I had grand plans to do something for my husband at least once a week this month. By the end of the first week and a half of the month, the flu had spread through each of our 3 kids and I. My husband was a rockstar helping me clean up puke at the craziest hours of the night, throwing bedding into the washer, giving baths at 2 am, and even letting me get more rest in our bed while he slept on an air mattress with a sick kid. He didn’t take a sick day and went to work each morning and came home each evening ready to help.
Serving my husband and putting him first is a struggle for me. He’s just an easy, sweet person that doesn’t need a lot so I really have to go out of my way to let him know he is my priority. He never puts himself or his wants first and if I’m not putting him first, I simply get distracted with everything else life throws at us. It’s easy to forget to work at marriage, but it’s hard to not work at it once you realize how awesome it can be.
Since my plan was not going accordingly, I decided to go a different route. My husband’s love language is quality time. He loves watching a show together, going out to dinner, or whipping up something in the kitchen. We have not had a lot of time to go on dates in other places that we’ve lived. Thanks to long commutes and long hours I pushed family time. Long commutes are not an issue here. Being able to find a family member to watch our kids is also not an issue. I booked us a room at the Marriott’s MountainSide. Because of my husband’s job, an overnight trip is usually cheaper than dinner and a movie. I asked my niece, brother and close family friends to watch our kids for 24 hours.
I invited/told him what we were doing and started counting down the days. The day of he asked if I’d like to go to a BYU basketball game and I looked at him and kind of smirked…then counted to 10 and responded with an excited yes! We left the kids and decided to walk through a few model homes before the game. It’s always fun to talk about features we each love and what we don’t love. We got lost looking for a development, laughed the whole way to dinner and ended up missing our exit because we were still talking about homes, schools for our kids, and neighborhoods. It was such a nice change to not feel rushed and enjoy the time together. We ate a local Mexican restaurant and then headed off to the basketball game. I thoroughly enjoyed it and the company.
We drove into Park City and were exhausted. We rented a movie and walked around our hotel. I don’t think I’ve slept that well in over 7 years. I’m surprised I didn’t sleep in longer.
Our hotel villa for the night had such a beautiful living room and full kitchen. Right outside the window is the mountain and a full ski resort. It was amazing.
I wish I would have gotten to take a bath! An overnight trip is not as long when you get there around bed time.
The only picture I got of us, me joking around about taking a selfie.
We spent a good part of the morning exploring Park City. Even though we’ve lived in Utah a couple times in our life, we’ve never explored Park City. I’d been to the outlets, but that was about it. I’m smitten. The small restaurants, the character, the boutiques—it all makes me so happy.
Walking around with the locals on a quiet Sunday morning, snapping some pictures and walking through small book stores was perfect. The sun was shining, it was a warm 42 degrees and we got to play tourist.
I was pretty much obsessed with this little boutique.
We promised to check out reviews and ask around to see where we should eat. We will be going back for a date night dinner.
We headed to the outlets after (all his idea) and since this little trip was about him, I happily obliged. We ate at an amazing little Italian restaurant on our way home and a few times on the drive home he kept saying that we need to do this again. To finish off our great weekend, he got to take a nap—uninterrupted.
He needed this, I needed this, our kids needed this. They need to see that I adore their dad, that he comes first and in return we can put our family first. We can parent as a team. We’ve discovered that it can be easy to lead separate lives. He works and I don’t understand everything that he does. It is in the finance field and I’m not great with finances. He has to gently coach me along the way. I’m at home with 3 kids running a household. I know what makes each of our children tick and I have to gently coach him along the way.
My support of his career is appreciated everyday and his support of me staying at home is appreciated everyday. Communicating that appreciation is key for us.
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xo,
