Scrapbook Vacation

Well I got home last night from a weekend full of scrapbooking and fun. I went for the weekend with my mom and sister to a scrapbook retreat about an hour from home. We went with a group of about 20 women, none of which we knew when we got there. We got right to work when we got there on Friday morning and by then end of that night I had completed 15 pages. I stayed up until about 2:30. After a couple of hours of sleep I woke up and started up again. I was trying to accomplish my goal of 30 pages for the weekend. By the end of the 2nd night I was on page 29. I knew that I would hit my 30 page goal. On day three we only had about 5 hours to scrapbook before we needed to clean up and get home, but I managed to get my 30 done plus 3 more. I did 33 pages in 2 days (I say only 2 days because by the time we go there and the time we left it was only about 48 hours of scrapbooking.) I was so excited to have gotten that much done. I am almost caught up with Paige and Parker from their births so that makes me very happy. I still have several years from my childhood and Matt's to get caught up on, but in due time I know that I will get those done too. We had a great time laughing and visiting and scrapping our hearts out. You should have seen the place with 20 women who all brought their supplies, there was so much scrapbook stuff in the room, probably thousands of dollars worth of stuff. We even had a hard time getting everything in 1 vehicle, it was packed full. Matt watched the kids while I was gone, the first time I have left Paige over night and the first time he had been alone with both kids for that amount of time. He did really great, the house was even clean when I got home, what a great hubby! Paige was so excited to see me when I walked thru the door, she clung to me the rest of the day, afraid I would leave her again. And Parker even said to me "mommy not go again." I think he missed me too! It was nice to have a little break from the everyday monotony of things and to do something for myself. Now I have 5 1/2 days to get ready for our vacation! We are really excited and after this last weekend I know that the kids will be okay without me, or rather that I will be okay without them!