The Getaway

Since having children, we have often sought advice from other, older married couples in our church on what their secret for a great marriage is.  Many times they tell us it is important for parents to keep their marriage healthy and in order to do that we must make it a priority to get away together a couple of times a year (at least).  A healthy marriage leads to a healthy family?  I very much feel this is true.

With all of the crazy schedules in our home we tend to lose the connectedness we need.  We become passersby without intending to.  We have learned that must be able to re-group and re-evaluate how our family’s needs are growing and in need of nurturing.  Not only do we need to get out and have fun doing the things that we love and define who we are, we feel we must get back onto the same page.

Unfortunately, we do not get to do this very often.  However, this weekend was a blessing for Kip and I.  We spent time with dear family friends in a beautiful mountain B&B.  It was so relaxing and fun.

The setting couldn’t have been more perfect.  A lovely little Inn tucked into the mountain in Breckenridge.

On Saturday the four of us went on a nice bike ride from Breckenridge to Frisco.  However, not far from Frisco I got a flat (seriously? on an asphalt trail).   I jumped off my bike and walked it as my friend M pedalled her little legs off to catch up to the guys.  A few minutes later my knight caught up to me.  The silly thing however, is we did not plan for such a thing (no spare tube or pump) so there was not much he could do but walk alongside me!  Ha!!!! After walking about a mile back towards Breckenridge and 80 passersby later, this really nice couple (Gail and Dave from CA) stopped and asked if they could give us a spare tube.   They were so cool – Thank you God – we chatted while Dave and Kip fixed my tire.  We offered to buy them dinner and they declined.  THAT is how the world should be!!! That is exactly what my honey has done several time for others and it always makes us happy to see that others will do the same. 

Once the tire was good to go, we headed on our merry way back to Breckenridge.  It was a rather perfect ending to what could have been a real bummer.  I got to ride with my precious husband along Blue River, the water crystal clear and the colors of the leaves radiated in the sunlight.  It really was a lot of fun to be back on my bike.

After lunch and a quick rest, we met up for ice cream dinner at Cold Stone Creamery.  We had never been there before (strange huh?).  It was a very memorable treat.  We topped the night off with a nice walk back to our Inn and played a game.

I am so glad that we were able to join our friends in celebrating their anniversary by making it a double celebration in honor of marriage & friendship.