{presidents weekend and valentines love}

this past weekend was valentines + presidents day weekend.

valentine flowers were bought for the first time in years.  that husband of mine is the least romantic person ever.  but I'm thankful for him. and the flowers.  i baked some cupcakes to deliver to our cousins and then we headed to the bay.  we kayaked around the bay. remi on my lap trying to wrestle herself free and jenner with our old neighbor john.  it was a beautiful day and a good little work out. between trying to hold remi in the kayak and paddling around i was sweating! 

later that day jenner, brad and i headed to the desert leaving remi at my moms.  it was the first weekend i have been away from her.  we have done many single nights but not 2 days in a row.  i had to fight back a few tears on saturday when i started feeling the mommy guilt.  i wished she was with us.  but the desert is  no place for a little.  it was fun to be able to relax for two days straight, seemingly unheard of for me for the past 4 years.  but with jenner now old enough that he is somewhat self sufficient it was a good break.  

 
the funny thing about being away from your kids is that you rush back to them, guilty and excited to see them.  only to get there and realize that not much has changed in 2 days - the whining, crying, laughter and demands are still the same.  within minutes of being back in action.  maybe we should learn to take our time rushing back home.

jenner was my co-pilot for the weekend.  we drove around in borrowed razors and had loads of fun.  i could have done without the dust, which i'm pretty sure everyone was tired of hearing me complain about.  but you literally couldn't see 3 feet in front of you it was so dusty.

we headed back on sunday evening, picked up our baby gal and home we went.  luckily for me monday was a holiday so we slept in and lounged around the extra day.