Time with my mom

So, after Labor Day Weekend, we were raving so much about Travis' grandparent's place to my mom and telling her she should go sometime, that Travis had an idea. He suggested we run up there on Friday (last weekend) for the night. He even suggested staying the full weekend, but I didn't want to be away from the kids that long since I had to work on Monday. SO, surpisingly - that's what we did! At first, I woke up on Friday morning feeling SO tired, with the start of a sore throat and had a GRIP of things to do that day - starting with early morning grocery shopping. I downed an Emergen-C and laid on the couch thinking I was maybe going to be in bed all weekend. Surprisingly, I started feeling better quickly and was able to get up and function an hour or so later. Yay! Thanks God!

I picked my mom up in the early evening after Trav got home from school. The hard part was leaving Keira. I hadn't told her I was leaving until right before and she started crying when she found out I was leaving overnight. She wanted to come with us. I gave her lots of squeezes and assured her I would be home the next day. I was torn - but I knew I couldn't pass up this opportunity to get away kid-free with my mom - and give Travis some daddy time with the girls.

It was Friday, so of course the traffic was horrific. I listened to the traffic report on the way to mom's and it was stopped or slow pretty much everywhere. I had a surprise suggestion for her. I still owed her our mother/daughter pedicure from her b-day back in May so I said, "Let's go get that now, instead of sitting in traffic." There's an awesome place at Mall 205 that has like 8 chairs and they do a really good job. So, we went there. By the time we left an hour later, traffic was smooth sailing. It was a great start to our little trip.

We chatted with Trav's grandma when we got there until pretty late and then went to bed. The next morning, we munched on fruit and pastries and I was glued to the Food Network. I have missed my cooking shows! LOL. I actually got some great recipes that I came home and saved in my recipe favorites to try later. It was so fun to lay on the couch, watch cooking shows and read during the commercials.

We went to the tea house for lunch with grandma. We both figured mom needed to experience it. I did really good though! I didn't gorge myself and took most of the desserts and scones home. I mainly just ate the little sandwiches.

Then, when we got back mom and I explored a couple of beaches and took a walk. Of course, I didn't bring my purse - just my license so I wasn't lugging anything around, so I forgot my camera. I didn't take a single picture all weekend!

After our driving/walks, we just hung out for a bit, cleaned up the guest house, and relaxed. We went to a yummy little diner with Sherman and Grandma in Gerabaldi. It was right on the wharf down by the boats. It's just a hole-in-the wall little place but the seafood is amazing! I got a shrimp salad and chowder. Mom had halibut and chips and I tried it. All of it was delicious. We got back into town around 8pm. It was a great little get-away and I am thankful we got that opportunity.