On June 26, Lonnie and I celebrated our SEVENTH wedding anniversary. Wow, how time flies! To celebrate, we took a MUCH needed break from the kids and headed for Kansas City for 3 full days and two nights away. My parents watched the kids during the day on Friday, but the Grubbs took over once they got off work that afternoon and kept them the rest of the weekend. I probably don't say it enough, but I LOOOOOOVE having my sister here, and I don't worry a single bit when she's caring for the boys. And now that my parents are here, too, I've got more people to love on our boys!
Anyway, back to AWAY from the kids. We stayed at a hotel close to the Plaza, so Friday during the day we enjoyed walking around, going in shops, eating lunch, and just enjoying each other's company without being interrupted. We found a little cupcake shop and ate a fancy French Toast cupcake at a cute little table outside.
Dinner was something we were REALLY looking forward to. We had reservations at The Melting Pot, a fondue restaurant. If you're not familiar, you get a 4 course meal that you basically cook and eat at your table. You start with cheese that you get to dip bread and veggies in. Next they bring you a salad. For the entree, you get a plate of raw meat and you just cook it in your pot for a minute and a half each. DELICIOUS!!!!!! For dessert they bring you chocolate that you can dip cheesecake, strawberries, bananas, brownies, rice krispie treats, etc. I was too stuffed at that point and didn't even do the chocolate, I just ate the stuff plain! The atmosphere was awesome, and it was just a wonderful experience. It's super expensive, so it's probably not something we'll do again, but was perfect for our weekend away!
Saturday we had planned on going to Schlitterbahn (a waterpark), but woke up to dark and dreary skies, followed by rain. Boo. But no problem. We just piddled around throughout the day, doing whatever we wanted just because we could! We had breakfast at IHOP, went shopping at a mall, went to a casino, and laid out at the pool (by the afternoon it had cleared up).
For dinner that night we had found a Brazilian steakhouse at the Plaza and were excited to try that out. It was delicious, of course! We ate a lot of meat!
Sunday was sunny and clear, so we headed to Schlitterbahn. It was a blast! The coolest part was that the lazy river and wave pool were combined, so every 15 seconds you had a big wave that sent you down the lazy river - awesome! After several hours we headed back home to pick up the boys. It was loads of fun, but we missed them, too!
I'm shocked if anyone is still reading...I know no one really cares about our weekend away, but it was one of the best weekends I've ever had, so I had to document it! :)
Of course, I hardly got any pictures, but here we are at The Melting Pot.
At the Plaza...
Happy anniversary to the love of my life!!!!
Our bonus room above the garage....one of the things we're most excited about. It will be a combination media room/playroom.
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