Twelve years

Twelve years of happily together and I think we have finally found us a good system for the whole bit. Every other year besides this one we have spent hours trying to agree on what to do (if we do anything at all...yep, we have had those years too) On even years, Josh is in charge of planning. Odd years are mine.

So first thing that morning, I got a call from Josh on his way to work. He told me to pack my bags and overnight bags for the kids and that he would be home by 2:00. He was taking me away overnight and the munchkins were headed off to Grandma Tina and Grandpa Brian's for a sleepover.

Is it wrong that I had thought in the back of my head that he wasn't really going to do anything? Yes it is. I should have given him more credit. To my defense, I must add that he was out of town for work right up until the day before our anniversary and had been crazy busy so I figured it would slip his mind and we would just celebrate with a dinner...maybe sans kids. Apparently he planned all of it while he was away. Sometimes that man of mine can surprise me.

Kids were dropped off and we headed up Ogden canyon (which might I just add is absolutely BEAUTIFUL.) to our very own cabin at the Alaskan Inn.

Pretty stuff huh?! Our cabin was the one on the far left. At night they had lights in the trees and it was so pretty.

We checked in and headed back down the canyon to dinner here...

Great food and you get to eat in a wagon. I joked with Josh that this was the "western" anniversary given that we would be sleeping in a cabin and eating in a wagon.

Since we were absolutely kidless (THANK YOU GRANDPARENTS!) and didn't have to entertain anyone until food arrived we killed time with an app on my phone called photobooth. Little sidenote: When phones first came out with cameras I thought to myself "why in the world would anyone want a camera on their phone. What good would that be?" NOW...I can't imagine life without them. So easy and convenient. :)

I am sure the people in the wagon across from us were thinking we were crazy but we had fun. Isn't that all that matters. It was so fun to just spend some much needed time together. With three kids and a million things going in a million different directions it was nice to just be us. That boy makes me laugh until my cheeks hurt.

At dinner we ordered the steak. It came wrapped in bacon, held together with a toothpick. I saw mine and took it out. Josh didn't see his and accidentally ate part of it. Yep, ate it up. Given Josh's track record with WebMD (good stories with that guy of mine), I told him I would look and see if there was anything we should do, which there really wasn't. Some people eat ENTIRE toothpicks. How in the world?! We made a memory and now laugh about Josh and toothpicks.

After dinner we headed to the movies. There wasn't anything we were dying to see so we picked Dark Shadows. I am a Johnny Depp fan and knew that with Tim Burton flicks they will be a little on the weird side. OH my GOSH. It was horrible. It got even more horrible. Bad writing. The plot was dumb. Poor Johnny picked a bad script.

The next morning the staff at the Inn delivered breakfast to us. It was SO good that I didn't even take a picture. Breakfast in bed and we didn't have to clean up dishes? Heaven.


To top off a great anniversary get away...I had a good hair day! (it is a rare occurance so I felt that I would let Josh pack while I goofed off in the bathroom. I hate pictures of myself so goofy faces are the only way they will happen. This is my tribute to Grace.)

Happy Anniversary to us! I think next year I should go with a beach theme. :)