Year Eight - Bronze, Pottery...but Wool, Copper for us

Oh, there had to be a year that everything fell apart.

Year Eight was it for us. It was the TRUE pottery year, but we exchanged pottery gifts the year before. Therefore, it became the wool and copper year for us.

So what did we get each other?

Nothing. Yep. We finally dropped the ball on this one.

Maybe it was the three kids under five. Who knows? But we must admit that we don't have a gift for this year. It wasn't for lack of thinking about it and trying. While on our weekend away, we did look for things that would fit the bill. Then we discussed some ideas but never committed or got excited about any of them.

I debate going "back" and getting something to represent the year. Should we? Should we let it go? Who knows? (right now we have to focus on tin and aluminum in our current year 10)

Anyway, we did celebrate with a weekend away. Once again, we stayed home and sent our children away.

My parents weren't ready to handle all three kids, so a friend kept D (7 months at the time) for the first night and most of the day while my parents kept the girls. Then my parents kept all three kids the second night.

Eric and I visited the National Cathedral, which was amazing. Then we headed to DC for the day. There we visited the National Botanical Garden Museum and the Air and Space Museum. Our final stop was Georgetown for dessert that night. YUM! I was blogging at the time, so this trip is recorded in the blog.

The next morning we had an early lunch at The Cheesecake Factory and headed to gather our children.