Listen up all you married people...

For everyone who is married, and especially those with children, listen up! It is imperative that you and your significant other MAKE the time to get away just the two of you. This includes entire weekends, one day or even a few hours...get away and get to know each other again! If you are saying that you don't have the money...either work it into your budget or do something that doesn't require money, like a beach day! Stop making excuses and just do it! You will both be better spouses and better parents.

Blain and I have made it a point to get away once or twice a month and we look forward to "our time" because not only do we get to sleep in, stay up late, eat junk food and do stuff we can't do with the girls around, but it tends to set the tone for the rest of the month. Personally, when I am able to get away from being a mom for a couple days, I am more focused and have a great deal more patience.

This "couple time" is one part of my marriage that I am most proud of. Yes, we love and respect each other, and yes we don't fight and we work together to decide what is best for our children. But we are both very aware that spending quality time together as man and wife and not mom and dad, is what helps us to be the best parents we can be. It's what keeps us best friends and it's taught us a great deal about each other.

We spent this weekend alone and WOW, it was great! We went to $3 movies on base, we tried a new restaurant, we spent a couple hours tanning on the beach and we just returned from a couples massage. It was SO worth the money and we are going to work it into our budget and get it done again in a couple months. Thank you Blain for a wonderful weekend alone with you.