Well, after uploading all those pics and writing captions...I forgot to share how Kenny and I (& Mira) celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary!
We have always taken a trip the week of our anniversary and we always go out for a special dinner on the 30th - Kenny picks the restaurant and it's a secret until we arrive!
Well, this year, it wasn't a secret, but it was very special! We ate at Blue Mesa - "our" restaurant! Kenny took me there for our very first date. We had our wedding rehearsal dinner there. We announced our pregnancy to Sheila & Jim there (Kenny's parents). And so, it seemed a great place to celebrate our first anniversary with our newly improved family!
It was delicious, as always! We started with their delicious tortilla chips and sweet potato chips with queso. Then Kenny & I both had the Painted Desert Soup (half black bean soup, half corn chowder) - YUM!!! I had black bean and cheese nachos and he had goat cheese enchiladas! We both had amazing margaritas, too!!
Mira did pretty good considering it was getting pretty late and she was quite worn out! Thankfully, we had a small, cozy dining room all to ourselves! Since Blue Mesa does not have our idea of great desserts (mostly flan - ick!), we decided to find dessert somewhere else and take it back to the hotel to enjoy after Mira was down for the night. We stopped by a Corner Bakery on the way back, and I ran in and got us a mini chocolate bundt and a peanut butter whoopee pie (Kenny is a pb fanatic).
There was a pull-out sofa that we used as Mira's "crib" for the week - worked out great! So, after putting her down for the night, Kenny and I turned on a low lamp and dove into the desserts together! We were so stuffed from dinner, and even more stuffed after we cleaned our dessert plate!
With our bellies over-full and feeling giddy from all the sugar, we laid down on the bed and began to reminisce about the past 5 (almost 6) years that we've been together. We laughed until our stomachs ached, but quietly - trying not to wake Mira! We've had so many crazy adventures together! I realized we should document it all as best we can before we can't remember it all or we're not here to tell it! That's a BIG project...
Well, we weren't quiet enough because during one laughing fit, we hear a tiny peep out of our darling daughter. We look over (still chuckling a bit) and she has rolled over and gotten up on all fours to stare at us with this look of severe castigation! We couldn't help ourselves, being in such a state of the giggles, and laughed louder when we saw her sweet little face in such a scolding expression - this made her drop her precious head and cry... =(
So, of course, our smiles got flipped upside down, and we both hopped up in a flash and cuddled her and soothed her - convinced her we would put a lid on it and go to bed ASAP. She went happily back to sleep in no time. =)
We had a lot of fun and felt like we really got to celebrate "Us" even with an 8 month old in tow! Of course, we look forward to having our couple's trip back next year, but it felt right to have Mira there for this one, and she brought a lot of fun and joy to the trip.
Kenny's already talking Paris for next year's trip...oh, geez!
3 comments:
I love how you write. You need to be a journalist or something. I love that soup at Blue Mesa too. It is really yummy.
I think Paris sounds fun! Way to go Kenny!
Hey, check out blurb.com. It's a great idea for documenting anything.
Happy Anniversary!!!! Paris sounds great - maybe we could meet up while you guys are over this way!
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