Brady and I had the opportunity to celebrate our five year anniversary this evening. My parents arrived at our house around 4:00, and we left shortly after 4:30. We went out for dinner to this kind of hilarious restaurant in a nearby town. I know I’m not going to be able to do it justice in words, but it certainly was more than just a meal. It was an experience. We were the only patrons at the time, so we got lots of attention! What I loved about it was that there was a huge menu, and it boasted of big portions. They weren’t kidding. Brady paid less than $20 for a peppercorn steak the size of my head (ok, not really, but it was pretty much enormous) and my order of perogies and sausage consisted of thirteen perogies and three smokies. And I think that was $12. It was huge and very freshly made. They were lovely enough to pop us a bag of popcorn before we headed out to our next destination.
** Before anyone accuses us of doing questionable things in our car, we didn’t!!
The backseats of our car were folded down and loaded up with blankets, sleeping bags, and pillows. We found an approach off of a random gravel road, and cuddled in (half in the trunk, basically) for snacks and a movie that Brady had rented off of iTunes on his iPad. It was hilarious and quirky, but super warm and comfy! And the movie was super funny, so it was an all around wonderful evening. I know I’m sort of replaying the evening in short form but I know I wouldn’t be able to describe everything the way it should be described. It was way too entertaining for words.
We are now home, the kids are in bed (thanks mom and dad!), and the tub is running. How lucky am I to have such a funny, thought out date planned for me, and then a bubble bath on top of it?! Yay!!!
** On a separate note, tomorrow is our last day before surgery on Tuesday. Please pray for extra patience for me as a mama, to give Dekker lots of extra love and to choose battles wisely tomorrow. And pray for peace for all of us. And steady hands for all medical professionals involved. And Gods will. Maybe tomorrow can be the last morning we have to patch our boy 🙂 God is good.
Happy anniversary! I know it was a couple days ago but I didn’t say it yet. I remember your wedding, it was beautiful and fun. I was very honored to be invited and I think it is so cool that I can read your blog and keep up with where your family is at. Praying for you and Dekker and that God will bless you with many more anniversaries.
PS. That date reminded me of an episode of Gilmore Girls 🙂