10 Year Wedding Anniversary Trip

When we got married and went on our honeymoon, we had that train of thought that in life, we would always celebrate our anniversaries and the big ones, we would celebrate with big trips! I remember we said that we would go back to Sonoma on our 10th anniversary! Well, that didn't work out. Our lives now include our precious kids and a honeymoon in Sonoma was not going to happen. And that was ok, but we did really want to just get away. So, GG agreed to come keep the kids and we took a little weekend trip to Salado and Georgetown the weekend before our anniversary. It was a great trip! After watching Atticus's Veteran Day singing performance at school, we got on the road. We left Friday morning, shopped and ate in Salado, saw some historical site in Salado, went on to Georgetown to a cute house we rented; then Saturday we slept in, shopped in Georgetown and found places to drink wine and eat; we played games and watched hallmark movies (I know I know, but it was just relaxing and Vic loves to predict a predictable movie, ha!) in our cute little house. We left Sunday morning and shopped at the outlet mall in Round Rock and then made our way back home. It was just a refreshing weekend with just the two of us to celebrate 10 years of marriage!

 (he was so nervous to sing "I'm Proud to be an American" because as he had practiced the last couple of weeks at home, he would get emotional and cry sometimes and say it was just so sad. Oh my sweet Atticus!)

 We ate at the Stagecoach Inn.

Inside the Stagecoach Inn.

Then we checked out an old college ruins area right in the same area.

This was our Air BNB for the weekend; it was newly renovated and perfect for us to stay in. We could even walk to restaurants or downtown from here.

 It was impossible to find dinner in downtown Georgetown Friday night; everywhere had a long wait and we just wanted to eat a little something fun and hang out. We finally found this bar/restaurant and got a table.

 And then we just took selfies for the rest of the weekend - in front of every place we ate and drank!

 It was a great weekend to remember!

Mom & Dad's 40th Wedding Anniversary

40 years is a long time to be married, so we had to celebrate it as big as we could! The weekend of the 19th and 20th of August, we headed to Sanger for all 3 kids and their spouses to take Mom & Dad out for their 40th anniversary!

We started the day with the girls drinking margaritas and doing a little shopping, while the boys drank beer and played games. This was all at fun places in Downtown Denton.

 

 

We decided to go to downtown Fort Worth for dinner and then hit up a dance hall, because this is exactly what mom and dad were doing the night Daddy proposed to Mom - dance! It really was a fun night. We ate dinner at the Horseshoe Hill Cafe, right down from the Stockyards. Starting with Vic parking Dad's truck and coming back to tell us he wasn't sure it would be there when we got back, (shady parking lot attendant, ha!), it was a fun dinner with lots of chicken fried steak!

 This is Ana making us all laugh...because she is the life of our parties!

 

 I can not resist food pictures!

 

 

Then, we made our way to the Stagecoach Ballroom to dance the night away. It was really great; when researching, I could not find a lot of good old fashioned dance halls, but this one was really good. The band was good and the dance floor was busy. We visited, danced, drank beer - all fun things you do when you go dancing, and hopefully nostalgic for Mom & Dad! It was a really fun night celebrating 40 years of wedded bliss for Mom & Dad. Vic and I are 30 years behind them, but I already can't wait until we are celebrating 40, then 50, then 60 years of marriage! (and more!)

Oh! And one thing we had to do at the end of the night was dance to Faded Love, Mom & Dad's song. Well, Daddy requested it, but the band never played it - one negative for the band that night. However, when we got to the parking lot, Charley found the song and played it through his car speakers and the 3 couples still there, danced in the parking lot to the song. It was really sweet and I loved it! Happy 40th Anniversary Mom & Dad!

Happy Anniversay Vic!

Okay, so I found the only two pictures we took that day and thought I should document this occasion! 9 years ago, we got married! One day, I will write a post all about Vic because I have many wonderful things to say about him. But, for now the bottom line is: I love him so much and would not be happy if he weren't by my side for every step of our little family's adventures! When I am grumpy, it is usually because I haven't seen him or haven't had a moment to just "be me" with him. He makes everything better just being near me. I love you Vic! Here's a blog to remember our fun Torchy's Tacos lunch and our sweet Everly being with us!