Weekend Project: Relax

This weekend's project involved NOTHING but relaxing for me and Ryan. What a change of pace; what a relief!

Friday afternoon we packed up the car- just the two of us- and hit the road. A beach vacation was in order since we won't be taking our annual family vacation to Port Aransas this year! We had reservations for a hotel on Friday night and Saturday night, and other than that we had no plan. We sort of didn't know what to do with ourselves, but it was also kind of nice!

Friday night we went to a nice dinner and walked around downtown, Ryan had a beer and I had an iced coffee drink. Saturday morning we had to check out of our first hotel, and we hung out on the beach all afternoon, checked into our second hotel and found a church so we could go to confession. We randomly decided to stay for the Saturday vigil mass (because, hey- when you're on vacation without kids, you can randomly decide stuff like that!). After mass we met my brother for dinner, strolled the beach, and went to our hotel's pool. I'll tell you, I haven't been in a pool this entire pregnancy and I forgot how absolutely wonderful it feels to be big and pregnant in a pool! Sunday morning we walked to IHOP for breakfast and meandered home, making a few stops along the way to break up the trip.

before dinner on friday night

a beer for ryan...

...and an iced tea in a pretty glass for me!

a beached whale, hehehe

the view from our hotel on saturday night

A relaxing weekend was exactly what we needed, whether it's because we've been so busy working on our house, because we've been focusing on welcoming our new baby, or because we've just been busy. We're so blessed that we have grandparents who will babysit for us whenever we ask, and that our children probably are so busy having fun with grandpa and grandma that they don't even realize we're gone!