Five Years

This weekend Brad & I celebrated our five year anniversary. We planned a weekend away for just the two of us to remember what it is like to be a couple outside of being parents. However, you can never walk away from being a parent. We had made arrangements for Sydney to stay with my sister & Jason was to stay with Brad's brother. However, we got a call first thing Friday morning to let us know that Max had pink eye. This then led to us scrambling to make alternate arrangements for Jason. My sister was willing to take him, but she already had a full house for the weekend. They had guests staying over on Saturday night- so their house was quite full.

A frantic call to my mom at work resulted in our Saviour. So, Jason got to bond with Nana for the weekend & he did well. I don't think he ate well for her- hopefully due to the cold that he cannot seem to shake. I am sure that when he was being picky she had thoughts that he is going to be picky just like his mom. Sydney on the other hand loved her weekend with her cousin & barely gave us a kiss & a hug before she took off. I think I missed her more than she missed me.

It was late by the time we finally made it to the resort we were staying at north of Huntsville. I could not wait to get in the tub & relax with a glass of wine. As a wedding gift, our friend Monica gave us 3 bottles of wine that she had collected during her summer in France. One was for our 1st anniversary, one for our 5th, and one for our 10th. I could not take the beautiful wine glasses that she gave us that are much more befitting the quality of the wine than the ones that we used- but I did enjoy the wine. My bubble bath on the other hand got a little out of hand. Combination of fast running water & water jets created a mass of bubbles- Brad had to turn the jets off to be sure that I didn't overflow the tub.

The rest of our time was spent eating out (because I am not cooking on my anniversary), shopping, & hiking. Here are some pictures of our time.

Bubbles, bubbles & more bubbles


Taking a snooze on our deck


The morning view of the lake from our cottage


Hiking in Algonquin Park