Sunday, July 31, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
6 year anniversary part 2
Day 2 was spent going shooting in the desert w/ my husband and my 2 oldest friends Ryan and Ben and Ryan's GF Ashely. The pink ear muffs were the best part :) My husband tells me I was a "great shot" bc I hit my first target, a mellon, on my first try with a AR 15! That was my fav gun to shoot. It was a ton of fun and the company was the best part! I took lots of videos I hope to get up soon!
Then later we went back to out hotel and got ready for dinner. But first my hubby and I walked around some of the hotels on the strip. Poor hubby got sick that day, was running a fever and had the aches and chills. Being in the sweltering dry desert heat for hours probably didn't help. We had plans to go cosmic bowling after dinner but he was just not feeling up to it.
Dinner was amazing though, we went to a Tappas restaurant with Ryan and his gf Ashley and Ben and his wife Dawn!. My fav was the blue cheese, bacon wrapped dates!
The morning that we left w/ met up w/ Ryan and Ash again at our fav place to eat breakfast, Hash House. I got a vanilla belgian waffle and hubby got mango coconut pancakes, yum!
Then later we went back to out hotel and got ready for dinner. But first my hubby and I walked around some of the hotels on the strip. Poor hubby got sick that day, was running a fever and had the aches and chills. Being in the sweltering dry desert heat for hours probably didn't help. We had plans to go cosmic bowling after dinner but he was just not feeling up to it.
Dinner was amazing though, we went to a Tappas restaurant with Ryan and his gf Ashley and Ben and his wife Dawn!. My fav was the blue cheese, bacon wrapped dates!
The morning that we left w/ met up w/ Ryan and Ash again at our fav place to eat breakfast, Hash House. I got a vanilla belgian waffle and hubby got mango coconut pancakes, yum!
Monday, July 25, 2011
6 year anniversary part 1
We went on our first weekend get-a-way without the twins to celebrate our 6 year wedding Anniversary, in Las Vegas!
We (or should I just say I) were nervous to leave as it was the first time that both of us would be gone. I knew they were in great hands with my parents but I just worried that they would wonder where we were and maybe get a little sad, especially Kaden as he is my little sensitive one and a total mamma's boy. I also knew I would miss them terribly bc as a stay at home mom, I am never away from them for more than a few hours a time when I need to run an errand or something and I miss them tons even then!
But this trip was much needed, much deserved and we were really looking forward to a few days of solid QT, time to just focus on one another and celebrate the past 6 years and our blessed marriage! When the twins were first born, I couldn't even picture being able to get away. Life was so crazy and it just seemed like it wouldn't ever be possible to escape the chaos so it was kind of surreal that we were actually going to be able to!
The drive out there is one we have made together a dozen times and we had so much fun just listening to music and eating snacks and talking. It was a lot of fun :) We stopped at a diner that was on Diners, Drive In's and Dives and had lunch. It was a tiny whole in the wall place.
We then stopped at state line and did some shopping at the outlets. We had a lot of fun being goofy and dressing up, looking for a nice shirt for the hubs to wear to dinner and me getting to pick out a few things as my present. I felt so spoiled. I got a few small things, earrings, bath and body works, and then my one big thing was an amazing, beautiful pair of genuine leather FRYE boots from Neiman Marcus.
If you know me you know how incredibly frugal I am and I usually only shop if it's on sale (I just can't justify paying a lot of $ for clothes and shoes) but my husband said I deserved these and that if I wanted them, he would get them as my anniversary present! I wasn't even looking for them, I stumbled upon them and fell in love. I don't need diamonds or lavish gifts, it was a gift to be able to pick out whatever I wanted, even if it was just $8 sunglasses bc that is a rare treat now that I'm a mom and the babies need things way more that we do! :) Thank you sweet hubby for my gifts! :)
After we made into Vegas we checked in. We stayed at The Red Rock which is in Summerlin and it was actually nice to be staying a ways from the strip. This hotel is new and was beautiful. Thanks to our friends we got a great deal on our room!
We headed to the pool to relax for a bit then realized we were starving and dinner wasn't until 9pm so we headed back up to our room and ordered spinach artichoke dip and watched t.v. in bed :)
Then, we got ready to go to our anniversary dinner. It was amazing to be able to get ready in total peace and take as much time as I wanted! It was also incredible to not have any schedule what so ever, to come and go as we pleased, to stay out as late as we wanted (which was 2 am!) and sleep in (although we didn't really bc we didn't sleep well). It was bliss.
Where we were going to dinner was a total surprise that my husband planned. When we got there I was amazed. It was at the Eiffel Tower resturaunt the Paris hotel. It's actually built into the structure and one of the legs of the structure comes thru the floor! It was incredibly upscale and fancy, the waiters wore tuxedos and I didn't know what half the menu was :) Our table was right up against the window with a view of the beautiful Bellagio water show, which I have always loved to watch!
