A very dear friend of ours offered to watch the kids for us this weekend as a belated birthday/anniversary gift. The last and only time we've left the kids was last year when Sean and I escaped to Victoria, BC for our 5th anniversary. For most of the week I didn't think we'd actually make it out of town. We were determined that all catastrophes aside we would make the most of the weekend and indeed we did.

On Saturday morning we had coffee with our three kids - Riley, Reagan, and Fiona. Fiona made homemade streusel topped banana walnut bread for us! Angie was literally blown in by the wind and rain around 9am on the first pineapple express of this season. Surely, there would be no outside play for the weekend for these guys! Thankfully, Angie is a creative gal with lots of tricks up her sleeves and Fiona was amazingly helpful!

With all the rain in Western Washington, we were pleasantly surprised by how beautiful the mountains were as we drove through the Snoqualmie Pass and into the wine region of the Columbia Valley.

We were welcomed by Campbell's Resort on Lake Chelan. Strategically located at the heart of downtown and close to shopping, we spent most of the waning hours of the evening traipsing through trinket shops searching for birthday gifts and exploring the town.

We had a quiet dinner at Sorrento's, an Italian restaurant at Tsillian (ch'elan) Cellar Winery. It was a lovely evening albeit quick dinner for fine dining. The staff was warm and friendly and the tapas menu was light and delicious. I always adore the company of my husband who I seem to love more and more every day.  I like that he doesn't seem to mind that I can't divide things evenly in half especially when it comes to our bed and dessert.

This morning we woke up to absolute silence. All we could hear were the waves of Lake Chelan quietly lapping the shore through the open slider. It wasn't 6am either.

We made our way over to the Starbucks by the resort and walked around the town a little more before heading home. We were more than glad to be welcomed home by our sweet children whom we missed dearly! We really appreciate Angie's gift of time to us! We had a wonderful weekend!