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Lovely Weekend

My weekend was lovely and different. 

On Friday evening, we were not in our usual jeans and T-shirts but instead dressed up in evening wear and joined our couple friends for dinner. The food and company was great. It was such a refreshing time just to have a good time away from home and the kids.

On Saturday,I went to work with Samara and it was much fun. It was nice to feed her, play and see her interact  so well with other children. Alex had gone to the garage and as usual came back with it sparkling clean. Later that evening, we attended our monthly couples meeting, where we laugh, catch up on whats happening in our world,share about our joys,challenges in marriage and parenthood. We have observed that   in the last 3 years,there has been much growth and maturity in each of the individuals. The group was formed when majority of us were newly weds. We are 6 couples and have 7 babies and 1 coming soon. It is a group that we treasure and look forward to meeting as we learn so much from each other. We got home past mid night.

After the Sunday service, we drove home and relaxed indoors just the three of us. We took a nap and later in the evening went for an evening stroll.  It took some convincing for my beloved because he likes driving more thank walking and so he joked that Samara and I can take the evening stroll and he would drive behind us, just like an escort car. Finally he accepted and we took a break at a small restaurant then walked back home at 7p.m. It was lovely to do that , the last time we walked like that was when we were pregnant. After Samara slept we watched 2 movies 'Unthinkable' and 'A-Team'.

So that was my lovely weekend.Nothing major but treasured precious moments. Life is found in the everyday things and not in the big events. So choose to love life and to enjoy your today.

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Ems Makuthi said…
please...put up the photos of the diner, it would be lovely to see them.... I enjoyed the surprise of that dinner!
5 July 2011 at 08:50
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