I did that the other day. Counted my blessings. Chad and I went on a much needed and anticipated vacation and we had blessings from beginning to end. Count with me!...
1) We were able to get the same days off work.
2) We were able to book the flights we wanted.
3) We booked Finlay at the kennel and he had wonderful care. He is a favorite there so that helps!
4) We stayed at the hotel we wanted to stay at. Originally we were only able to book a room with two queens but were put on a list for a king bed suite and ended up getting that. Just what we wanted and it had an amazing view!
5) Our flight was on time and there were no problems whatsoever.
6) We rented a car through Budget and got an almost brand new car that was loaded with leather, air, back up camera, sunroof, you name it and it pretty much had it.
7) We got to our room that first day and there was a beautiful flower arrangement waiting for us that one of our youth families had sent up.
8) The weather was amazing! It was the nicest weather they'd had this summer so far. It didn't rain at all and we only had to wear our jackets once.
9) We celebrated our 5th anniversary by having a wonderful dinner out only to return to our hotel room to find a rose petal turndown with the robes on the bed, rose petals leading to the bed, wonderful herbal tea and the lights turned down.....
10) The next night there were chocolate covered strawberries...
11) The next night there was raspberry sorbet (wow was it good!)...
12) The next night it was another rose petal turndown. All arranged by the same family who sent us the flowers! We were so overwhelmed by it all! I cried of course. Felt so humbled and so incredibly blessed that they would do something like that for us.
13) We saw beautiful sights.
14) We spent some time in the forest and by water and scrambling on rocks and it did this BC girl's heart good! I felt so much more me than I have for a long time.
15) We just had such a good time together. It was wonderful to be together with no outside stresses and just concentrate on each other.
16) I had been squirreling away cash with almost every paycheque and we were able to pay for almost every meal, some entertainment, Finlay's kenneling and groceries when we got back with that cash. Felt so good to not put it all on a credit card!
17) The kennel where Finlay stayed made a mistake when they charged us and didn't charge us enough. I went in the next day to pay the rest and the owner was so surprised that I did that. She said no one ever tells her when she doesn't charge enough and she wouldn't let me pay the rest! I guess honesty pays off. :)
I am sure there are many more blessings that I missed but those are definitely the ones that stand out. We wish we could have stayed longer and it was tough to come back and get right back into the same old routine and not see each other all the time but it's our life and we are thankful for it.
It was a vacation that touched my heart in many ways and one I won't forget. In our hearts we are so hoping and even anticipating that it will be our last big vacation as just the two of us. We are hopeful that the next time we will have a baby with us. Scary to put ourselves out there and hope that much but oh we are hoping!
Here are a few pictures from our vacation...
The view from our room. We were able to watch the sunset from there!
Us :) I think this was my favorite day of the whole trip.
Sitting on some rocks by a little waterfall. It felt so good!
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