This will be a short post–merely an excuse for not typing up a full-length blog post on a Friday evening. I hope to share sometime later about the Summer Writing Challenge I did with some of the girls from church, but not today.

Ben and I came away on a little anniversary get-away (2 weeks late) , and left the babies with babysitters overnight for the first time.

My thoughts on that are as follows:

It feels really hard to leave them, even for one night. I actually prefer being with my children all the time–other than rare occasions like this. So perhaps all of those things that I think about being able to do if I weren’t so tied down–reorganizing and decorating my house, writing a book, getting my master’s degree, going back to work–maybe all of those things aren’t very important after all. Maybe I would rather just be full-time mommy to my babies. And last, but not least–it is good to invest in our marriage first, even if it means leaving children behind occasionally.

Now, just a few pictures.

Happy Friday evening, enjoy your weekend!