Trip Up North

Lunch @ El Pitayo: Leesa, Charity, Me & the nursing Babe, Amy, & Shannon

Trevor called me into his "office" (otherwise known as the master bedroom) one day when he was home working.

He looked at me with bright eyes and said "You'll never guess where I've got to go in November..."

--Trevor gets work assignments all over his zone area, he has to arrange and schedule them in a certain time frame. Sometimes he gets assignments that are close to where we live, often he has to travel farther. He is on the road a lot, and I've often hoped he would get some assignments in a place that would be fun for the boys & I to tag along--

I made about 4 wrong guesses before he told me: "WAUSAU, Wisconsin!"

For those of you who have been following our moves, this was the last place we called home. He actually had several visits in several cities, but this was one of the areas he had to stop--I told him immediately that the boys & I would be coming along and I started to make arrangements...

...and had been looking forward to the trip ever since!

My friend graciously invited us into her home and we had a blast...

We lounged around, went to yoga class, took the kids out to dinner, met some friends at the mall, took naps, slept in (well, I did), made homemade marshmallows (see next blog post),
& co-hosted our 2nd annual Ugly Sweater Party :

Baby N got LOTS of attention everywhere we went--but mostly at our "home away from home" where two darling girls just had a blast following his every stare! They were great helpers--putting his pacifier in his mouth when needed, helping me clean him up, and pushing the swing when the batteries weren't working:

The three older kids enjoyed some quality wii time:

And four mamas enjoyed a delicious lunch together (4th mama behind the camera)

True to form, I got a nice little (big!) cold virus that lasted the week. I went through four kleenex boxes, stayed up 3 nights coughing, waited 2 hours at the walk-in, and took 1 strep test (negative results). Hope I didn't leave any nasty germs with anyone!


Also, Baby N hit his 3 month mark while we were there:

The three muskateers were reunited...power to the ugly sweater!

(One thing you learn from an ugly sweater party--ugliness is in the eye of the beholder. Several ladies went home with sweaters to add to their wardrobes!)

These three played hard from breakfast to lunch to naps to dinner, & everything in between...J was so happy to be with his best gal pals! (Abbey & Ela were J's first toddler friends!)
We stayed up late chatting, exploring camera settings, watching movies, catching up on shows, drinking hot chocolate, eating chocolates, and just talking about LIFE. Motherhood was a major topic, we can learn so much from each other, and it's so nice to know we're not alone in our challenges & struggles.

Seriously, it was WONDERFUL. The perfect getaway trip.

Thanks, Leesa for an amazing week in your home--hope we didn't overstay our welcome, we had a blast playing hard and sleeping in!


Trevor was able to enjoy some fun visiting as well--he hung out with some of his old buddies during the U.S. party and we enjoyed seeing dear friends at Church on Sunday before we headed back home.

Thanks to everyone who took some time to say hi, it was awesome to visit--
we miss our Wisconsin Home!