Oh, we had such a lovely time! We dropped the kids off at my folks house around 5pm, and drove the last hour into town by ourselves. We had a wonderful talk about some spiritual things. We got to town right at 6pm, and our reservations were at 6:30, so we parked and walked down to the little park near the Fine Arts Center. Dh mentioned that I might want to take some crackers, as we weren't actually going to eat until 7:30p. I wondered where he was taking me at 6:30….
The park was lovely with all kinds of beautiful flowers and a water fountain in it, so we sat down and talked some more, and then headed back toward the restaurant at 6:20p. As we were almost to the restaurant, here came two horse drawn carriages! “I believe one of these is for us.” he said. “REALLY!?! Oh, wow!” We got a half hour carriage ride along the Cook Inlet with a beautiful view of Sleeping Lady and through the Park Strip. The horse's name was Barney (my grandpa's name) and the driver's name was Craig (my dh's name)!
The carriage dropped us off at our favorite restaurant, Glacier Brewhouse, where we were immediately seated. We knew what we wanted to order as we had already looked at their online menu, so after ordering New York Strip, garlic mashed potatoes, and salad, I gave dh his gift.
What I had done was hire a friend of mine to scrapbook a wedding album for us! We had never done anything with our wedding pictures as we were dirt poor when we first got married, and they have been sitting in a box for the last 12 years. My friend did a fabulous job, and dh was very suprised! While we waited for our food to arrive, we looked through the album, and “re-lived” the day, commenting on how young everyone looked! We ate, laughed, talked, made future plans, and snuggled our way through dinner. It was SO lovely.
Even though it wasn't very late, we were too relaxed and sleepy to go do anything else, so we headed back to my parents house, an hour away. We got back there about 10pm and most of the kids were still awake, so we told them about our evening, looked through the album again, and then everyone promptly fell asleep.
What a lovely day it was….
What a LOVELY time you seemed to have. (0: I love hearing Such Sweet Couples in LOVE have such a wonderful time. I hope my annerversary will be as nice. But I don’t think I will be as blessed as you in getting a carraige ride, WOW. I am so glad your present went soooo well. God Bless.
In Him,
sounds so nice glad you enjoyed your self. Husband are so wonderful
It sounds like it was an equal blessing to both of you! Your getting suprised by the carriage ride, and his getting suprised by the album…how fun! No wonder you were so excited about it-it was a great idea making the album. I *know* you had a good time reliving the memories of the photos.
What an incredible gift to your children: a Mom and Dad who are absolutely smitten with each other! With Mom and Dad having that kind of relationship, the photo album is just an extra for them. I am so glad you had such a lovely time! Here’s to another glorious year!
Blessings to you and Dh!
~Julie