We are just pulling back into town after a five day (LONG) trip to Michigan! Matt performed the wedding ceremony for one of the sweetest couples on earth, which is what took us so far north.
I will admit it: I was not looking forward to the trip. I was looking forward to the wedding and I was looking forward to staying with our friends in MI…otherwise…I was sort of dreading the getaway.
I don’t like spending money on gas and hotels. I don’t like sitting in a van for hours. I don’t like compromising what we like to eat for days on end. I just like being home. I’m a stick in the mud when it comes to travel…and this summer has been FULL of travel!
I now completely and totally take back everything I ever felt about traveling. Before we left, I talked myself into relaxing and calling this a “VACATION”. Why do I have to talk myself into these things? I pre-wrote posts and set them up to show up on my blog each day without me needing to be on the computer. I got the house clean, packed food, made an inexpensive hotel reservation for our stop on the way there.
And then I relaxed.
You can’t see me right now…but my face is beaming. I just spent HOURS of car time talking with my husband. Do you know what hours of time talking to your husband will do for a gal’s disposition? We NEVER have enough time to just talk…and oh we just talked and talked. The boys were fabulous riders and only argued a little bit about whose turn it was for the laptop. ;)
We not only enjoyed a wonderful wedding, but we were able to spend time with people we haven’t seen in years. We stopped along the way and did some things we’ve never done. Wow, it was absolutely awesome!
I’ll tell you more about all the wonderful fun as soon as I unpack my camera. And catch up on laundry. Okay, I’ll share the fun before I catch up on laundry, because you’re likely to not want to wait that long. ;)
For now, I’ll just tell you how grateful I am for an incredible getaway filled with joy and memory-making for our family. It truly was a vacation.
(Ooh, and it just so happens that this Gratituesday is my birthday! Friends are coming over for lunch, which is a perfect welcome home for us!)
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Oh, a very happy birthday to you! Can’t wait to hear all about your trip.
Happy birthday!
I’m trying to set up the affiliate thing. It may take me a few days to figure it all out.
Glad it turned out to be a great vacation for all of you.
Happy, happy birthday!!!
Happy birthday! (Late I guess, or maybe not depending on time zones.)
Happy Birthday, Happy Happy Birthday Laura! May you feel God’s love all around you today.
Happy birthday and happy gratituesday! :)
Happy Birthday!
I am a new follower of your blog and am so very blessed to have found it!
This is my first Gratituesday post and I also posted about vacations! :)
Hope your day is blessed!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday!!! Glad you had fun in my wonderful state. I can’t wait to see what things you guys did. :)
Happy Birthday Laura! Hope you have a GREAT day!!
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great one.
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday Laura. Hope you enjoyed your travels to the Great Lakes area….we are an interesting bunch I am told….tell me, did you find we have accents?
Happy birthday!
And, oops! Although I am grateful for my son’s SPD Speedway creation, that was not the title of the post I linked. I put the wrong one on the link up title. Sorry!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish I would have known you were in Michigan! I know it’s a big state, but maybe, just maybe, you would have been within a distance where I could have met you. I would have loved inviting you to our home for a visit.
It’s my husband’s birthday also!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!! Thanks for all you do for us moms I love your blog and read it almost every day!!!!
Happy Birthday Laura! Hope you are just as blessed as you have blessed us, your readers! Enjoy, and may your family spoil you on your special day. :)
Tracy
Happy Birthday Sweet Pea!
Happy Birthday! You were near my neck of the woods. We live in IN about an hour south of MI.
Happy Birthday, Laura! Have a wonderful day!
Happy Birthday Laura! I am thankful on this gratituesday for people, like yourself, that keep encouraging us women to be the woman God made us to be. :)
Happy Birthday to you!! Sending wishes for a wonderful day and a blessed year!!
Happy Birthday Laura!! Glad to hear you had a great time.
Happy birthday!
A very happy birthday to you. Glad you had a great time on your vacation!
Birthday Blessings to you, Laura! I feel like I know you and wanted to say how much I admire you and your family! Praise God for bringing us together through the Internet and Char!
Teresa
I am so grateful for my wonderful husband and 13 years of marriage celebrated yesterday!
Happy Happy Birthday!!!!
I knew August 3 was a good day for something! Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to a woman I don’t know, but admire so very much!
Happy Birthday! I forgot that your birthday was just two days before mine. :) I hope it’s wonderful.
I’m glad you enjoyed your “vacation.” It sounded wonderful. We have so many of the same things going on. My husband did a wedding on Saturday. :) I’m going to be in a family wedding (First time EVER in a bridal party–other than my own wedding) in Colorado, and my husband has decided to treat it like our desperately needed vacation. We are determined to make it special.
Anybody know anything special to do in the Denver area with an 18 month old? :)
Happy Birthday!! May God bless you greatly.
All the way from Brazil…
Aline
Happy Birthday!!!! Hope it’s awesome!
We just got back from a long road trip too. Must be a good time of year for them as I’ve got other friends who’ve recently done the same. :D Thanks for the linky!
Happy Birthday! Loved your account of the latest road trip. Isn’t it amazing how perspective is everything? I love it when I meet people who are able to adjust their perspective, making something they once dreaded into an enjoyable experience. How awesome is that?
I’d love you to join me on Thursday for the Simple Pleasures series (http://alittleofthisandthat2.blogspot.com/p/simple-pleasures.html), if you don’t have other plans.
How fun…glad you enjoyed it after all, we just got back from vacay ourselves! Happy Birthday!
Good for you! It just goes to show what a change in perspective can do for you and it is good to remember that it is a choice. :) Happy Birthday!!!
I hope you had a great birthday, Amy! Sounds like a wonderful vacation. I love the idea of Gratituesday. I’m a member of the online Gratitude Community and I’m a huge fan of gratitude. Visiting from iFellowship – have a wonderful day!
Happy Birthday to you – and to me too – we have the same one!