Last weekend, after being dealt the ‘C’ word (see previous Blog Post), Mr B whisked me and the kidlets off to the Mother-in-law’s for a very much needed break. Luckily for us, Mrs B Senior lives on the west coast of Wales. And, man, was the weather glorious.
I would say the fact that Mr B’s brother had a stint hiring out kayak’s and peddle boats on Saundersfoot beach made the short break.
Or that we got to leave the kidlets with Mr B’s brother whilst we vanished on our own and lunched together and strolled together and just had some seriously overdue ‘us time’.
Tenby
Or that we also got to doss about at the beach some.
Dossing about at the beach.
Me!
Or that The Boy permitted his picture to be taken for the first time in years–and I got the first snapshot of the two of us together without him hiding behind hair since he began senior school.
Me & The Boy!
Nope!
Well, yes, they were all amazing and helped make the break awesome. But …
the thing that totally did it for me was the second day there.
After we’d dropped the kidlets to the BiL, me and Mr B walked along Saundersfoot beach together (see image below) …
Saundersfoot Beach
… and Mr B took the handful of Darkness & Light bookmarks I just happened to have in my handbag, scoured the laid-out beach towels for ladies reading paperbacks, then crossed to them and said:
“Hey, would you like a bookmark for that?”
Every single one of them accepted. Every single one of them was left checking out what the bookmark said.
Voilà!
Darkness & Light bookmarks into the hands of readers.
Like I said: Bookmarks + The Beach + Mr B = Pure Awesomeness!
And this, folks, is exactly why I love him. 
#1 by julie parsons (@juals1) on August 17, 2012 - 12:36 pm
awwww that’s awesome. I can see why you love him so much. Glad you had a well earned break, and you certainly seemed to enjoy yourselves. Well done Mr B. Take care all.
#2 by jabelfield on August 17, 2012 - 3:38 pm
Thanks, Julie. We certainly did.
#3 by aimeelaine on August 17, 2012 - 12:58 pm
Love it! 100%!
#4 by jabelfield on August 17, 2012 - 3:38 pm
Yuppers
#5 by katherine on August 17, 2012 - 1:52 pm
I’m so glad everyone had a great time! A break is always good. Mr. B is amazing!
#6 by jabelfield on August 17, 2012 - 3:39 pm
Mr B IS amazing (when he’s not driving me nuts
). Thanks, Katherine. 
#7 by kford2007 on August 17, 2012 - 2:16 pm
What a lovely story. The pics look great, especially of you and The Boy! Well deserved trip and the hubby is a fantastically, wonderful man. You are very lucky.
#8 by jabelfield on August 17, 2012 - 3:39 pm
He certainly is and I certainly am. Thanks heaps, Jen.
#9 by Dawn on August 20, 2012 - 2:07 am
Love it, love it, love it! And great pic with The Boy!
#10 by jabelfield on August 20, 2012 - 9:31 am
Hehehe, thanks, Dawn.