally made it to Ft Lauderdale. Our boat left out of Miami on Monday, and we were at Key West on Tuesday, Cozumel on Wednesday, and had a day at sea on Thursday. Then Friday, we were back to Miami. I didn’t take very many pictures as I never remember to when the kids are not around, but I will post the few that I do have hopefully tonight. The trip was just was we needed. Just some time for the two of us to relax and have some time to ourselves, read, take naps, etc. Since Easton has proven that he doesn’t like to sleep anywhere else (see post below), my mom decided to come and stay at our house. That way the boys could stay with their normal routines, especially since they still had school, etc. I didn’t get to talk to them from Monday night until Friday morning, but I did get daily emails from mom! It sounded like they did great all week!
After we got back we had a great weekend at home working on some house projects and playing outside. Payton also had a soccer game on Sunday. I am so impressed by how much he has improved over last time. I am not sure if it being older, or just more experience, or what. But he is really getting in there and playing hard. I am so proud of him! Easton likes to run around during Paytons games and play with his mini soccer ball. He is getting to be so tall and such a chatter box. You can usually only understand about half of it, but he has a lot to say!
Our calendar for the next couple of months is getting a little crazy as I am sure everyones does this time of year! Payton starts swimming lessons on Monday nights again next week and we have a lot of school functions before the end of the year. And next week we have a very special visitor coming up from Florida, so we are looking forward to that!