The resteraunt is uner the sign
It was so romantic and special. The thoughtfulness of my husband to pick that place and get us that table, the atmosphere, everything. We enjoyed 2 hours of just talking and reminiscing, enjoy incredible food and just relishing in the fact that we were so blessed to have this opportunity as well as being proud of ourselves for going through with is and not talking/worrying about our twins and not checking in a hundred times :) It was wonderful!
I had a butterflied filet mignion with lemon parsly butter, asparagus with aged parmesan cheese and brown butter. My hubby had a New York steak with a marslaa wine sauce and cheese au gratin potatoes. For dessert we had an incredible chocolate souffle! And after that our waiter brought us a dessert on the house for our anniversary :)
We then headed out to the strip to watch the water show up close! And then to find our friend who is a Las Vegas police officer and was working. I have known Ben since 7th grade (I went 7th,8th and 9th grade in Vegas) and we hadn't seen him in 3 years!
We (or should I just say I) were nervous to leave as it was the first time that both of us would be gone. I knew they were in great hands with my parents but I just worried that they would wonder where we were and maybe get a little sad, especially Kaden as he is my little sensitive one and a total mamma's boy. I also knew I would miss them terribly bc as a stay at home mom, I am never away from them for more than a few hours a time when I need to run an errand or something and I miss them tons even then!
But this trip was much needed, much deserved and we were really looking forward to a few days of solid QT, time to just focus on one another and celebrate the past 6 years and our blessed marriage! When the twins were first born, I couldn't even picture being able to get away. Life was so crazy and it just seemed like it wouldn't ever be possible to escape the chaos so it was kind of surreal that we were actually going to be able to!
The drive out there is one we have made together a dozen times and we had so much fun just listening to music and eating snacks and talking. It was a lot of fun :) We stopped at a diner that was on Diners, Drive In's and Dives and had lunch. It was a tiny whole in the wall place.
We then stopped at state line and did some shopping at the outlets. We had a lot of fun being goofy and dressing up, looking for a nice shirt for the hubs to wear to dinner and me getting to pick out a few things as my present. I felt so spoiled. I got a few small things, earrings, bath and body works, and then my one big thing was an amazing, beautiful pair of genuine leather FRYE boots from Neiman Marcus.
If you know me you know how incredibly frugal I am and I usually only shop if it's on sale (I just can't justify paying a lot of $ for clothes and shoes) but my husband said I deserved these and that if I wanted them, he would get them as my anniversary present! I wasn't even looking for them, I stumbled upon them and fell in love. I don't need diamonds or lavish gifts, it was a gift to be able to pick out whatever I wanted, even if it was just $8 sunglasses bc that is a rare treat now that I'm a mom and the babies need things way more that we do! :) Thank you sweet hubby for my gifts! :)
After we made into Vegas we checked in. We stayed at The Red Rock which is in Summerlin and it was actually nice to be staying a ways from the strip. This hotel is new and was beautiful. Thanks to our friends we got a great deal on our room!
We headed to the pool to relax for a bit then realized we were starving and dinner wasn't until 9pm so we headed back up to our room and ordered spinach artichoke dip and watched t.v. in bed :)
Then, we got ready to go to our anniversary dinner. It was amazing to be able to get ready in total peace and take as much time as I wanted! It was also incredible to not have any schedule what so ever, to come and go as we pleased, to stay out as late as we wanted (which was 2 am!) and sleep in (although we didn't really bc we didn't sleep well). It was bliss.
Where we were going to dinner was a total surprise that my husband planned. When we got there I was amazed. It was at the Eiffel Tower resturaunt the Paris hotel. It's actually built into the structure and one of the legs of the structure comes thru the floor! It was incredibly upscale and fancy, the waiters wore tuxedos and I didn't know what half the menu was :) Our table was right up against the window with a view of the beautiful Bellagio water show, which I have always loved to watch!
The resteraunt is uner the sign
It was so romantic and special. The thoughtfulness of my husband to pick that place and get us that table, the atmosphere, everything. We enjoyed 2 hours of just talking and reminiscing, enjoy incredible food and just relishing in the fact that we were so blessed to have this opportunity as well as being proud of ourselves for going through with is and not talking/worrying about our twins and not checking in a hundred times :) It was wonderful!
I had a butterflied filet mignion with lemon parsly butter, asparagus with aged parmesan cheese and brown butter. My hubby had a New York steak with a marslaa wine sauce and cheese au gratin potatoes. For dessert we had an incredible chocolate souffle! And after that our waiter brought us a dessert on the house for our anniversary :)
We then headed out to the strip to watch the water show up close! And then to find our friend who is a Las Vegas police officer and was working. I have known Ben since 7th grade (I went 7th,8th and 9th grade in Vegas) and we hadn't seen him in 3 years!
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